Video: '1964 - Edward Kennedy's plane crash & Presidential Election Day' (Nov. 3, 1964, at 0:47)

(Tuesday, November 3, 1964, during the 1964 presidential campaign) — Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, who had come to office less than a year earlier following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy, was elected today to a full term, soundly defeating Republican challenger Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona (click here to watch a newsreel from this day; click here to watch American Experience: LBJ at 1:46:40).

Johnson and his running mate, Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, received 61.1% of the national popular vote, the highest percentage since the popular vote first became widespread in 1824.

Goldwater and his running mate, Rep. William Miller of New York, received 38.5%.

The 1964 popular vote results translated into a decisive Electoral College victory of 486-52 for Johnson-Humphrey, who would be sworn in to a four-year term on January 20, 1965.

Also today, Robert F. Kennedy, the former U.S. Attorney General and younger brother of the assassinated president, was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in his first bid for elective office, overwhelming Republican Sen. Kenneth B. Keating 53.5% to 43.4%.

And in Texas, Democratic Sen. Ralph Yarborough was re-elected over Republican George H.W. Bush (in his first bid for the Senate) 56.2% to 43.6%.

Video: 'LBJ and McGeorge Bundy, 11/3/64, 5.11P.'

Video: 'LBJ and Hubert Humphrey 11/3/64, 5.57P.'

Video: 'LBJ and Bill Moyers, 11/3/64, Time unknown.'

Video: 'LBJ and Robert F. Kennedy, 11/3/64, 11.55P.'

Video: 'LBJ and Edward Kennedy, 11/4/64. 12.04A.'

Video: 'LBJ and Harry Truman, 11/4/64, 11.36A.'