Robert J. Morris, former New York City Municipal Court Judge, counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey in 1958 and 1960
1964, united, states, senate, election, texas, held, november, 1964, incumbent, democratic, senator, ralph, yarborough, defeated, future, president, george, bush, handily, this, would, prove, yarborough, final, term, senator, bush, later, went, election, house. The 1964 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3 1964 Incumbent Democratic US Senator Ralph Yarborough defeated future US President George H W Bush handily This would prove to be Yarborough s final term as a senator Bush later went on to win an election for the US House of Representatives in 1966 and was subsequently elected US Vice President in 1980 re elected in 1984 and was elected president in 1988 1964 United States Senate election in Texas 1958 November 3 1964 1970 Nominee Ralph Yarborough George BushParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 463 958 1 134 337Percentage 56 2 43 6 County resultsYarbrough 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Bush 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionRalph YarboroughDemocratic Elected U S Senator Ralph YarboroughDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 2 3 Runoff 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit Gordon McLendon radio broadcaster Ralph Yarborough incumbent Senator since 1957Results Edit 1964 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ralph Yarborough incumbent 904 811 57 36 Democratic Gordon McLendon 672 573 42 64 Total votes 1 577 384 100 00 Republican primary EditCandidates Edit George H W Bush former Chairman of the Harris County Republican Party and son of former U S Senator from Connecticut Prescott Bush Jack Cox former State Representative from Stephens County and nominee for Governor in 1962 Milton Davis Robert J Morris former New York City Municipal Court Judge counsel to the U S Senate Judiciary Committee and candidate for U S Senator from New Jersey in 1958 and 1960Results Edit 1964 Republican U S Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican George H W Bush 62 985 44 08 Republican Jack Cox 45 561 31 89 Republican Robert Morris 28 279 19 79 Republican Milton Davis 6 067 4 25 Total votes 142 892 100 00 Runoff Edit 1964 Republican U S Senate runoff 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican George H W Bush 49 751 62 12 Republican Jack Cox 30 333 37 88 Total votes 80 084 100 00 General election EditResults Edit 1964 United States Senate election in Texas 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ralph Yarborough incumbent 1 463 958 56 22 18 36Republican George H W Bush 1 134 337 43 56 20 06Constitution Jack Carswell 5 542 0 21 1 59Total votes 2 603 837 100 0 N ADemocratic holdSee also Edit1964 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit Our Campaigns TX US Senate D Primary Race May 02 1964 Our Campaigns TX US Senate R Primary Race May 02 1964 Our Campaigns TX US Senate R Primary Race May 02 1964 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives 1965 08 15 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3 1964 PDF U S Government Printing Office p 43 54 Our Campaigns TX US Senate Race Nov 03 1964 This Texas elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 United States Senate election in Texas amp oldid 1117082434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
