# 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:
* 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
   * Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 20,592 (68.30%)
   * Buck Taylor (D) - 9,723 (31.69%)
    unopposed
Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1946
   * Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 34,712 (68.52%)
   * Hardy Hollers (D) - 14,231 (28.09%)
   * Charles E. King (D) - 1,714 (3.38%)
    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):
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):
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%)