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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:

• 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%)

Notes

1. Includes the 200 fraudulent votes added to Johnson's vote total 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

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.
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

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36th President of the United States (1963–1969) 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963) U.S. Senator from Texas (1949–1961) U.S. Representative for TX-10 (1937–1949)
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