1946 United States Senate special election in Alabama

none March 2026 January 2025 June 2024 1946 United States Senate special primary election in Alabama Alabama presidential no 1942 United States Senate election in Alabama 1942 1948 United States Senate election in Alabama 1948 June 12, 1946 150x150px JohnSparkman-1952Portrait-.jpg John Sparkman Democratic Party (US) 85,049 50.14% File:James A. Simpson.jpg James A. Simpson Democratic Party (US) 46,762 27.57% File:Frank W. Boykin (Alabama Congressman).jpg Frank W. Boykin Democratic Party (US) 35,982 21.21% 1946 United States Senate special election primary in Alabama results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSparkman: #b4c7ec 40–50% #8da9e2 50–60% #678cd7 60–70% #4170cd 70–80% #3358a2 80–90% #244079 >90%Simpson: #f0e6be 30–40% #d7c477 40–50% #c0a32f 50–60%Boykin: #73bc84 50–60% #3fa457 60–70% #008c21 70–80%#006e1a 80–90%Allen: #fcdffc 30–40% U.S. Senator George R. Swift Democratic Party (US) John Sparkman Democratic Party (US) The 1946 United States Senate special election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1946.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3314 AL US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 05, 1946 Our Campaigns Primary elections were held on July 30, 1946.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235463 AL US Senate - D Special Primary Race - Jul 30, 1946 Our Campaigns 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. Democratic primary Candidates Frank W. Boykin, U.S. Representative from Mobile James A. Simpson, State Senator from Birmingham and candidate for Senate in 1944 Ted Allen Thomas H. Maxwell John Sparkman, U.S. Representative from Huntsville Results 1946 Democratic U.S. Senate primary AL US Senate - D Primary https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235463 OurCampaigns 29 May 2024 Democratic Party (United States) John Sparkman 85,049 50.14% Democratic Party (United States) James A. Simpson 46,762 27.57% Democratic Party (United States) Frank W. Boykin 35,982 21.21% Democratic Party (United States) Ted Allen 1,260 0.74% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas H. Maxwell 585 0.35% 169,638 100.00% General election Candidates John Sparkman, Representative of Alabama's 8th congressional district Results 1946 United States Senate special election in Alabama Democratic Party (US) John Sparkman 163,217 100.00% Democratic Party (US) References 1946 special Alabama special United States Senate special Alabama 1946 Alabama 1946 United States Senate 1946 Category:Single-candidate United States Senate elections