Washington state's presidential votes through the years
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson; 1968: Hubert Humphrey. 9 Electoral Votes each
Credit: Brock Adams photograph collection - University of Washington Libraries
Rep. Brock Adams of Washington with President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (center) at the signing of the Boxcar Bill on May 26, 1966. LBJ won Washington state in the 1964 election, and Humphrey won the state in his narrow loss to Richard Nixon in 1968.