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1960 United States presidential election in Alabama
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All 11 Alabama votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Harry F. Byrd
(by unpledged electors) 		John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon
Party Southern Democrat Democratic Republican
Home state Virginia Massachusetts California
Running mate Strom Thurmond Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote 6 5 0
Popular vote 324,050 318,303 237,981
Percentage 56.83% 55.82% 41.73%
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 8, 1960 as part of that year's national presidential election. Eleven Democratic electors were elected, of whom six voted for Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and five for Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.[1]

In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states. Twenty-two electors were on the ballot, 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats. Voters could vote for up to eleven candidates. As a result of a state primary, the Democratic Party had a mixed slate of electors, five being pledged to Kennedy and the remaining six being unpledged.[2][3] The highest vote for a presidential elector was 324,050 votes for Frank M. Dixon, who was unpledged; the highest vote for an elector pledged to Kennedy was 318,303 for C. G. Allen, and the highest vote for a Republican elector was 237,981 for Cecil Durham, which was fewer than the vote for any Democratic elector.[2] As a result, six unpledged electors and five electors pledged to Kennedy were elected. All six elected unpledged electors cast their vote for Byrd.[4]

Varying methods have been used to break down the vote into Kennedy and unpledged votes. One method is to take the 318,303 votes as Kennedy votes and the 324,050 votes as unpledged votes, giving a total much higher than the actual votes cast.[5] Another is to take the 318,303 votes as Kennedy votes and the remainder (5,747 votes) as unpledged votes.[6] A third is to split the 324,050 in the proportion of 5⁄11 to 6⁄11, following the proportion of electors, giving 147,295 votes for Kennedy and 176,755 for unpledged electors.[7] In all cases, Republican candidate Richard Nixon of California, then Vice President of the United States, has 237,981 votes. If the last method is used, it means that Nixon won the popular vote in Alabama; it also means that he won the popular vote nationally.[3][7] Congressional Quarterly calculated the popular vote in this manner at the time of the 1960 election.[3] This remains the last election in which Lee County, Shelby County, Baldwin County, and Mobile County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[8]

Results[edit]

General election results[9]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes %
Democratic Party Unpledged[a] Frank M. Dixon 324,050 56.83
Democratic Party Unpledged[a] Bruce Henderson 323,018 56.65
Democratic Party Unpledged[a] Edmund Blair 322,593 56.57
Democratic Party Unpledged[a] C. E. Hornsby, Jr. 322,124 56.49
Democratic Party Unpledged[a] W. W. Malone, Jr. 322,084 56.48
Democratic Party Unpledged[a] Frank Mixell 320,957 56.29
Democratic Party John F. Kennedy C. G. Allen 318,303 55.82
Democratic Party John F. Kennedy C. L. Beard 318,266 55.81
Democratic Party John F. Kennedy J. E. Brantley 317,226 55.63
Democratic Party John F. Kennedy Dave Archer 317,171 55.62
Democratic Party John F. Kennedy Karl Harrison 316,934 55.58
Republican Party Richard Nixon Cecil Durham 237,981 41.73
Republican Party Richard Nixon Charles H. Chapman, Jr. 237,370 41.63
Republican Party Richard Nixon W. H. Gillespie 236,915 41.55
Republican Party Richard Nixon J. N. Dennis 236,765 41.52
Republican Party Richard Nixon Robert S. Cartledge 236,110 41.41
Republican Party Richard Nixon W. J. Kennamer 235,414 41.28
Republican Party Richard Nixon Perry O. Hooper 234,976 41.21
Republican Party Richard Nixon Tom McNaron 234,856 41.19
Republican Party Richard Nixon Mrs. John Simpson 234,002 41.04
Republican Party Richard Nixon T. B. Thompson 233,450 40.94
Republican Party Richard Nixon George Witcher 230,951 40.50
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus George E. Allen 4,367 0.77
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Lodwick H. Bartee 3,775 0.66
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Annette M. Bartee 3,769 0.66
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Lee J. Crowder 3,757 0.66
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Therman De Lee 3,735 0.66
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus John Douglas Knowles 3,555 0.62
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Mrs. Lila Evans 3,484 0.61
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Jack Andrew Tomlinson 3,477 0.61
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Ernest Wilson 3,460 0.61
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Sanford D. Rudd 3,396 0.60
National States' Rights Party Orval E. Faubus Willie Bazzell Garrett 2,796 0.49
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Grover C. Allen 1,485[b] 0.26
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Marie W. Bailey 1,274[b] 0.22
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Grover Banks 1,205[b] 0.21
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Eddie Jones 1,185[b] 0.21
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Isaac Nicholson 1,154[b] 0.20
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Ernest Thomas Taylor 1,143[b] 0.20
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. James H. Hollie 1,077[b] 0.19
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. James C. Williams 1,077[b] 0.19
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Jasper J. Thomas 1,063[b] 0.19
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. James Kersh 1,007[b] 0.18
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Will Mike 998[b] 0.18
Write-in John P. Newsome 39[b] 0.01
Write-in Walter C. Givhan 30[b] 0.01
Write-in John D. McQueen 30[b] 0.01
Write-in Lawrence E. McNeil 28[b] 0.00
Write-in Sam M. Johnson 24[b] 0.00
Write-in Walter C. Graham 9[b] 0.00
Write-in Sam W. Johnson 9[b] 0.00
Write-in Clarence E. McNeil 9[b] 0.00
Write-in John D. McQueen, Jr. 9[b] 0.00
Write-in John Patterson 3[b] 0.00
Write-in Sam Englehardt 3[b] 0.00
Write-in Bill Agee 3[b] 0.00
Write-in Stanley Pace 3[b] 0.00
Write-in Matt Lawson 3[b] 0.00
Write-in Hubert Stewart 2[b] 0.00
Write-in C. T. Kelley 2[b] 0.00
Write-in "Red" Waites 2[b] 0.00
Write-in M. A. Keith 2[b] 0.00
Write-in Tom Strong 2[b] 0.00
Write-in Chambliss Keith 2[b] 0.00
Write-in Harmon Carter 2[b] 0.00
Write-in Tom McBryde 2[b] 0.00
Write-in J. B. Stalworth 1[b] 0.00
Write-in J. W. Staggers 1[b] 0.00
Write-in Clarence Latham 1[b] 0.00
Write-in James Murry 1[b] 0.00
Write-in John Hays 1[b] 0.00
Write-in H. A. Waites 1[b] 0.00
Write-in J. E. Hood 1[b] 0.00
Write-in J. S. Powell 1[b] 0.00
Write-in Tom Smith 1[b] 0.00
Write-in James Johnson 1[b] 0.00
Write-in Bob Brown 1[b] 0.00
Write-in Tom Anderson 1[b] 0.00
Write-in J. R. Bennett, Jr. 1[b] 0.00
Votes cast[10][11][2] 570,225 100

Results by county[edit]

County[12] John F. Kennedy
Democratic 		Richard Nixon
Republican 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Autauga 1,324 52.17% 1,149 45.27% 65 2.56% 175 6.90% 2,538
Baldwin 5,647 53.09% 4,812 45.24% 177 1.67% 835 7.85% 10,636
Barbour 2,148 64.47% 1,166 34.99% 18 0.54% 982 29.48% 3,332
Bibb 1,697 61.66% 1,052 38.23% 3 0.11% 645 23.43% 2,752
Blount 3,404 56.98% 2,557 42.80% 13 0.22% 847 14.18% 5,974
Bullock 757 64.48% 412 35.09% 5 0.43% 345 29.39% 1,174
Butler 2,873 69.69% 1,231 29.87% 18 0.44% 1,642 39.82% 4,122
Calhoun 9,590 65.97% 4,821 33.17% 125 0.86% 4,769 32.80% 14,536
Chambers 5,165 72.74% 1,865 26.26% 71 1.00% 3,300 46.48% 7,101
Cherokee 3,097 77.95% 872 21.95% 4 0.10% 2,225 56.00% 3,973
Chilton 1,798 35.91% 3,201 63.93% 8 0.16% -1,403 -28.02% 5,007
Choctaw 1,094 60.85% 612 34.04% 92 5.11% 482 26.81% 1,798
Clarke 1,878 47.34% 2,016 50.82% 73 1.84% -138 -3.48% 3,967
Clay 1,743 52.71% 1,548 46.81% 16 0.48% 195 5.90% 3,307
Cleburne 1,510 59.87% 1,008 39.97% 4 0.16% 502 19.90% 2,522
Coffee 4,470 76.19% 1,381 23.54% 16 0.27% 3,089 52.65% 5,867
Colbert 7,550 71.85% 2,815 26.79% 143 1.36% 4,735 45.06% 10,508
Conecuh 1,815 72.17% 650 25.84% 50 1.99% 1,165 46.33% 2,515
Coosa 1,493 57.98% 1,073 41.67% 9 0.35% 420 16.31% 2,575
Covington 5,744 73.42% 2,047 26.16% 33 0.42% 3,697 47.26% 7,824
Crenshaw 2,923 83.49% 573 16.37% 5 0.14% 2,350 67.12% 3,501
Cullman 6,346 59.87% 4,248 40.08% 5 0.05% 2,098 19.79% 10,599
Dale 2,563 60.76% 1,634 38.74% 21 0.50% 929 22.02% 4,218
Dallas 2,103 41.69% 2,872 56.94% 69 1.37% -769 -15.25% 5,044
DeKalb 5,844 51.08% 5,585 48.82% 12 0.10% 259 2.26% 11,441
Elmore 3,440 63.60% 1,919 35.48% 50 0.92% 1,521 28.12% 5,409
Escambia 3,990 67.57% 1,810 30.65% 105 1.78% 2,180 36.92% 5,905
Etowah 14,372 66.28% 7,128 32.87% 185 0.85% 7,244 33.41% 21,685
Fayette 2,274 54.08% 1,923 45.73% 8 0.19% 351 8.35% 4,205
Franklin 3,422 45.58% 4,069 54.20% 16 0.22% -647 -8.62% 7,507
Geneva 3,050 66.90% 1,502 32.95% 7 0.15% 1,548 33.95% 4,559
Greene 723 64.38% 381 33.93% 19 1.69% 342 30.45% 1,123
Hale 1,309 63.54% 741 35.97% 10 0.49% 568 27.57% 2,060
Henry 2,115 77.93% 588 21.67% 11 0.40% 1,527 56.26% 2,714
Houston 3,897 48.61% 4,055 50.58% 65 0.81% -158 -1.97% 8,017
Jackson 4,789 69.93% 2,036 29.73% 23 0.34% 2,753 40.20% 6,848
Jefferson 44,369 41.90% 60,004 56.66% 1,525 1.44% -15,635 -14.76% 105,898
Lamar 2,386 70.36% 964 28.43% 41 1.21% 1,422 41.93% 3,391
Lauderdale 8,565 70.10% 3,570 29.22% 84 0.68% 4,995 40.88% 12,219
Lawrence 2,929 68.10% 1,365 31.74% 7 0.16% 1,564 36.36% 4,301
Lee 3,759 61.63% 2,301 37.73% 39 0.64% 1,458 23.90% 6,099
Limestone 4,147 80.59% 991 19.26% 8 0.15% 3,156 61.33% 5,146
Lowndes 796 64.19% 432 34.84% 12 0.97% 364 29.35% 1,240
Macon 1,327 59.53% 877 39.34% 25 1.13% 450 20.19% 2,229
Madison 10,959 66.88% 5,299 32.34% 128 0.78% 5,660 34.54% 16,386
Marengo 1,436 51.45% 1,235 44.25% 120 4.30% 201 7.20% 2,791
Marion 3,099 51.19% 2,938 48.53% 17 0.28% 161 2.66% 6,054
Marshall 6,595 65.94% 3,398 33.98% 8 0.08% 3,197 31.96% 10,001
Mobile 28,626 52.48% 24,608 45.12% 1,308 2.40% 4,018 7.36% 54,542
Monroe 2,130 67.55% 989 31.37% 34 1.08% 1,141 36.18% 3,153
Montgomery 9,421 43.92% 11,778 54.91% 249 1.17% -2,357 -10.99% 21,448
Morgan 7,822 64.11% 4,357 35.71% 21 0.18% 3,465 28.40% 12,200
Perry 973 54.30% 744 41.52% 75 4.18% 229 12.78% 1,792
Pickens 1,836 58.17% 1,277 40.46% 43 1.37% 559 17.71% 3,156
Pike 3,421 76.91% 1,006 22.62% 21 0.47% 2,415 54.29% 4,448
Randolph 3,175 64.73% 1,697 34.60% 33 0.67% 1,478 30.13% 4,905
Russell 3,480 65.69% 1,770 33.41% 48 0.90% 1,710 32.28% 5,298
Shelby 3,225 50.17% 3,157 49.11% 46 0.72% 68 1.06% 6,428
St. Clair 3,039 53.88% 2,589 45.90% 12 0.22% 450 7.98% 5,640
Sumter 765 52.33% 623 42.61% 74 5.06% 142 9.72% 1,462
Talladega 5,729 54.41% 4,723 44.86% 77 0.73% 1,006 9.55% 10,529
Tallapoosa 5,460 71.39% 2,150 28.11% 38 0.50% 3,310 43.28% 7,648
Tuscaloosa 8,254 58.99% 5,598 40.01% 140 1.00% 2,656 18.98% 13,992
Walker 8,109 59.75% 5,463 40.25% 0 0.00% 2,646 19.50% 13,572
Washington 1,929 69.49% 792 28.53% 55 1.98% 1,137 40.96% 2,776
Wilcox 905 63.51% 513 36.00% 7 0.49% 392 27.51% 1,425
Winston 1,681 32.93% 3,421 67.01% 3 0.06% -1,740 -34.08% 5,105
Total 318,303 56.39% 237,981 42.16% 8,189 1.45% 80,322 14.23% 564,473

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f All 6 unpledged electors voted for Harry F. Byrd
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at The votes for electors on this slate were not separated by county

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alabama". 270 to Win. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Alabama and the 1960 Popular Vote". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Trende, Sean. "Did JFK Lose the Popular Vote?". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  4. ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Alabama". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "Kennedy Wins 1960 Presidential Election in Closest Race of the 20th Century". CQ Almanac Online. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  6. ^ White, Theodore H. (1961). The Making of the President, 1960. p. 461.
  7. ^ a b Fund, John (November 20, 2003). "A Minority President". Opinion Journal. Archived from the original on November 23, 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  9. ^ Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963. Montgomery, Alabama: Walker Printing Co. pp. 663–671. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Results of Election". The New York Times. December 16, 1960.
  11. ^ "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present". Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "AL US Presidential election, November 08, 1960". Our campaigns.
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