Alabama gubernatorial election, 1954

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 1954
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  1950 November 2, 1954 1958  

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Nominee Jim Folsom Tom Abernathy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote244,40188,688
Percentage73.37%26.63%

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County results

Governor before election

Gordon Persons
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jim Folsom
Democratic

The 1954 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Gordon Persons was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

Gordon Persons American politician

Seth Gordon Persons was an American Democratic politician who was the 43rd Governor of Alabama from 1951 to 1955. He was born and died in Montgomery, Alabama. The Dauphin Island Bridge south of Mobile is formally named for him. The Gordon Persons Building is a six floor, 60,000 square foot state government office building in Montgomery.

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Democratic primary

At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given that the nominee would win the general election.

Candidates

James H. "Jimmy" Faulkner was an American newspaper publisher, education supporter, industrial recruiter, and politician. He was born in Lamar County, Alabama and died in Bay Minette, Alabama. He has two schools named after him, Faulkner State Community College and Faulkner University.

Alabama Senate

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Jim Folsom 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama

James Elisha Folsom Sr., commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959.

Results

Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1954 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Folsom 305,39451.38
Democratic James H. Faulkner 151,92525.56
Democratic James Allen 61,53010.35
Democratic J. Bruce Henderson47,9698.07
Democratic C. C. "Jack" Owen22,6233.81
Democratic Henry Sweet2,5790.43
Democratic James Gullatte2,3710.40
Total votes594,391100.00

Results

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1954 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Folsom 244,40173.37
Republican Tom Abernathy88,68826.63
OtherWrite-ins1<0.01
Total votes333,091100.00
Democratic hold

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References

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