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.

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:
 * 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):
 * 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):
 * 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%)

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:
 * 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%)

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:
 * 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%)