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Election 1956 Results

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1956 US Senate election in Alabama

Lister Hill (Democrat) won in Alabama in 1956 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1950, when Lister Hill also won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Jefferson, cast 55,937 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Lowndes, where 841 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lister Hill won Democratic 330,182 100.0%
Total330,182

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 55,937 100.0% 0 0.0% 55,937 D+100.0
Mobile 19,331 100.0% 0 0.0% 19,331 D+100.0
Etowah 13,810 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,810 D+100.0
Montgomery 12,300 100.0% 0 0.0% 12,300 D+100.0
Calhoun 10,043 100.0% 0 0.0% 10,043 D+100.0
Madison 9,944 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,944 D+100.0
Lauderdale 9,666 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,666 D+100.0
Tuscaloosa 9,664 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,664 D+100.0
Walker 7,930 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,930 D+100.0
Morgan 7,908 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,908 D+100.0
Colbert 7,420 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,420 D+100.0
Talladega 6,656 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,656 D+100.0
Marshall 6,388 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,388 D+100.0
Cullman 6,064 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,064 D+100.0
De Kalb 5,867 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,867 D+100.0
Tallapoosa 5,759 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,759 D+100.0
Chambers 5,748 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,748 D+100.0
Covington 5,034 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,034 D+100.0
Jackson 4,919 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,919 D+100.0
Baldwin 4,721 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,721 D+100.0
Houston 4,639 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,639 D+100.0
Coffee 4,596 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,596 D+100.0
Limestone 4,360 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,360 D+100.0
Elmore 4,289 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,289 D+100.0
Lee 4,024 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,024 D+100.0
Dallas 3,918 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,918 D+100.0
Franklin 3,725 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,725 D+100.0
Escambia 3,700 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,700 D+100.0
Blount 3,380 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,380 D+100.0
Russell 3,363 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,363 D+100.0
Randolph 3,200 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,200 D+100.0
Pike 3,124 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,124 D+100.0
Shelby 3,087 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,087 D+100.0
Geneva 3,029 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,029 D+100.0
Marion 2,964 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,964 D+100.0
St. Clair 2,861 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,861 D+100.0
Lawrence 2,858 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,858 D+100.0
Cherokee 2,643 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,643 D+100.0
Lamar 2,572 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,572 D+100.0
Butler 2,558 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,558 D+100.0
Dale 2,519 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,519 D+100.0
Crenshaw 2,407 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,407 D+100.0
Barbour 2,279 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,279 D+100.0
Marengo 2,270 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,270 D+100.0
Chilton 2,239 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,239 D+100.0
Henry 2,213 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,213 D+100.0
Monroe 2,198 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,198 D+100.0
Clarke 2,141 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,141 D+100.0
Fayette 2,117 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,117 D+100.0
Pickens 1,910 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,910 D+100.0
Clay 1,840 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,840 D+100.0
Conecuh 1,815 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,815 D+100.0
Autauga 1,656 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,656 D+100.0
Winston 1,651 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,651 D+100.0
Washington 1,650 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,650 D+100.0
Bibb 1,640 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,640 D+100.0
Hale 1,636 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,636 D+100.0
Coosa 1,490 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,490 D+100.0
Cleburne 1,474 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,474 D+100.0
Macon 1,368 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,368 D+100.0
Perry 1,343 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,343 D+100.0
Choctaw 1,312 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,312 D+100.0
Sumter 1,298 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,298 D+100.0
Wilcox 1,091 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,091 D+100.0
Greene 910 100.0% 0 0.0% 910 D+100.0
Bullock 875 100.0% 0 0.0% 875 D+100.0
Lowndes 841 100.0% 0 0.0% 841 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1956; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Katie Britt (R) R+35.6
2020 Tommy Tuberville (R) R+20.4
2016 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+28.1
2014 Jeff Sessions (R) R+97.3
2010 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+30.5
2008 Jeff Sessions (R) R+26.8
2004 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+35.2
2002 Jeff Sessions (R) R+18.7
1998 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+26.6
1996 Jeff Sessions (R) R+7.0
1992 Richard C. Shelby (D) D+31.7
1990 Howell Heflin (D) D+21.1
1986 Richard Shelby (D) D+0.6
1984 Howell Heflin (D) D+26.4
1980 Jeremiah Denton (R) R+3.1
1978 Howell Heflin (D) D+94.0
1974 James B. Allen (D) D+95.8
1972 John Sparkman (D) D+29.2
1968 James B. Allen (D) D+47.8
1966 John Sparkman (D) D+21.1
1962 Lister Hill (D) D+1.7
1960 John Sparkman (D) D+40.5
1956 Lister Hill (D) D+100.0
1954 John Sparkman (D) D+64.9
1950 Lister Hill (D) D+76.5
1948 John Sparkman (D) D+68.0
1944 Lister Hill (D) D+64.8
1942 John H. Bankhead II (D) D+100.0
1938 J. Lister Hill (D) D+72.8
1936 John H. Bankhead II (D) D+74.8
1932 Hugo L. Black (D) D+72.5
1930 John H. Bankhead II (D) D+59.9
1926 Hugo L. Black (D) D+61.7
1924 J. Thomas Heflin (D) D+50.4
1920 Oscar W. Underwood (D) D+33.0
1918 John H. Bankhead (D) D+100.0
1914 Oscar W. Underwood (D) D+62.9