Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as the 36th president of the United States (1963–1969), the 37th vice president (1961–1963); and as a United States senator (1949–1961) and United States representative (1937–1949) from Texas. Texas's 10th congressional district special election, 1937 * Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 8,280 (27.65%) * Merton Harris (D) - 5,111 (17.07%) * Polk Shelton (D) - 4,420 (14.76%) * Sam V. Stone (D) - 4,048 (13.52%) * C. N. Avery (D) - 3,951 (13.19%) * Houghton Brownlee (D) - 3,019 (10.08%) * Ayers Ross (D) - 1,088 (3.63%) unopposed unopposed unopposed