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Lbj V. Coke Stevenson: Lawyering For Control Of The Disputed Texas Democratic Party Senatorial Primary Election Of 1948 [Final Version Is Now Published In 31 The Review Of Litigation 1-70 (2012)], Josiah M. Daniel Iii
Lbj V. Coke Stevenson: Lawyering For Control Of The Disputed Texas Democratic Party Senatorial Primary Election Of 1948 [Final Version Is Now Published In 31 The Review Of Litigation 1-70 (2012)], Josiah M. Daniel Iii
Josiah M. Daniel III
This article explores the history of high-profile election-dispute litigation in the U.S. in 1948, a whirlwind of proceedings in state and federal courts that followed the disputed runoff election between Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson and his opponent for the nomination of the Texas Democratic Party for the office of Senator. Johnson famously won this election by 87 votes, out of a million cast, based on very tardy vote tallies from politically corrupt Jim Wells County in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a result that was sustained—ultimately by an unusual, last-minute stay issued by a US Supreme Court justice in …