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alphabetical order and written with the same pen and handwriting. Some of the individuals whose names were listed insisted they had not voted that day, while the last person whose name was recorded before the questionable entries stated that when he voted shortly before the polls closed, there had been no one in line behind him.
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To the east in neighboring Jim Wells County – home of the notorious Box 13, which happened to be the only box in the county dominated by Parr's operatives – LBJ managed to acquire, according to the estimates, a four-percentage-point net gain over
Stevenson, or about only
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The subsequent recount, handled by the
Democratic State Central Committee, took a week. Johnson was announced the winner by 87 votes out of 988,295, an extremely narrow margin of victory. Suspicions arose that the 202 late votes were fraudulent. The names added to the end of the tally sheet were in
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In 2023, Associated Press reporter James Mangan donated to the LBJ Presidential
Library and Museum taped interviews confirming the story that he recorded in 1977. Mangan was able to corroborate the story with Luis Salas, who worked as an election judge in South Texas. Salas told Mangan that the
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On the day of the runoff election, Johnson appeared to have lost the
Democratic nomination to Stevenson. Six days after polls had closed, 202 additional votes were added to the totals for Precinct 13 of Jim Wells County, 200 for Johnson and two for Stevenson. This resulted in a narrow lead for
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powerful South Texas political boss George B. Parr ordered that some 200 votes be added to the totals for Box 13. Salas said he then watched as the names of individuals who had not voted were added to the tally sheet.
69:. Johnson prevailed on the basis that jurisdiction over naming a nominee rested with the state party, not the federal government. A private, non-official investigation found that Johnson had conspired with
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A Tommy
Townsend, left, appears with Bill Low in a scene from the world premiere of "Box Thirteen," which is being performed at the College of the Mainland Arena Theatre through June 27.
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leader in Texas, to falsify vote totals. In the general election, Johnson went on to defeat the
Republican nominee
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35:, regarding disputed votes in a Democratic primary involving
286:"'Window into history': Tapes detail LBJ's stolen election"
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654:United States Senate special elections, 1941
321:The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent
216:"The Rachel Maddow Show for April 29, 2021"
53:1948 United States Senate election in Texas
596:Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
581:Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
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718:1960 United States presidential election
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741:Lyndon B. Johnson in popular culture
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659:1948 United States Senate elections
465:Vice President of the United States
454:36th President of the United States
392:LBJ: Architect of American Ambition
351:. Oxford University Press. p.
33:1948 United States Senate elections
825:Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson
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284:Stengle, Angela (April 1, 2023).
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586:Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
244:Woods 2006, p. 217; Caro 1990.
126:"The Mystery of Ballot Box 13"
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760:The Years of Lyndon Johnson
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519:Civil Rights Act of 1960
514:Civil Rights Act of 1957
395:. New York: Free Press.
855:Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr.
843:Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.
831:Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
473:U.S. Senator from Texas
389:Woods, Randall (2006).
343:Dallek, Robert (1998).
183:Caro 1990, pp. 360–361.
99:College of the Mainland
29:Jim Wells County, Texas
769:(1991 television film)
503:Early years and career
221:The Rachel Maddow Show
861:Joseph Wilson Baines
370:Frum, David (2000).
260:Galveston Daily News
201:Dallek 1991, p. 340.
192:Dallek 1991, p. 346.
869:(great-grandfather)
849:Sam Houston Johnson
837:Luci Baines Johnson
481:U.S. Representative
324:. Alfred A. Knopf.
89:Johnson biographer
606:U.S. Postage stamp
509:Southern Manifesto
67:U.S. Supreme Court
956:Lyndon B. Johnson
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308:Works cited
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79:Jack Porter
71:George Parr
31:during the
935:Categories
873:Chuck Robb
839:(daughter)
833:(daughter)
696:withdrawal
555:Legacy and
266:26 January
231:2021-04-30
109:References
51:See also:
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558:memorials
85:Aftermath
58:Johnson.
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