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1945 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1928

11 July 1945

1947 →


Candidate	Harry Truman
Ballot	Unopposed

Leader before election

Harry Truman (acting)
Cordell Hull

Elected Leader

Harry Truman

1947 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1945

12 March 1947

1951 →


Candidate	Alben Barkley	James Gardiner	James Byrnes
First Ballot	29.2%	24.0%	30.6%
Second Ballot	31.1%	38.3%	30.6%
Third Ballot	59.2%	40.8%	Eliminated


Candidate	Paul Martin	John McCormack
First Ballot	11.0%	5.2%
Second Ballot	Withdrew	Eliminated
Third Ballot	Withdrew	Eliminated

Leader before election

Alben Barkley (acting)
Harry Truman

Elected Leader

Alben Barkley

1951 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1947

28 July 1951

1967 →


Candidate	Lyndon Johnson	Estes Kefauver	Hubert Humphrey
First Ballot	34.7%	29.6%	9.0%
Second Ballot	55.4%	36.9%	7.7%


Candidate	James F. Byrnes	Paul Martin	James Murray
First Ballot	15.0%	6.0%	5.7%
Second Ballot	Withdrew	Withdrew	Eliminated

Leader before election

Alben Barkley

Elected Leader

Lyndon Johnson

1967 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1951

5 December 1967

1968 →


Candidate	Lyndon Johnson	Eugene McCarthy
Ballot	320 (81.9%)	71 (18.1%)

Leader before election

Lyndon Johnson

Elected Leader

Lyndon Johnson

1968 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1967

28 March 1968

1971 →


Candidate	Hubert Humphrey	Eugene McCarthy	John Kennedy
First Ballot	Did not enter	33.7%	11.4%
Second Ballot	42.4%	38.3%	19.3%
Third Ballot	56.7%	43.3%	Eliminated


Candidate	Robert Kennedy	Lyndon Johnson	Paul Martin
First Ballot	5.1%	46.9%	2.9%
Second Ballot	Withdrew	Withdrew	Eliminated
Third Ballot	Withdrew	Withdrew	Eliminated

Leader before election

Lyndon Johnson

Elected Leader

Hubert Humphrey

1971 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1968

8 July 1971

1979 →


Candidate	Morris Udall	Edmund Muskie	Wilbur Mills
First Ballot	35.8%	31.5%	23.5%
Second Ballot	35.8%	31.5%	23.5%
Third Ballot	61.4%	38.6%	Withdrew


Candidate	Eugene McCarthy	Shirley Chisholm
First Ballot	7.2%	2.0%
Second Ballot	9.2%	Eliminated
Third Ballot	Eliminated	Withdrew

Leader before election

Hubert Humphrey

Elected Leader

Morris Udall

1979 Liberal Party leadership election

← 1971

25 Febuary & 25 March 1979

1983 →


Candidate	Ed Kennedy	Lloyd Bentsen	Lindy Boggs
Popular vote	49.9%	18.6%	13.8%
Delegate vote	63.5%	23.8%	6.0%
Overall result	56.7%	21.2%	9.9%


Candidate	Birch Bayh	John Culver	Dale Bumpers
Popular vote	9.2%	4.5%	4.0%
Delegate vote	4.2%	1.3%	1.2%
Overall result	6.7%	2.9%	2.6%