Landslide LyndonIn 1948, Texas Governor Coke Stevenson ran for a U.S. Senate seat against Texas Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson:
"Early indications were that Congressman Johnson had lost. Six days later, however, Precinct 13 in the border town of Alice, Texas, showed a very interesting result. Exactly 203 people had voted at the last minute — in the order they were listed on the tax rolls — and 202 of them had voted for Johnson.
"While Stevenson protested, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black upheld the result, and Johnson squeaked by with an 87-vote victory. For this feat, columnist Drew Pearson gave Johnson the sobriquet Landslide Lyndon.
"It was not until July 30, 1977, that Luis Salas, the election judge in Alice, admitted that he and southern Texas political boss George Parr (who had killed himself in 1975) had rigged the election."
[The election was the closest senatorial race in the nation's history. Stevenson took his defeat bitterly, retired from public life, and died in June, 1975. Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th president of the United States.]
Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (1963-69) [noted for his Great Society program (to stimulate economic growth and promote civil rights legislation) and for his deepening of American involvement in the Vietnam War]
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