Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson

Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as the 36th president of the United States (1963–1969), the 37th vice president (1961–1963); and as a United States senator (1949–1961) and United States representative (1937–1949) from Texas.

President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1969

Texas's 10th congressional district special election, 1937

  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 8,280 (27.65%)
  • Merton Harris (D) - 5,111 (17.07%)
  • Polk Shelton (D) - 4,420 (14.76%)
  • Sam V. Stone (D) - 4,048 (13.52%)
  • C. N. Avery (D) - 3,951 (13.19%)
  • Houghton Brownlee (D) - 3,019 (10.08%)
  • Ayers Ross (D) - 1,088 (3.63%)

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1938

unopposed

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1940

unopposed

Texas United States Senate special election, 1941:[1]

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1942

unopposed

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1944

  • Primary election (July 22, 1944)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 20, 592 (68.30%)
  • Buck Taylor (D) - 9,723 (31.69%)
  • General election (November 7, 1944)
unopposed

Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1946

  • Primary election (July 27, 1946)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 34,712 (68.52%)
  • Hardy Hollers (D) - 14,231 (28.09%)
  • Charles E. King (D) - 1,714 (3.38%)
  • General election (November 5, 1946)
unopposed

Texas United States Senate election, 1948 (Democratic primary):[2]

Texas United States Senate election, 1948 (Democratic primary runoff):[3]

Texas United States Senate election, 1948:[6]

Texas United States Senate election, 1954:[7]

1956 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[8]

1956 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[9]

First ballot:

1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[10]

1960 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[11]

  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 1,521 (100.00%)

1960 United States presidential election:

Texas United States Senate election, 1960:[12]

  • 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:[13]

1964 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[14]

  • Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 2,316 (100.00%)

1964 United States presidential election:

1968 Democratic presidential primaries:[15]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Includes the 200 fraudulent votes added to Johnson's vote total[4]: 30:35 [5] in the Box 13 scandal. Excluding these fraudulent votes, Johnson's total vote count was 493,991, below the vote total of Coke Stevenson.

References edit

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - Special Election Race - Jun 28, 1941".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - Jul 24, 1948".
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Runoff Race - Aug 28, 1948".
  4. ^ LBJ Part 1. The Presidents. PBS – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  5. ^ "LBJ". PBS. 30 September 1991. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948".
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1954".
  8. ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 13, 1956".
  9. ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Aug 13, 1956".
  10. ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 11, 1960
  11. ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 11, 1960".
  12. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960".
  13. ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1964
  14. ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 24, 1964".
  15. ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Mar 12, 1968