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1946 United States Senate special primary election in Alabama

←  1942 June 12, 1946 1948  →

Nominee John Sparkman James A. Simpson Frank W. Boykin Party Democratic Democratic Democratic Popular vote 85,049 46,762 35,982 Percentage 50.14% 27.57% 21.21%

County results Sparkman:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Simpson:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60% Boykin:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Allen:      30–40%

U.S. senator before election George R. Swift Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John Sparkman Democratic

The 1946 United States Senate special election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1946. ^[1] Primary elections were held on July 30, 1946. ^[2]

Contents

• Democratic primary
• Candidates
• Results
• General election
• Candidates 2
• Results 2
• References

Incumbent Senator John Bankhead died on June 12, 1946. The Democrats were unopposed, thus making the Democratic primary tantamount to the election. Democratic congressman John Sparkman won the primary with 50.14% of the vote. ^[2]

Democratic primary

General election

References

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