answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

At that time , the 1964 Presidential election , winning 61 % of the vote was unprecedented ; a landslide .

Nope.

Johnson was hung with that name in 1948, after being elected as the Democratic candidate for the senate by the narrowest margin in the history of Texas... as far away from a Landslide as anyone had ever come and still been elected.

He won the primary by 87 votes, in an election where over a million votes were cast statewide.

That is why he came to be called Landslide Lyndon, the same way really huge men are sometimes nicknamed "Tiny".

This was a tongue-in-cheek nickname given to him after he was voted in as the Democratic candidate for Senate in 1948, running against Coke Stevenson, the former Governor Of Texas.

One ballot box, in Precinct 13 of Alice, Texas, decided the primary race.

An election clerk later said that the voting roll for that precinct contained a lot of names in alphabetic sequence, many apparently in the same ink & handwriting, and a couple of which he knew personally to be dead.

Coke Stevenson took it to the election committee and federal court to have them decide the validity of the election but when a subpoena was issued for ballot box 13, it couldn't be found, and has never been found since.

It contained the voting roll in question, where the voters signed in before casting their ballots, along with the actual ballots.

It's believed that the margin of victory was provided by George Parr, popularly known as "The Duke Of Duval County", who had his enforcer, Luis Salas (also an election judge), cast over 200 ballots for Johnson on behalf of "nonvoters" in the 13th precinct, several days after the polls had closed.

Being the Election Judge for that precinct, he also certified the votes.

Salas admitted to this in to The Associated Press in a 1977 interview with Jim Mangan, the AP's Texas bureau chief at the time. Parr was dead and the statute of limitations had kicked in by then.

In 1948, the votes were counted by people looking at physical pieces of paper and tallying them by hand, so it took a while to determine who had actually won an election.

Johnson had that nickname as a senator,

There is a photo around that shows Parr and Salas with feet up on the bumper of a 1940's Olds, or Chevy out in an open field somewhere, with a wooden box on it's hood, between them.

Supposedly that WAS Ballot Box 13, and speculation is that it was put into a small hole dug in the ground, burned completely, then the ashes buried.

This photo was shown on TV to an interviewer by John Connally, shortly before his death.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

Johnson was hung with that nickname in 1948, after being elected as the Democratic candidate for the senate by the narrowest margin in the history of Texas... as far away from a Landslide as anyone had ever come and still been elected.

He won the primary by 87 votes, in an election where over a million votes were cast statewide.

That is why he came to be called Landslide Lyndon, the same way very huge men are sometimes nicknamed "Tiny".

This was a tongue-in-cheek nickname given to him after he was voted in as the Democratic candidate for Senate in 1948, running in the primary against Coke Stevenson, the former Governor Of Texas, and W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, also a former Texas Governor.

One ballot box, in Precinct 13 of Alice, Texas, decided the primary race.

An election clerk later said that the voting roll for that precinct contained a lot of names in alphabetic sequence, many apparently in the same ink & handwriting, and a couple of which he knew personally to be dead.

Coke Stevenson took it to the election committee and federal court to have them decide the validity of the election but when a subpoena was issued for ballot box 13, it couldn't be found, and has never been found since.

It contained the voting roll in question, where the voters signed in before casting their ballots, along with the actual ballots.

It's believed that the margin of victory was provided by George Parr, popularly known as "The Duke Of Duval County", who had his enforcer, Luis Salas (also an election judge), cast over 200 ballots for Johnson on behalf of "nonvoters" in the 13th precinct, several days after the polls had closed.

Being the Election Judge for that precinct, he also certified the votes.

Salas admitted to this in to The Associated Press in a 1977 interview with Jim Mangan, the AP's Texas bureau chief at the time. Parr was dead and the statute of limitations had kicked in by then.

In 1948, the votes were counted by people looking at physical pieces of paper and tallying them by hand, so it took a while to determine who had actually won an election.

Johnson had that nickname as a senator,

There is a photo around that shows Parr and Salas with feet up on the bumper of a 1940's Olds, or Chevy out in an open field somewhere, with a wooden box on it's hood, between them.

Supposedly that WAS Ballot Box 13, and speculation is that it was put into a small hole dug in the ground, burned completely, then the ashes buried.

This photo was shown on TV to an interviewer by John Connally, shortly before his death.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why was Lyndon Johnson referred to as Landslide Lyndon?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Who was elected by a record landslide in 1964?

Lyndon Johnson


Which president declared a war on poverty?

Lyndon Johnson is noted for his war on poverty . Some say that poverty won.


How was Lyndon B Johnson elected?

After taking over as president from John F. Kennedy and serving as president for a year, Lyndon Johnson was elected as the US President in the next election. Johnson declined to run for a full second term.


When did Lyndon Baines Johnson decide to enter politics and why?

Johnson entered politics in 1931, with an unsuccessful run against W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, the only person to ever beat Lyndon in an election, and who lost to Lyndon in the infamous 1949 Senate primary, where the term "Landslide Lyndon" originated. Johnson was first elected a Congressman in April of 1937. Senator in 1949, and Vice President in 1961.


What was Lyndon B Johnson's father's name?

lyndon b johnson


Was landslide Lyndon the nick name for Lyndon Johnson after the 1964 election?

It was in use before the 1964 election. When he first got elected to the US Senate, he won by 87 votes, and later 202 votes have been confirmed to be fraudulent (meaning he shouldn't have got in), so earned the ironic nickname of Landslide Lyndon, which came true for real in the 1964 election.


Who is the 36th president of US?

Lyndon B. Johnson.


Is Lyndon Johnson single?

No, Lyndon Johnson is not single.


Who declared a war on poverty?

Lyndon Johnson was the president who declared war on poverty. Poverty won.


Who took over when John F. Kennedy got shot?

Lyndon Johnson.


What is Lyndon Johnson's occupation?

Lyndon Johnson is a/an Politician,teacher


What is the extended version of Lyndon B. Johnson?

Lyndon Baines Johnson.