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Despite Johnson's growing unpopularity, conventional wisdom held that it would be impossible to deny re-nomination to a sitting president. Johnson won a narrow victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary on March 12, against McCarthy 49–42%, [15] but this close second-place result dramatically boosted McCarthy's standing in the race ...
Graph of Johnson's Gallup approval ratings President Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election. President Johnson was elected to a full term in one of the largest landslide election victories in American history , winning 61% of the popular vote, receiving 43,129,040 votes to Goldwater's 27,175,754 votes.
[25] [26] Wallace predicted that he would win the race in Indiana by any suitable margin, and tried to lure Welsh for a debate, but he refused. [25] After Wallace's strong showing in Wisconsin, President Johnson insisted to help Welsh's campaign by providing money and administrative assistance. Wallace received about 30% of the vote to Welsh's ...
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights ...
President Johnson announced his long-expected candidacy for a full term just days before the convention started. The favorite son candidates who had run in his place then withdrew, his name was the only one placed in nomination, and for the last time, the presidential roll-call vote was dispensed with. Johnson was nominated by voice vote.
All three presidents who were still living at the time pledged their support to Johnson. Former President Harry S. Truman advised him from his own experience of assuming the presidency upon his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, [19] while former President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Washington, D.C., and had a conversation with Johnson in the Executive Office Building.
Presidential quotes “Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.” — Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Naradof Goodwin (December 7, 1931 – May 20, 2018) was an American writer and presidential advisor. He was an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Eugene McCarthy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.