Johnson's popular vote margin of over 22 percentage points is a record that stands to this day.

Johnson's home still stands in Anderson, South Carolina and his portrait hangs in perpetuity in the Merritt Parlor on the Anderson University campus.

The first was in 1910 when a man called Jim Johnson accused him of cheating at dice and threw him off the boat on which they were traveling ( and which Thompson had recently won when gambling with its previous owner-a friend of Johnson's ).

Many people saw Humphrey as Johnson's stand-in ; he won major backing from the nation's labor unions and other Democratic groups that were troubled by young antiwar protesters and the social unrest around the nation.

As for Mahone, the victory, won largely due to his efforts in supporting Johnson's stunned men, earned him a lasting reputation as one of the best young generals of Lee's army in the war's last year.

In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's " Carolina Shout ", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it.

By 1903, though Johnson's " official " record showed him with nine wins against three losses, five draws and two no contests, he had won at least 50 fights against both white and black opponents.

The Lakers won 60 games in Johnson's rookie year, and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the 1980 NBA Finals.

No Democratic candidate has won office in Chaves County since Lyndon Johnson's landslide victory of 1964.

About 1914 Joe " King " Oliver won a musical " cutting contest " and claimed Keppard's crown ; soon after Keppard accepted an offer to join Bill Johnson's band in Los Angeles, California.

Although his first partial term as governor resulted from Johnson's death in 1909, he subsequently won the office twice on his own merits.

The Radicals were opposed by President Andrew Johnson, but the Radicals won the critical election of 1866, and overcame Johnson's vetoes.

This followed Dr. Johnson's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency, which was won by Dr. W. T.

While Gore won, Kuykendall held him to only 53 percent of the vote -- a margin that would have almost certainly been closer if not for Johnson's massive landslide victory in that year's presidential election.

Maddox won a lawsuit against Sunny James Svetnic, the manager of Johnson's group, for trademark infringement in 1996.

Helped by the coat tails effect of Lyndon Johnson's victory in the general election, he won by more than 500, 000 votes and 62 % of the vote, defeating Republican Washington University in St. Louis chancellor Ethan A. H. Shepley.

He won his first twenty-four fights before losing a ten round decision to Archie Moore, who would be Johnson's biggest career rival.

Transamerica and AEGON have been Zach Johnson's primary sponsors since he joined the PGA Tour in 2004 and has won both the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2007 AT & T Classic.

On June 12, 2009, exactly 19 years to the day of Johnson's hiring, the Penguins won their third Stanley Cup.

He likely would not have won had it not been for Lyndon Johnson's presence atop the ticket ; Johnson easily carried the state as part of his 44-state landslide that year.

Turner was the offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys on Jimmy Johnson's staff when Dallas won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1992 and 1993.

The Republicans won in a landslide, capturing enough seats to override Johnson's vetoes.

County Executive Jack B. Johnson narrowly won the Democratic nomination against Rushern L. Baker, III, a vocal critic of Johnson's administration.

On May 29, 2009, Johnson & Johnson's Centocor unit, the maker of Remicade, which is also a TNF inhibitor, won a ruling for $ 1. 67 billion from Abbott Laboratories, the maker of Humira, for patent infringement on the process for making Humira.

Johnson's fashion career started after she entered and won the Mademoiselle Guest Editor Contest.

Martin Macpherson ( 1743 – 1812 ), Dr. Macpherson's elder son, succeeded him at Sleat, and won Dr. Johnson's regard when the doctor visited the highlands.

These proclamations embodied Johnson's conciliatory policies towards the South, as well as his rush to reincorporate the former Confederate states into the union without due regard for freedmen's rights ; these positions and his vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with Radical Republicans who demanded harsher measures.

Johnson's grandfather William was poverty stricken, and was unable to educate his son Jacob or pass on any land to him.

Johnson's third term in Congress found him stiffening in his opposition to non essential government spending, from expenses of the new Smithsonian Institute to the purchase of portraits for the White House.

Johnson's position that the best interests of the Union were served by slavery in some areas made him a practical compromise candidate for president.

Johnson's tenure in the Senate came to a conclusion when Lincoln appointed him military governor of occupied Tennessee in March 1862.

Johnson's vintage independent streak put him very much at odds with professional military commanders, including Gen. Don Carlos Buell who left Nashville defenseless when he had to reinforce Grant at the Battle of Shiloh.

Johnson's " unwavering commitment to the Union " was a significant factor in making him Lincoln's choice as vice president on the Union Party's premier ticket that year.

These proclamations embodied Johnson's conciliatory policies towards the South, as well as his rush to reincorporate the former Confederate states into the union without due regard for freedmen's rights ; these positions and his vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with Radical Republicans.

* Samuel Johnson's 1739 biography of him online: Life of Herman Boerhaave

Many of Humphrey's liberal friends and allies over the years abandoned him because of his refusal to publicly criticize Johnson's Vietnam War policies.

Johnson's brilliant handling of the press, the efficiency with which his committee issued new reports, and the fact that he ensured every report was endorsed unanimously by the committee all brought him headlines and national attention.

Johnson's success in the Senate made him a possible Democratic presidential candidate.

At 10: 15 a. m. he went to Johnson's suite to discuss a mutual ticket ; the two men were alone for about 30 minutes during which time Johnson said Kennedy would have trouble with those who were strongly against him.

Johnson's efforts to win the world heavyweight title were thwarted, as world heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries refused to face him then.

Johnson's victory over the reigning world champion, Canadian Tommy Burns, in Sydney, Australia, came after stalking Burns around the world for two years and taunting him in the press for a match.

The match with Ketchel was originally thought to have been an exhibition, and in fact it was fought by both men that way, until the 12th round, when Ketchel threw a right to Johnson's head, knocking him down.

The outcome of the fight triggered race riots that evening — the Fourth of July — all across the United States, from Texas and Colorado to New York and Washington, D. C. Johnson's victory over Jeffries had dashed white dreams of finding a " great white hope " to defeat him.

When asked by a reporter at Johnson's funeral what she had loved about him, she replied, " I loved him because of his courage.

Johnson's skill as a fighter and the money that it brought made it impossible for him to be ignored by the establishment.

Johnson's popularity in other matters helped him retain his seat.