1964 Presidential Election

110,604,000
Voting Age Population
63.4%
Turnout by VAP

Results of the presidential election of 1964, won by Lyndon B. Johnson with 486 electoral votes.

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Lyndon B. Johnson's Cabinet

President: Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

Vice President: Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969)

Secretary of State: Dean Rusk (1963-1969)

Secretary of the Treasury: Henry H. Fowler (1965-1968), Joseph W. Barr (1968-1969)

Secretary of Defense: Robert McNamara (1963-1968), Clark Clifford (1968-1969)

Attorney General: Nicholas Katzenbach (1964-1966), Ramsey Clark (1966-1969)

Postmaster General: Larry O'Brien (1965-1968), W. Marvin Watson (1968-1969)

Secretary of the Interior: Stewart Udall (1963-1969)

Secretary of Agriculture: Orville Freeman (1963-1969)

Secretary of Commerce: John T. Connor (1965-1967), Alexander Trowbridge (1967-1968), C. R. Smith (1968-1969)

Secretary of Labor: W. Willard Wirtz (1963-1969)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: John W. Gardner (1965-1968), Wilbur J. Cohen (1968-1969)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Robert C. Weaver (1966-1968)

Secretary of Transportation: Alan S. Boyd (1967-1969)

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1964 Candidate Electoral Votes

270 to win
43,129,566 popular votes (61.1%)
Running Mate: Hubert Humphrey
27,178,188 popular votes (38.5%)
Running Mate: William E. Miller

The number of Electors reaches 538 and has remained there to this day.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

10

Alaska

3

Arizona

5

Arkansas

6

California

40

Colorado

6

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

14

Georgia

12

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

26

Indiana

13

Iowa

9

Kansas

7

Kentucky

9

Louisiana

10

Maine

4

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

14

Michigan

21

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

7

Missouri

12

Montana

4

Nebraska

5

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

17

New Mexico

4

New York

43

North Carolina

13

North Dakota

4

Ohio

26

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

6

Pennsylvania

29

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

11

Texas

25

Utah

4

Vermont

3

Virginia

12

Washington

9

West Virginia

7

Wisconsin

12

Wyoming

3