Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.
Senate portrait, 1960
Major General Barry M. Goldwater in his United States Air Force uniform
Goldwater's 1952 campaign portrait
President Lyndon B. Johnson with Senator Goldwater, January 16, 1964
1964 United States presidential election
The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory. Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice president to succeed the presidency following the death of his predecessor and win a full term in his own right. Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote for the Democratic Party in history, 61.1%, and the highest for any candidate since the advent of widespread popular elections in 1824.
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Image: Goldwater and Miller (cropped)
President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
Governor George Wallace of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987)
