1948 United States Senate election in Alabama

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1948 United States Senate election in Alabama
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  1946 (special) November 2, 1948 1954  
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Nominee John Sparkman Paul G. Parsons
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote185,53435,341
Percentage84.00%16.00%

1948 United States Senate election in Alabama results map by county.svg
County results
Sparkman:      60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%
Parsons:      50-60%

U.S. senator before election

John Sparkman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Sparkman
Democratic

The 1948 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 2, 1948.

Contents

Senator John Sparkman, who was first elected in 1946 to finish the incomplete term of John Bankhead II, was re-elected to a full term in office over Republican Paul Parsons.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1948 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Sparkman (inc.) 235,464 75.73%
Democratic Phil Hamm61,30819.72%
Democratic Thomas H. Maxwell6,7022.16%
Democratic Wallace Pruitt4,4831.44%
Democratic Thomas F. Harlin2,9720.96%
Total votes310,929 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Sparkman (inc.) 185,534 84.00% Decrease2.svg16.00
Republican Paul G. Parsons35,34116.00%N/A
Total votes220,875 100.00%

See also

References

  1. "AL US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate Race". OurCampaigns. Retrieved June 17, 2020.