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Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson

Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963); United States Senator (1949–1961) and United States Representative (1937–1949) from Texas.

Texas's 10th congressional district special election, 1937

many candidates

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1938

unopposed

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1940

unopposed

Texas United States Senate special election, 1941:

  • W. Lee O'Daniel (D) - 175,590 (30.49%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 174,279 (30.26%)
  • Gerald C. Mann (D) - 140,807 (24.45%)
  • Martin Dies, Jr. (D) - 80,653 (14.01%)
  • Samuel N. Morris (D) - 1,654 (0.29%)
  • Joe Thompson (D) - 429 (0.07%)
  • Politte Elvins (R) - 273 (0.05%)
  • W. R. Jones (I) - 257 (0.05%)
  • Joseph C. Bean (D) - 242 (0.04%)
  • W. W. King (D) - 238 (0.04%)
  • Arlon Davis (D) - 174 (0.03%)
  • Guy B. Fisher (D) - 141 (0.02%)
  • John C. Williams (D) - 128 (0.02%)
  • W. E. Gilliland (D) - 96 (0.02%)
  • Starl G. Newsome, Jr. (D) - 96 (0.02%)
  • A. E. Calvin (D) - 94 (0.02%)
  • Basil Muse Hatfield (D) - 83 (0.01%)
  • Bubba Hicks (D) - 77 (0.01%)
  • Enoch Fletcher (R) - 71 (0.01%)
  • W. C. Welch (D) - 69 (0.01%)
  • Floyd E. Ryan (D) - 61 (0.01%)
  • Walter A. Schultz (D) - 61 (0.01%)
  • A. E. Harding (D) - 59 (0.01%)
  • Robert Grammer Head (D) - 58 (0.01%)
  • Homer Brooks (Communist) - 52 (0.01%)
  • O. F. Health, Sr. (D) - 51 (0.01%)
  • John Romulus Brinkley (D) - 36 (0.01%)
  • Edwin Waller III (D) - 28 (0.01%)
  • Charles L. Somerville (D) - 20 (0.00%)
  • Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1942

    unopposed

    Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1944

    unopposed

    Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1946

    unopposed

    Texas United States Senate election, 1948 (Democratic primary runoff):

  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 494,191 (50.00%)
  • Coke Stevenson - 494,104 (50.00%)
  • Texas United States Senate election, 1948:

  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 702,985 (66.22%)
  • Jack Porter (R) - 349,665 (32.94%)
  • Samuel N. Morris (Prohibition) - 8,913 (0.84%)
  • Texas United States Senate election, 1954:

  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) (inc.) - 538,417 (84.59%)
  • Carlos G. Watson (R) - 95,033 (14.93%)
  • Fred T. Spangler (Constitution) - 3,025 (0.48%)
  • 1956 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

  • Adlai Stevenson - 906 (65.89%)
  • W. Averell Harriman - 210 (15.27%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 80 (5.82%)
  • Stuart Symington - 46 (3.35%)
  • Happy Chandler - 37 (2.69%)
  • John S. Battle - 33 (2.40%)
  • James C. Davis - 33 (2.40%)
  • George Bell Timmerman - 24 (1.75%)
  • Frank J. Lausche - 6 (0.44%)
  • 1956 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):

    First ballot:

  • Estes Kefauver - 466.5
  • John F. Kennedy - 294.5
  • Albert Gore, Sr. - 178
  • Robert F. Wagner, Jr. - 162.5
  • Hubert Humphrey - 134
  • Luther Hodges - 40
  • P. T. Maner - 33
  • LeRoy Collins - 29
  • Clinton Anderson - 16
  • Frank G. Clement - 14
  • Pat Brown - 1
  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 1
  • Stuart Symington - 1
  • 1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

  • John F. Kennedy - 806 (52.89%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 409 (26.84%)
  • Stuart Symington - 86 (5.64%)
  • Adlai Stevenson II - 80 (5.25%)
  • Robert Meyner - 43 (2.82%)
  • Hubert Humphrey - 42 (2.76%)
  • George Smathers - 30 (1.97%)
  • Ross Barnett - 23 (1.51%)
  • Herschel C. Loveless - 2 (0.13%)
  • Pat Brown - 1 (0.07%)
  • Orval E. Faubus - 1 (0.07%)
  • Albert Rosellini - 1 (0.07%)
  • 1960 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):

  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 1,521 (100.00%)
  • United States presidential election, 1960:

  • John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 34,220,984 (49.7%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried)
  • Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) - 34,108,157 (49.5%) and 219 electoral votes (26 states carried)
  • Harry F. Byrd/Strom Thurmond (I) - 286,359 (0.4%) and 14 electoral votes (2 states carried)
  • Harry F. Byrd/Barry Goldwater (I) - 1 electoral vote (Oklahoma faithless elector)
  • Orval E. Faubus/James G. Crommelin (States' Rights) - 44,984 (0.1%)
  • Texas United States Senate election, 1960:

  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) (inc.) - 1,306,625 (57.98%)
  • John Tower (R) - 926,653 (41.12%)
  • Bard A. Logan (Constitution) - 20,506 (0.91%)
  • 1964 Democratic presidential primaries:

  • Pat Brown - 1,693,813 (27.26%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 1,106,999 (17.82%)
  • Sam Yorty - 798,431 (12.85%)
  • George Wallace - 798,431 (12.85%)
  • John W. Reynolds - 522,405 (8.41%)
  • Albert S. Porter - 493,619 (7.94%)
  • Matthew E. Welsh - 376,023 (6.05%)
  • Daniel Brewster - 267,106 (4.30%)
  • Jennings Randolph - 131,432 (2.12%)
  • Unpledged - 81,614 (1.31%)
  • Robert F. Kennedy - 36,258 (0.58%)
  • Lar Daly - 15,160 (0.24%)
  • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 8,495 (0.14%)
  • Albert J. Easter - 8,275 (0.13%)
  • Adlai Stevenson II - 800 (0.01%)
  • Hubert Humphrey - 548 (0.01%)
  • 1964 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

  • Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 2,316 (100.00%)
  • United States presidential election, 1964:

  • Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) - 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried)
  • Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) - 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried)
  • 1968 Democratic presidential primaries:

  • Eugene McCarthy - 2,914,933 (38.73%)
  • Robert Kennedy - 2,305,148 (30.63%)
  • Stephen M. Young - 549,140 (7.30%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 383,590 (5.10%)
  • Thomas C. Lynch - 380,286 (5.05%)
  • Roger D. Branigin - 238,700 (3.17%)
  • George Smathers - 236,242 (3.14%)
  • Hubert Humphrey - 166,463 (2.21%)
  • Unpledged - 161,143 (2.14%)
  • Scott Kelly - 128,899 (1.71%)
  • George Wallace - 34,489 (0.46%)
  • Richard Nixon (write-in) - 13,610 (0.18%)
  • Ronald Reagan (write-in) - 5,309 (0.07%)
  • Ted Kennedy - 4,052 (0.05%)
  • Paul C. Fisher - 506 (0.01%)
  • John G. Crommelin - 186 (0.00%)
  • References

    Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson Wikipedia