American Psephology

The 1964 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 3, 1964, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Two electoral slates ran.

The (unpledged) Democratic candidates:

  • Place 1 - Jim Allen - 210,732 votes
  • Place 2 - Edmund Blair - 209,62 votes
  • Place 3 - Albert P. Brewer - 208,59 votes
  • Place 4 - Albert H. Evans, Jr. - 207,577 votes
  • Place 5 - MacDonald Gallion - 209,848 votes
  • Place 6 - Jack Giles - 207,144 votes
  • Place 7 - Art Hanes - 207,594 votes
  • Place 8 - Pete Mathews - 207,730 votes
  • Place 9 - Frank Mizell - 207,357 votes
  • Place 10 - I. Jud Scott - 206,618 votes

The Republican candidates:

  • Place 1 - John E. Grenier - 477,272 votes
  • Place 2 - Tom Abernethy - 479,085 votes
  • Place 3 - Basil Horsfield - 476,994 votes
  • Place 4 - Alfred Staples - 478,925 votes
  • Place 5 - Tandy Little, Jr. - 478,540 votes
  • Place 6 - Tommy Thomas - 479,071 votes
  • Place 7 - Herbert Stockham - 477,969 votes
  • Place 8 - Wiley Deal - 478,398 votes
  • Place 9 - Gordon Lawless - 477,582 votes
  • Place 10 - Smith Lanier, II - 477,339 votes

The county returns (for Place 1) are as follows:

Genier (Republican) Allen (Democratic)
Autauga 2968 490
Baldwin 10880 2530
Barbour 3891 978
Bibb 2609 503
Blount 4414 2427
Bullock 1512 1114
Butler 4006 973
Calhoun 10575 6210
Chambers 4622 2557
Cherokee 1882 1916
Chilton 5176 1645
Choctaw 2497 413
Clarke 4463 924
Clay 2805 1199
Cleburne 2151 672
Coffee 4831 1213
Colbert 5271 5573
Conecuh 2784 639
Coosa 1970 740
Covington 7548 1621
Crenshaw 3006 816
Cullman 7123 5110
Dale 4986 963
Dallas 5883 719
DeKalb 6735 4948
Elmore 6333 1233
Escambia 5625 1928
Etowah 12843 8939
Fayette 3,207 1287
Franklin 4021 3110
Geneva 4491 1074
Greene 1123 587
Hale 1900 548
Henry 2897 589
Houston 10527 1421
Jackson 2711 3145
Jefferson 99803 38082
Lamar 2,726 1,041
Lauderdale 5963 6593
Lawrence 1809 1808
Lee 5899 1602
Limestone 2370 3027
Lowndes 1551 310
Macon 1833 2973
Madison 14288 13217
Marengo 3,659 789
Marion 4043 1747
Marshall 5694 4428
Mobile 49399 20488
Monroe 3,859 886
Montgomery 22856 7482
Morgan 6951 5368
Perry 2036 520
Pickens 3310 746
Pike 4366 803
Randolph 3112 1864
Russell 4872 1537
Shelby 6023 1943
St. Clair 4811 1989
Sumter 1653 405
Talladega 8872 3712
Tallapoosa 5518 1733
Tuscaloosa 13157 6036
Walker 8541 6110
Washington 2791 1191
Wilcox 1783 157
Winston 3438 1391
Total 477,252 (69.37%) 210,732 (30.63%)

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Goldwater and Miller on December 14.