Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson ran for public office numerous times. He was 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.

U.S. House of Representatives elections (1937–1946)

U.S. Senate elections (1941–1960)

Presidential elections (1956–1968)

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%)

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%)

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