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![]() County results Underwood: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Birch: 40–50% 60–70% Longshore: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1914 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent U.S. Senator Frank White, who had been elected in a May 11, 1914, special election to fill the remaining months of Senator Joseph F. Johnston's term, did not run for re-election. U.S. Representative Oscar Underwood, the House Majority Leader, won the Democratic primary over fellow Representative Richmond P. Hobson. In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee Alex C. Birch in a landslide.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Oscar Underwood | 89,740 | 62.11% | |
Democratic | Richmond P. Hobson | 54,738 | 37.89% | |
Total votes | 144,478 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Oscar Underwood | 63,389 | 78.13% | −21.87% | |
Republican | Alex C. Birch | 12,320 | 15.18% | — | |
Progressive | Adolphus P. Longshore | 4,263 | 5.25% | — | |
Socialist | S. F. Hinton | 1,159 | 1.43% | — | |
Write-in | 2 | 0.00% | — | ||
Majority | 51,069 | 62.94% | −37.06% | ||
Total votes | 81,133 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
Owen, Thomas M.; Alabama Department of Archives and History (1915). Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1915.