1961 United States Senate special election in Texas
February 16, 2024
The 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on May 27, 1961. The election was held to replace outgoing Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, who had been elected Vice President of the United States.
1961 United States Senate special election in Texas
Republican John Tower, who had been the nominee for the regularly scheduled election in 1960, defeated seventy other candidates to become the first Republican to represent Texas in the Senate since Reconstruction in 1877. Tower was also the first Republican to be popularly elected to the Senate in any former Confederate state.
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February 16, 2024
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The 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on May 27 1961 The election was held to replace outgoing Senator Lyndon B Johnson who had been elected Vice President of the United States 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas 1960 April 4 1961 first round May 27 1961 runoff 1966 Candidate John Tower William A Blakley Jim WrightParty Republican Democratic DemocraticFirst round 327 30830 93 190 81818 03 171 32816 19 Runoff 448 21750 58 437 87449 42 Eliminated Candidate Will Wilson Maury Maverick Jr Henry B GonzalezParty Democratic Democratic DemocraticFirst round 121 96111 53 104 9929 92 97 6599 23 Runoff Eliminated Eliminated EliminatedFirst round county results top 6 candidates Runoff county resultsRunoff congressional district resultsTower 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Blakley 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Wright 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Wilson 20 30 30 40 40 50 60 70 70 80 80 90 Maverick 20 30 30 40 Gonzalez 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 80 90 gt 90 Tie 50 U S senator before electionWilliam A BlakleyDemocratic Elected U S Senator John TowerRepublicanRepublican John Tower who had been the nominee for the regularly scheduled election in 1960 defeated seventy other candidates to become the first Republican to represent Texas in the Senate since Reconstruction in 1877 Tower was also the first Republican to be popularly elected to the Senate in any former Confederate state Because Texas had been a Solid South state the loss of Johnson s Senate seat would be seen as a stinging defeat for the Kennedy administration and the Democratic Party given that the Civil Rights Movement was getting off the ground and the increasing sympathy for it amongst increasingly influential liberal Democrats One of the Democrats who were defeated in the first round was congressman Jim Wright who went on to briefly serve as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the late 1980s Contents 1 Primary election 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Major candidates 1 1 2 Minor candidates 2 Runoff election 2 1 Results 3 ReferencesPrimary election editCandidates edit Seventy one candidates were on the ballot for the primary election At the time the filing fee for ballot access was only 50 The primary was held on April 4 Major candidates edit William A Blakley Democrat incumbent appointee Senator Henry B Gonzalez Democrat State Senator from San Antonio Maury Maverick Jr Democrat attorney and former State Representative John Tower Republican political science professor at Midwestern State University and nominee for U S Senate in 1960 Will Wilson Democrat Attorney General of Texas Jim Wright Democrat U S Representative from Fort WorthMinor candidates edit None of these candidates received more than 0 5 of the popular vote G H Allen Jim W Amos Dale Baker Mali Barraco Tom E Barton R G Becker Jacob Bergolofsky Ted Bisland G E Blewett Joyce Bradshaw Chester D Brooks William L Burlison Ronald J Byers Joseph M Carter George A Davisson Winnie K Derrick Harry R Diehl Harvill O Eaton Jonnie Mae Eckman Paul F Eix Ben H Faber H E Fanning Charles O Foerster Jr Harold Franklin George N Gallagher Jr Richard J Gay Van T George Jr Arthur Glover Delbert E Granstaff Curtis E Hill Willard Park Holland John N Hopkins Mary Hazel Houston Ben M Johnson Guy Johnson Morgan H Johnson C B Kennedy H Springer Knoblauch Lloyd Layne Hugh O Lea V C Logan Frank A Matera Brown McCallum James E McKeen Steve Nemecek George E Noyes Cecil D Perkins William H Posey George Red Wesley Roberts D T Sampson Eristus Sams A Dale Savage Carl Schrade Albert Roy Smith Homer H Stalarow Frank Stanford John B Sypert Martha Tredway S S Vela Bill Whitten Hugh Wilson Hoyt G Wilson Marcos Zertuche 1961 U S Senate special election primary 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Tower 327 308 30 93 Democratic William Blakely incumbent 190 818 18 03 Democratic Jim Wright 171 328 16 19 Democratic Will Wilson 121 961 11 53 Democratic Maury Maverick Jr 104 992 9 92 Democratic Henry B Gonzalez 97 659 9 23 Various Minor candidates 44 058 4 16 Total votes 1 058 124 100 00 Runoff election editResults edit 1961 U S Senate special election 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Tower 448 217 50 58 nbsp 9 46Democratic William A Blakley incumbent 437 874 49 42 nbsp 8 56Total votes 886 091 100 00 References edit TX US Senate Special Primary OurCampaigns com Retrieved April 4 2020 Numan V Bartley Graham Hugh D 1978 Southern Elections County and Precinct Data 1950 1972 Baton Rouge and London Louisiana State University Press pp 299 304 ISBN 0 8071 0278 4 TX US Senate Special OurCampaigns com Retrieved April 4 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas amp oldid 1197592852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
