Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election Lyndon B. Johnson received 486 electoral votes and Barry Goldwater received 52 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188.
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Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater deferred when it came to the fundamental belief in civil rights. In the 1964 election, Johnson beat Goldwater by a large margin.
Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election Lyndon B. Johnson received 486 electoral votes and Barry Goldwater received 52 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188.
The Republican Presidential nominee in the election of 1964 was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater.
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) against Barry Goldwater (Republican)
Election As PresidentNovember 3, 1964; POPULAR VOTE: Lyndon B. Johnson / Hubert Humphrey (vp) (Democrat) 43,126,506 (61%) Barry Goldwater (Rpublican) 27,176,799 (39%)ELECTORIAL VOTE: Johnson 486 Goldwater 52INAUGURAL ADDRESS: January 20, 1965. (S.Menzel)
President Lyndon B. Johnson (D) and Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona).
In the election of 1964 Barry Goldwater was the Republican who ran against Lyndon Johnson.
Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) and Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona).
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..."I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President" - Lyndon B. Johnson, March 31, 1968The 36th President of the United States was Lyndon B. Johnson did not run for President in 1968. Johnson was in office from November 22, 1963 when he succeeded Kennedy after the assassination, and was reelected in 1964 to serve a second term until January 20, 1969. The candidates for the Presidential election of 1968 were; Democrats Hubert Humphrey - Edmund Muskie Republicans Richard Nixon - Spiro Agnew, and American Independents George Wallace - Curtis LeMay. Richard Nixon won the election to be come the 37th President of the United States. President Nixon was reelected in 1972, and was in office from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 when he was impeached.