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Election 1962 Results

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1962 US Senate election in Alabama

Lister Hill (Democrat) beat James D. Martin (Republican) in Alabama in 1962, 50.9% to 49.1%, a margin of 1.7 points and 6,803 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Lister Hill also won.

Democrats led in 37 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 30. The largest, Jefferson, cast 81,793 votes and went to the Republican by 15.2 points. The closest was Bibb, where 10 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lister Hill won Democratic 201,937 50.9%
James D. Martin Republican 195,134 49.1%
All other candidates 8 0.0%
Total397,079

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 34,691 42.4% 47,102 57.6% 81,793 R+15.2
Mobile 17,067 47.9% 18,528 52.1% 35,595 R+4.1
Montgomery 7,873 42.0% 10,859 58.0% 18,732 R+15.9
Etowah 8,548 57.1% 6,413 42.9% 14,961 D+14.3
Madison 7,880 67.6% 3,772 32.4% 11,652 D+35.3
De Kalb 5,440 54.7% 4,512 45.3% 9,952 D+9.3
Walker 5,597 57.1% 4,205 42.9% 9,802 D+14.2
Tuscaloosa 5,573 57.8% 4,071 42.2% 9,644 D+15.6
Cullman 5,078 54.8% 4,185 45.2% 9,263 D+9.6
Morgan 6,125 68.5% 2,809 31.4% 8 8,942 D+37.1
Calhoun 5,270 60.6% 3,426 39.4% 8,696 D+21.2
Lauderdale 5,856 70.2% 2,482 29.8% 8,338 D+40.5
Colbert 4,859 71.1% 1,976 28.9% 6,835 D+42.2
Talladega 3,649 53.9% 3,121 46.1% 6,770 D+7.8
Baldwin 2,502 37.0% 4,253 63.0% 6,755 R+25.9
Houston 1,722 29.6% 4,087 70.4% 5,809 R+40.7
Franklin 3,054 53.8% 2,625 46.2% 5,679 D+7.6
Marshall 3,573 62.9% 2,104 37.1% 5,677 D+25.9
Covington 2,175 43.4% 2,842 56.6% 5,017 R+13.3
Winston 2,049 42.1% 2,822 57.9% 4,871 R+15.9
Chilton 2,395 49.3% 2,460 50.7% 4,855 R+1.3
Coffee 2,545 56.4% 1,966 43.6% 4,511 D+12.8
Escambia 1,822 40.5% 2,681 59.5% 4,503 R+19.1
Shelby 2,116 48.0% 2,289 52.0% 4,405 R+3.9
Dallas 1,539 35.6% 2,788 64.4% 4,327 R+28.9
St. Clair 2,418 56.9% 1,832 43.1% 4,250 D+13.8
Elmore 1,693 40.4% 2,493 59.6% 4,186 R+19.1
Jackson 2,996 79.2% 788 20.8% 3,784 D+58.4
Blount 1,961 53.4% 1,710 46.6% 3,671 D+6.8
Marion 1,863 53.1% 1,644 46.9% 3,507 D+6.2
Dale 1,622 47.0% 1,826 53.0% 3,448 R+5.9
Tallapoosa 1,810 54.4% 1,515 45.6% 3,325 D+8.9
Chambers 2,285 68.8% 1,035 31.2% 3,320 D+37.7
Lee 1,843 56.4% 1,423 43.6% 3,266 D+12.9
Limestone 2,522 78.4% 696 21.6% 3,218 D+56.7
Geneva 1,415 47.1% 1,591 52.9% 3,006 R+5.9
Butler 1,291 43.7% 1,665 56.3% 2,956 R+12.7
Conecuh 1,226 42.3% 1,672 57.7% 2,898 R+15.4
Pike 1,229 44.5% 1,530 55.5% 2,759 R+10.9
Lawrence 2,021 74.9% 677 25.1% 2,698 D+49.8
Monroe 1,370 51.0% 1,315 49.0% 2,685 D+2.0
Clarke 902 34.6% 1,708 65.4% 2,610 R+30.9
Macon 1,888 75.0% 629 25.0% 2,517 D+50.0
Randolph 1,556 62.7% 925 37.3% 2,481 D+25.4
Barbour 1,088 44.4% 1,363 55.6% 2,451 R+11.2
Fayette 1,281 55.3% 1,034 44.7% 2,315 D+10.7
Marengo 633 28.2% 1,613 71.8% 2,246 R+43.6
Bibb 1,038 49.8% 1,048 50.2% 2,086 R+0.5
Pickens 821 39.7% 1,248 60.3% 2,069 R+20.6
Crenshaw 1,276 62.8% 755 37.2% 2,031 D+25.7
Washington 644 33.6% 1,273 66.4% 1,917 R+32.8
Cherokee 1,570 82.5% 334 17.5% 1,904 D+64.9
Henry 910 48.0% 984 52.0% 1,894 R+3.9
Autauga 653 35.3% 1,196 64.7% 1,849 R+29.4
Clay 1,071 59.2% 738 40.8% 1,809 D+18.4
Hale 899 53.8% 773 46.2% 1,672 D+7.5
Lamar 1,104 66.1% 565 33.9% 1,669 D+32.3
Bullock 876 54.5% 732 45.5% 1,608 D+9.0
Russell 821 52.0% 758 48.0% 1,579 D+4.0
Perry 600 40.0% 899 60.0% 1,499 R+19.9
Choctaw 413 28.2% 1,051 71.8% 1,464 R+43.6
Sumter 458 35.0% 850 65.0% 1,308 R+30.0
Coosa 686 52.5% 621 47.5% 1,307 D+5.0
Wilcox 467 38.7% 740 61.3% 1,207 R+22.6
Greene 677 59.9% 453 40.1% 1,130 D+19.8
Cleburne 702 64.2% 391 35.8% 1,093 D+28.5
Lowndes 340 33.9% 663 66.1% 1,003 R+32.2

Counties as they stood in 1962; 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