1941 United States Senate special election in Texas

1941 United States Senate special election in Texas
June 28, 1941
 
Nominee Pappy O'Daniel Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 175,590 174,279
Percentage 30.49% 30.26%
 
Nominee Gerald Mann Martin Dies Jr.
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 140,807 80,653
Percentage 24.45% 14.01%
O'Daniel:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%

Johnson:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Mann:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%

Dies:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Andrew Jackson Houston
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Pappy O'Daniel
Democratic

The 1941 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on June 28, 1941, to complete the unexpired term of Senator Morris Sheppard, who died in office on April 9. Interim Senator Andrew Jackson Houston did not run for re-election and died only two days before the election. The race was won by Governor Pappy O'Daniel with a plurality of the vote; no majority was required.

O'Daniel very narrowly defeated U.S. Representative Lyndon B. Johnson, who won the seat after O'Daniel's retirement in 1948.

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