A presidential primary was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on May 3, 1960, with runoff elections on May 31, to elect delegates representing Alabama to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. Fifty-six delegates were to be elected, four from each of the state's nine congressional districts, with twenty at-large delegates to be elected. The fifty-six delegates were worth 29 votes: district and at-large delegates received a half vote each, with national committee members having a full vote. On June 3, 1960, days after the runoff, the Associated Press determined that of the fifty-six elected delegates, twenty-one would go to Lyndon B. Johnson, ten to Richard Russell Jr., and three to Stuart Symington. At the convention roll call, forty Alabama delegates voted for Johnson (worth 20 votes), seven each for Kennedy and Symington (3½ votes each), and four for four other candidates (½ vote each).
At-large delegates First round First round results (at-large, 20 to be elected)Pledge Delegate Votes % Uncommitted MacDonald Gallion142,76273.93% Uncommitted William G. Hardwick136,42470.64% Uncommitted J. C. Henderson118,27161.24% Uncommitted T. C. "Cliff" Almon115,71859.92% Uncommitted Dorothy S. Carmichael114,59159.34% Uncommitted Fred H. Davis108,24856.05% Russell Jr. Frank E. Dixon107,74755.79% Uncommitted John F. Britton106,64455.22% Uncommitted Bettye Frink106,63155.22% Uncommitted Joe Elliott97,96750.73% Uncommitted James C. Inzer Jr. →93,72248.53% Uncommitted Ralph Smith →92,48947.89% Uncommitted Robert H. King →91,76147.52% Russell Jr. James E. Simpson →91,17947.21% Johnson J. H. Kelly →84,23743.62% Uncommitted H. Coleman Long →83,77043.38% Russell Jr. Raymond Weeks →83,74643.37% Uncommitted Neil Metcalf →80,65441.76% Uncommitted Sonny Hornsby →79,00540.91% Russell Jr. Sim A. Thomas →75,99439.35% Uncommitted Ed Beasley →75,36539.03% Russell Jr. Charles F. Belew →72,09437.33% Uncommitted William J. O'Neal →70,28236.39% Uncommitted Benjamin Grady Wilson →69,76436.13% Johnson Lewis W. Fowler →69,59236.04% Russell Jr. F. L. "Hello" Ferrell →68,62335.53% Uncommitted O. S. (Tigger) Burke →67,21134.80% Uncommitted Gary F. Burns →66,31434.34% Russell Jr. Edwin H. "Ed" Estes →66,19034.27% Uncommitted S. Ty Russell →65,43933.89% Kennedy Newt Rains65,25433.79% Uncommitted Billy Walker62,88032.56% Uncommitted M. J. Williams Jr.62,19932.21% Symington Bowling G. Bufford61,73531.97% Johnson Horace R. Batchelor57,22829.63% Russell Jr. Frank P. Walls56,16129.08% Kennedy Wallace Powell Pruitt Jr.55,18828.58% Uncommitted Bob P. Schwenn54,74028.35% Uncommitted Charles Reynolds54,00727.97% Uncommitted Ralph "Shorty" Price53,79727.86% Stevenson II L. R. Johnston52,55927.22% Uncommitted George J. Rivers52,54527.21% Uncommitted Dick F. DeVan52,27727.07% Uncommitted Waymon E. Benson50,83426.32% Johnson F. Jerry Cook50,57626.19% Uncommitted F. Raymond Ingram49,98325.88% Johnson Stephen Radford Batson48,26324.99% Uncommitted John T. Nichols46,87824.27% Uncommitted Chas. H. Adderhold46,33523.99% Kennedy Tom Hickman45,96623.80% Uncommitted Glynn N. C. Jones Sr.41,88621.69% Uncommitted Lee Rigsby38,60519.99% Total3,862,330100.00%
Runoff round Runoff results (at-large, 10 to be elected)Pledge Delegate Votes % Johnson James C. Inzer Jr.111,86662.03% Uncommitted Ralph Smith105,03658.25% Johnson Robert H. King99,55555.21% Russell Jr. Ed Beasley97,29853.95% Johnson Jack H. Kelly96,99153.78% Russell Jr. Raymond Weeks96,67153.61% Uncommitted James E. Simpson96,49553.51% Uncommitted William J. O'Neal94,78252.56% Uncommitted Sonny Hornsby93,01051.58% Uncommitted H. Coleman Long91,26750.61% Stevenson II Ed H. Estes89,15949.44% Johnson Lewis W. Fowler88,35649.00% Uncommitted Neil Metcalf88,03148.82% Russell Jr. Sim A. Thomas85,91247.64% Russell Jr. Charles F. Belew84,18246.68% Johnson Gary F. Burns80,85344.84% Johnson F. L. "Hello" Ferrell80,73244.77% Johnson Benjamin Grady Wilson76,04842.17% Uncommitted S. Ty Russell73,90840.98% Uncommitted O. S. "Tigger" Burke73,17340.58% Total1,803,325100.00%
See also
1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1960 United States presidential election 1960 United States presidential election in Alabama 1960 United States elections
References Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963 (p. 641–642; 649–652)