1964 United States Presidential Election (Stars and Stripes Forever)

The 1964 United States Presidential Election was the 45th quadrennial Presidential Election. In a slim electoral collage majority, Democratic Senator Lyndon Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. Unlike the last three elections, which had all been Republican landslides with over 400 electoral votes, this election was slim and tense. Goldwater's anti-civil rights ethic lost him support in the north but gained him support in the South. Johnson, meanwhile, presented himself as a moderate, and appealed to independent voters.

The Democrats did not enjoy the fruits of victory, however, as Johnson was assassinated three months into his presidency by a crazed communist named Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was later captured and shot by a retired US Army Officer.