1960 United States presidential election in Alabama

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]

Main article: 1960 United States presidential election
1960 United States presidential election in Alabama
November 8, 1960
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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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
General election results[9]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes  %
Democratic Party Unpledged[lower-alpha 1] Frank M. Dixon 324,050 56.83
Democratic Party Unpledged[lower-alpha 1] Bruce Henderson 323,018 56.65
Democratic Party Unpledged[lower-alpha 1] Edmund Blair 322,593 56.57
Democratic Party Unpledged[lower-alpha 1] C. E. Hornsby, Jr. 322,124 56.49
Democratic Party Unpledged[lower-alpha 1] W. W. Malone, Jr. 322,084 56.48
Democratic Party Unpledged[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 0.26
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Marie W. Bailey 1,274[lower-alpha 2] 0.22
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Grover Banks 1,205[lower-alpha 2] 0.21
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Eddie Jones 1,185[lower-alpha 2] 0.21
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Isaac Nicholson 1,154[lower-alpha 2] 0.20
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Ernest Thomas Taylor 1,143[lower-alpha 2] 0.20
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. James H. Hollie 1,077[lower-alpha 2] 0.19
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. James C. Williams 1,077[lower-alpha 2] 0.19
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Jasper J. Thomas 1,063[lower-alpha 2] 0.19
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. James Kersh 1,007[lower-alpha 2] 0.18
Independent African-American Unity Clennon Washington King Jr. Will Mike 998[lower-alpha 2] 0.18
Write-in John P. Newsome 39[lower-alpha 2] 0.01
Write-in Walter C. Givhan 30[lower-alpha 2] 0.01
Write-in John D. McQueen 30[lower-alpha 2] 0.01
Write-in Lawrence E. McNeil 28[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Sam M. Johnson 24[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Walter C. Graham 9[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Sam W. Johnson 9[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Clarence E. McNeil 9[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in John D. McQueen, Jr. 9[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in John Patterson 3[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Sam Englehardt 3[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Bill Agee 3[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Stanley Pace 3[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Matt Lawson 3[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Hubert Stewart 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in C. T. Kelley 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in "Red" Waites 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in M. A. Keith 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Tom Strong 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Chambliss Keith 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Harmon Carter 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Tom McBryde 2[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in J. B. Stalworth 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in J. W. Staggers 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Clarence Latham 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in James Murry 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in John Hays 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in H. A. Waites 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in J. E. Hood 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in J. S. Powell 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Tom Smith 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in James Johnson 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Bob Brown 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in Tom Anderson 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Write-in J. R. Bennett, Jr. 1[lower-alpha 2] 0.00
Votes cast[10][11][2] 570,225 100

Results by county
1960 United States presidential election in Alabama by county[12][lower-alpha 3]
County Unpledged electors/John F. Kennedy
Democratic		 Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican		 Orval Eugene Faubus
National States’ Rights		 Rutherford L. Decker
Prohibition		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Autauga 1,380 53.86% 1,149 44.85% 9 0.35% 24 0.94% 231 9.02% 2,562
Baldwin 5,792 54.41% 4,812 45.20% 32 0.30% 10 0.09% 980 9.21% 10,646
Barbour 2,163 64.55% 1,166 34.80% 3 0.09% 19 0.57% 997 29.75% 3,351
Bibb 1,700 61.75% 1,052 38.21% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 648 23.54% 2,753
Blount 3,413 57.07% 2,557 42.76% 4 0.07% 6 0.10% 856 14.31% 5,980
Bullock 758 64.51% 412 35.06% 4 0.34% 1 0.09% 346 29.45% 1,175
Butler 2,883 69.92% 1,231 29.86% 7 0.17% 2 0.05% 1,652 40.07% 4,123
Calhoun 9,682 66.18% 4,821 32.96% 33 0.23% 93 0.64% 4,861 33.23% 14,629
Chambers 5,205 72.83% 1,865 26.09% 31 0.43% 46 0.64% 3,340 46.73% 7,147
Cherokee 3,100 77.93% 872 21.92% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 2,228 56.01% 3,978
Chilton 1,803 35.93% 3,201 63.79% 3 0.06% 11 0.22% -1,398 -27.86% 5,018
Choctaw 1,157 63.16% 612 33.41% 29 1.58% 34 1.86% 545 29.75% 1,832
Clarke 1,925 48.29% 2,016 50.58% 26 0.65% 19 0.48% -91 -2.28% 3,986
Clay 1,759 53.08% 1,548 46.71% 7 0.21% 0 0.00% 211 6.37% 3,314
Cleburne 1,512 59.76% 1,008 39.84% 2 0.08% 8 0.32% 504 19.92% 2,530
Coffee 4,481 76.29% 1,381 23.51% 5 0.09% 7 0.12% 3,100 52.77% 5,874
Colbert 7,633 72.17% 2,815 26.62% 60 0.57% 68 0.64% 4,818 45.56% 10,576
Conecuh 1,845 71.93% 650 25.34% 20 0.78% 50 1.95% 1,195 46.59% 2,565
Coosa 1,498 57.95% 1,073 41.51% 4 0.15% 10 0.39% 425 16.44% 2,585
Covington 5,765 73.60% 2,047 26.13% 12 0.15% 9 0.11% 3,718 47.47% 7,833
Crenshaw 2,924 83.47% 573 16.36% 4 0.11% 2 0.06% 2,351 67.11% 3,503
Cullman 6,351 59.82% 4,248 40.02% 17 0.16% 0 0.00% 2,103 19.81% 10,616
Dale 2,576 60.60% 1,634 38.44% 8 0.19% 33 0.78% 942 22.16% 4,251
Dallas 2,163 41.52% 2,872 55.14% 9 0.17% 165 3.17% -709 -13.61% 5,209
DeKalb 5,851 51.04% 5,585 48.72% 5 0.04% 23 0.20% 266 2.32% 11,464
Elmore 3,472 63.85% 1,919 35.29% 18 0.33% 29 0.53% 1,553 28.56% 5,438
Escambia 4,060 68.66% 1,810 30.61% 35 0.59% 8 0.14% 2,250 38.05% 5,913
Etowah 14,506 66.31% 7,128 32.59% 51 0.23% 190 0.87% 7,378 33.73% 21,875
Fayette 2,277 54.03% 1,923 45.63% 5 0.12% 9 0.21% 354 8.40% 4,214
Franklin 3,437 45.64% 4,069 54.04% 1 0.01% 23 0.31% -632 -8.39% 7,530
Geneva 3,055 66.95% 1,502 32.92% 2 0.04% 4 0.09% 1,553 34.03% 4,563
Greene 734 65.24% 381 33.87% 8 0.71% 2 0.18% 353 31.38% 1,125
Hale 1,318 63.89% 741 35.92% 1 0.05% 3 0.15% 577 27.97% 2,063
Henry 2,120 77.94% 588 21.62% 6 0.22% 6 0.22% 1,532 56.32% 2,720
Houston 3,938 49.00% 4,055 50.45% 24 0.30% 20 0.25% -117 -1.46% 8,037
Jackson 4,809 69.99% 2,036 29.63% 3 0.04% 23 0.33% 2,773 40.36% 6,871
Jefferson 45,509 42.75% 60,004 56.37% 385 0.36% 548 0.51% -14,495 -13.62% 106,446
Lamar 2,414 70.71% 964 28.24% 13 0.38% 23 0.67% 1,450 42.47% 3,414
Lauderdale 8,623 69.66% 3,570 28.84% 26 0.21% 160 1.29% 5,053 40.82% 12,379
Lawrence 2,935 68.14% 1,365 31.69% 1 0.02% 6 0.14% 1,570 36.45% 4,307
Lee 3,789 61.97% 2,301 37.63% 9 0.15% 15 0.25% 1,488 24.34% 6,114
Limestone 4,154 80.68% 991 19.25% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% 3,163 61.43% 5,149
Lowndes 808 65.11% 432 34.81% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 376 30.30% 1,241
Macon 1,341 60.11% 877 39.31% 11 0.49% 2 0.09% 464 20.80% 2,231
Madison 11,033 67.03% 5,299 32.19% 54 0.33% 75 0.46% 5,734 34.83% 16,461
Marengo 1,519 53.85% 1,235 43.78% 37 1.31% 30 1.06% 284 10.07% 2,821
Marion 3,113 51.34% 2,938 48.45% 3 0.05% 10 0.16% 175 2.89% 6,064
Marshall 6,601 65.93% 3,398 33.94% 2 0.02% 11 0.11% 3,203 31.99% 10,012
Mobile 29,776 54.46% 24,608 45.01% 158 0.29% 130 0.24% 5,168 9.45% 54,672
Monroe 2,155 68.26% 989 31.33% 9 0.29% 4 0.13% 1,166 36.93% 3,157
Montgomery 9,603 44.51% 11,778 54.60% 67 0.31% 125 0.58% -2,175 -10.08% 21,573
Morgan 7,841 64.12% 4,357 35.63% 2 0.02% 29 0.24% 3,484 28.49% 12,229
Perry 1,017 56.66% 744 41.45% 31 1.73% 3 0.17% 273 15.21% 1,795
Pickens 1,859 58.83% 1,277 40.41% 20 0.63% 4 0.13% 582 18.42% 3,160
Pike 3,438 77.22% 1,006 22.60% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 2,432 54.63% 4,452
Randolph 3,182 64.74% 1,697 34.53% 26 0.53% 10 0.20% 1,485 30.21% 4,915
Russell 3,520 66.31% 1,770 33.35% 8 0.15% 10 0.19% 1,750 32.97% 5,308
Shelby 3,263 50.64% 3,157 49.00% 8 0.12% 15 0.23% 106 1.65% 6,443
St. Clair 3,050 53.95% 2,589 45.80% 1 0.02% 13 0.23% 461 8.15% 5,653
Sumter 812 55.46% 623 42.55% 27 1.84% 2 0.14% 189 12.91% 1,464
Talladega 5,746 54.46% 4,723 44.76% 60 0.57% 22 0.21% 1,023 9.70% 10,551
Tallapoosa 5,486 71.64% 2,150 28.08% 12 0.16% 10 0.13% 3,336 43.56% 7,658
Tuscaloosa 8,371 59.39% 5,598 39.71% 23 0.16% 104 0.74% 2,773 19.67% 14,096
Walker 8,109.[lower-alpha 4] 59.75% 5,463 40.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,646 19.50% 13,572
Washington 1,965 70.43% 792 28.39% 19 0.68% 14 0.50% 1,173 42.04% 2,790
Wilcox 909 63.79% 513 36.00% 3 0.21% 0 0.00% 396 27.79% 1,425
Winston 1,684 32.97% 3,421 66.97% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,737 -34.01% 5,108
Total324,05056.83%237,98141.73%4,3670.77%2,1060.37%86,06915.09%570,225[lower-alpha 5]

See also

Notes
  1. All 6 unpledged electors voted for Harry F. Byrd
  2. The votes for electors on this slate were not separated by county
  3. All county totals are for the highest elector in each slate. Unless stated otherwise the highest Democratic elector was unpledged.[12]
  4. In this county the highest Democratic elector was pledged to Kennedy and not unpledged.[12]
  5. This total includes the 1,485 votes for Grover C. Allen, the highest elector pledged to Clennon Washington King Jr., and various write-in votes. Neither of these were separated by county.[12]

References
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  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. 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.
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