John Malcolm Patterson - Electoral History

Electoral History

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1958:

Democratic primary:

• John Malcolm Patterson – 196,859 (31.82%)
• George Wallace – 162,435 (26.26%)
• Jimmy Faulkner – 91,512 (14.79%)
• A.W. Todd – 59,240 (9.58%)
• Laurie Battle – 38,955 (6.30%)
• George C. Hawkins – 24,332 (3.93%)
• C.C. Owen – 15,270 (2.47%)
• Karl Harrison – 12,488 (2.02%)
• Billy Walker – 7,963 (1.29%)
• W.E. Dodd – 4,753 (0.77%)
• John G. Crommelin – 2,245 (0.36%)
• Shearen Elebash – 1,177 (0.19%)
• James Gulatte – 798 (0.13%)
• Shorty Price – 655 (0.11%)

Democratic primary runoff:

• John Malcolm Patterson – 315,353 (55.74%)
• George Wallace – 250,451 (44.27%)

General election:

• John Malcolm Patterson (D) – 234,583 (88.22%)
• William Longshore (R) – 30,415 (11.44%)
• William Jackson (I) – 903 (0.34%)

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1966

Democratic primary:

• Lurleen Wallace – 480,841 (54.10%)
• Richmond Flowers – 172,386 (19.40%)
• Carl A. Elliot – 71,972 (8.10%)
• Bob Gilchrist – 49,502 (5.57%)
• Charles Woods – 41,148 (4.63%)
• John Malcolm Patterson – 31,011 (3.49%)
• Jim Folsom – 24,145 (2.72%)
• A. W. Todd – 9,013 (1.01%)
• Sherman Powell – 7,231 (0.81%)
• Eunice Gore – 1,589 (0.18%)

Election of Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, 1970:

Democratic primary:

• Howell Heflin – 550,997 (65.71%)
• John Malcolm Patterson – 287,594 (34.30%)