1948 United States Senate election in Alabama

1948 United States Senate election in Alabama
	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.

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

Phil Hamm
Thomas F. Harlin
Thomas H. Maxwell
Wallace Pruitt
John Sparkman, incumbent Senator

Results

1948 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Sparkman (inc.)	235,464	75.73%
	Democratic	Phil Hamm	61,308	19.72%
	Democratic	Thomas H. Maxwell	6,702	2.16%
	Democratic	Wallace Pruitt	4,483	1.44%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Harlin	2,972	0.96%
Total votes			310,929	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Sparkman (inc.)	185,534	84.00%	16.00
	Republican	Paul G. Parsons	35,341	16.00%	N/A
Total votes			220,875	100.00%

References

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

[1] "AL US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[2] "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate Race". OurCampaigns. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

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1948 United States Senate election in Alabama

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results

See also

References