Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson

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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.

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]

• 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

• 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]

• Coke Stevenson - 477,077 (39.68%)
• Lyndon B. Johnson - 405,617 (33.73%)
• George Peddy - 237,195 (19.73%)

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

• Lyndon B. Johnson - 494,191^[a] (50.00%)
• Coke Stevenson - 494,104 (50.00%)

Texas United States Senate election, 1948:^[6]

• 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:^[7]

• 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):^[8]

• 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):^[9]

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):^[10]

• 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):^[11]

• Lyndon B. Johnson - 1,521 (100.00%)

1960 United States presidential election:

• 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:^[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]

• 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):^[14]

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

1964 United States presidential election:

• 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:^[15]

• Eugene McCarthy - 2,914,933 (38.73%)
• Robert F. 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%)

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