1968 United States Senate election in Alabama explained

The 1968 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill retired. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor of Alabama James Allen, who won a hotly contested primary over Armistead I. Selden Jr. In the general election, Allen easily defeated Republican Probate Judge Perry O. Hooper Sr. and National Democratic nominee Robert Schwenn.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• James B. Allen, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
• John G. Crommelin, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and white supremacist
• Jim Folsom, former Governor of Alabama
• Armistead I. Selden Jr., U.S. Representative from Greensboro
• Bob Smith, Huntsville attorney
• Margaret Stewart, genealogist and historian

Run-off

Because no candidate received a majority in the first round, Allen and Selden advanced to a run-off election on June 4.

General election results by county

County! colspan="2"

Democratic	Republican				Margin
data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Autauga		4,368		60.84%		1,629		22.69%		1,183		16.48%		2,739		38.15%		7,180
	Baldwin		13,111		80.60%		3,030		18.63%		125		0.77%		10,081		61.98%		16,266
	Barbour		5,451		75.23%		496		6.85%		1,299		17.93%		4,152		57.30%		7,246
	Bibb		3,609		80.11%		314		6.97%		582		12.92%		3,027		67.19%		4,505
	Blount		5,914		72.84%		2,182		26.88%		23		0.28%		3,732		45.97%		8,119
	Bullock		1,914		47.47%		518		12.85%		1,600		39.68%		314		7.79%		4,032
	Butler		3,558		60.92%		2,069		35.43%		213		3.65%		1,489		25.50%		5,840
	Calhoun		20,377		79.46%		3,347		13.05%		1,921		7.49%		17,030		66.41%		25,645
	Chambers		7,953		85.80%		1,091		11.77%		225		2.43%		6,862		74.03%		9,269
	Cherokee		4,743		92.85%		318		6.23%		47		0.92%		4,425		86.63%		5,108
	Chilton		5,154		62.52%		2,743		33.27%		347		4.21%		2,411		29.25%		8,244
	Choctaw		3,742		94.26%		181		4.56%		47		1.18%		3,561		89.70%		3,970
	Clarke		5,139		85.54%		760		12.65%		109		1.81%		4,379		72.89%		6,008
	Clay		4,013		84.61%		689		14.53%		41		0.86%		3,324		70.08%		4,743
	Cleburne		3,440		87.33%		484		12.29%		15		0.38%		2,956		75.04%		3,939
	Coffee		8,620		87.19%		1,077		10.89%		189		1.91%		7,543		76.30%		9,886
	Colbert		11,112		76.78%		2,060		14.23%		1,300		8.98%		9,052		62.55%		14,472
	Conecuh		3,529		85.55%		544		13.19%		52		1.26%		2,985		72.36%		4,125
	Coosa		2,661		73.53%		492		13.59%		466		12.88%		2,169		59.93%		3,619
	Covington		8,825		74.33%		2,871		24.18%		176		1.48%		5,954		50.15%		11,872
	Crenshaw		3,668		74.92%		949		19.38%		279		5.70%		2,719		55.54%		4,896
	Cullman		11,134		67.60%		5,225		31.72%		111		0.67%		5,909		35.88%		16,470
	Dale		7,861		86.07%		941		10.30%		331		3.62%		6,920		75.77%		9,133
	Dallas		7,507		57.07%		2,444		18.58%		3,202		24.34%		4,305		32.73%		13,153
	DeKalb		8,998		62.66%		5,340		37.18%		23		0.16%		3,658		25.47%		14,361
	Elmore		7,552		72.07%		2,284		21.80%		643		6.14%		5,268		50.27%		10,479
	Escambia		8,110		88.82%		956		10.47%		65		0.71%		7,154		78.35%		9,131
	Etowah		23,759		79.69%		4,425		14.84%		1,629		5.46%		19,334		64.85%		29,813
	Fayette		4,757		85.30%		792		14.20%		28		0.50%		3,965		71.10%		5,577
	Franklin		5,734		67.32%		2,579		30.28%		205		2.41%		3,155		37.04%		8,518
	Geneva		7,798		92.07%		406		4.79%		266		3.14%		7,392		87.27%		8,470
	Greene		1,544		40.04%		181		4.69%		2,131		55.26%		-587		-15.22%		3,856
	Hale		2,765		53.94%		418		8.15%		1,943		37.90%		822		16.04%		5,126
	Henry		4,003		84.86%		157		3.33%		557		11.81%		3,446		73.05%		4,717
	Houston		14,815		89.46%		1,396		8.43%		350		2.11%		13,419		81.03%		16,561
	Jackson		8,327		87.08%		1,086		11.36%		150		1.57%		7,241		75.72%		9,563
	Jefferson		94,603		59.26%		53,094		33.26%		11,943		7.48%		41,509		26.00%		159,640
	Lamar		5,263		92.72%		334		5.88%		79		1.39%		4,929		86.84%		5,676
	Lauderdale		12,421		74.89%		3,414		20.58%		750		4.52%		9,007		54.31%		16,585
	Lawrence		5,632		86.58%		692		10.64%		181		2.78%		4,940		75.94%		6,505
	Lee		7,975		68.54%		2,442		20.99%		1,219		10.48%		5,533		47.55%		11,636
	Limestone		7,888		82.64%		1,207		12.65%		450		4.71%		6,681		69.99%		9,545
	Lowndes		1,463		53.14%		618		22.45%		672		24.41%		791		28.73%		2,753
	Macon		1,599		33.89%		482		10.22%		2,637		55.89%		-1,038		-22.00%		4,718
	Madison		27,249		55.97%		16,699		34.30%		4,741		9.74%		10,550		21.67%		48,689
	Marengo		4,886		55.43%		674		7.65%		3,254		36.92%		1,632		18.52%		8,814
	Marion		6,534		80.28%		1,567		19.25%		38		0.47%		4,967		61.03%		8,139
	Marshall		12,686		80.38%		2,933		18.58%		163		1.03%		9,753		61.80%		15,782
	Mobile		53,656		74.85%		16,473		22.98%		1,556		2.17%		37,183		51.87%		71,685
	Monroe		4,842		84.22%		561		9.76%		346		6.02%		4,281		74.47%		5,749
	Montgomery		15,815		36.89%		18,598		43.39%		8,452		19.72%		-2,783		-6.49%		42,865
	Morgan		15,353		79.52%		3,600		18.65%		353		1.83%		11,753		60.88%		19,306
	Perry		2,557		46.84%		580		10.62%		2,322		42.54%		235		4.30%		5,459
	Pickens		4,379		75.40%		341		5.87%		1,088		18.73%		3,291		56.66%		5,808
	Pike		4,570		62.37%		1,785		24.36%		972		13.27%		2,785		38.01%		7,327
	Randolph		5,176		83.78%		789		12.77%		213		3.45%		4,387		71.01%		6,178
	Russell		7,850		92.20%		543		6.38%		121		1.42%		7,307		85.82%		8,514
	Shelby		7,287		74.64%		2,142		21.94%		334		3.42%		5,145		52.70%		9,763
	St. Clair		6,893		75.68%		1,849		20.30%		366		4.02%		5,044		55.38%		9,108
	Sumter		2,165		45.95%		277		5.88%		2,270		48.17%		-105		-2.23%		4,712
	Talladega		13,649		85.48%		1,744		10.92%		574		3.59%		11,905		74.56%		15,967
	Tallapoosa		8,695		79.87%		1,605		14.74%		587		5.39%		7,090		65.12%		10,887
	Tuscaloosa		18,530		70.05%		3,801		14.37%		4,121		15.58%		14,409		54.47%		26,452
	Walker		14,542		83.63%		2,779		15.98%		67		0.39%		11,763		67.65%		17,388
	Washington		4,022		89.36%		318		7.07%		161		3.58%		3,704		82.29%		4,501
	Wilcox		2,012		58.68%		639		18.64%		778		22.69%		1,234		35.99%		3,429
	Winston		3,017		57.93%		2,173		41.72%		18		0.35%		844		16.21%		5,208
Totals	638,774	69.99%	201,227	22.05%	72,699	7.97%	437,547	47.94%	912,700

See also

• 1968 United States Senate elections