Landslide Lyndon

English Etymology Sarcastic nickname from the fact that Lyndon B. Johnson's 1948 United States Senate election in Texas 1948 run to a be a Texas senator needed a runoff in order to be successful, which LBJ won by 87 votes over Coke Stevenson, in a state with a large population. After 1964, there were more sincere uses due to his 1964 United States presidential election landslide win over Barry Goldwater. Proper noun Landslide Lyndon en US politics historical Lyndon B. Johnson. en 1948 Oct 16 Youngstown Vindicator Doris Fleeson G.O.P. Needs Landslide to Get Texas Seat Hence, quiet fence-mending on the part of “Landslide Lyndon”, as he is now known to his friends since his 87-vote margin over Stevenson in the Democratic primary. en 1967 Feb 11 The Free Lance-Star JCG: This Week J.C. Goolrick Perhaps you have noticed a slight decline in your popularity of these past several months. Perhaps you get the feeling that if you ran for office today the “Landslide” Lyndon of 1964 would be more like the “Landslide” Lyndon who just barely made it back to the U.S. Senate from Texas. en 1990 Robert Caro The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent The [coiner of the nickname] cannot be definitively established, although it may have been [Lyndon] himself[, who] was among those [to] make it a familiar part of the scene of insider Washington. “From the start, [he met] he did not know by sticking out a hand and saying, ‘Howdy, I'm Landslide Lyndon,’” [writes] Alfred Steinberg[.] en Individuals Nicknames for individuals