Electoral history of George Wallace, 45th governor of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987), 1968 American Independent Party presidential nominee and candidate for 1964, 1972 and 1976 Democratic Party presidential nomination
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace | 1,526 | 100% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Patterson | 196,859 | 31.8% | |
| Democratic | George Wallace | 162,435 | 26.3% | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Faulkner | 91,512 | 14.8% | |
| Democratic | A. W. Todd | 59,240 | 9.6% | |
| Democratic | Laurie C. Battle | 38,955 | 6.3% | |
| Democratic | George Hawkins | 24,332 | 3.9% | |
| None | Others | 45,349 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Patterson | 315,353 | 55.7% | |
| Democratic | George Wallace | 250,451 | 44.3% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace | 207,062 | 32.5% | |
| Democratic | Ryan DeGraffenried Sr. | 160,704 | 25.2% | |
| Democratic | Jim Folsom | 159,640 | 25.1% | |
| Democratic | MacDonald Gallion | 80,374 | 12.6% | |
| Democratic | Bull Connor | 23,019 | 3.6% | |
| Democratic | J. Bruce Henderson | 3,666 | 0.6% | |
| Democratic | Wayne Jennings | 1,946 | 0.31 | |
| Democratic | Albert Boutwell | 862 | 0.1 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace | 340,730 | 55.9% | |
| Democratic | Ryan DeGraffenried Sr. | 269,122 | 44.1% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace | 303,987 | 96.27% | |
| Independent | Frank P. Walls | 11,789 | 3.7% | |
1964 California Democratic Party presidential primary:[6]
- Pat Brown – 1,693,813 (27.26%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 1,106,999 (17.82%)
- Sam Yorty – 798,431 (12.85%)
- George Wallace – 672,984 (10.83%)
- John W. Reynolds – 522,405 (8.41%)
- Albert S. Porter – 493,619 (7.94%)
- Matthew E. Welsch – 376,023 (6.05%)
- Daniel Brewster – 267,106 (4.30%)
- Jennings Randolph – 131,432 (2.12%)
- Unpledged delegates – 81,614 (1.31%)
- Robert F. Kennedy – 36,258 (0.58%)
Total primaries popular vote
1968 Democratic presidential primaries:[7]
- Eugene McCarthy – 2,914,933 (38.73%)
- Robert F. Kennedy – 2,305,148 (30.63%)
- Stephen M. Young – 549,140 (7.30%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 383,590 (5.10%)
- Thomas C. Lynch – 380,286 (5.05%)
- Roger D. Branigin – 238,700 (3.17%)
- George Smathers – 236,242 (3.14%)
- Hubert Humphrey – 166,463 (2.21%)
- Unpledged delegates – 161,143 (2.14%)
- Scott Kelly – 128,899 (1.71%)
- George Wallace – 34,489 (0.46%)
1968 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):[8]
- Hubert Humphrey – 1,760 (67.43%)
- Eugene McCarthy – 601 (23.03%)
- George McGovern – 147 (5.63%)
- Channing E. Phillips – 68 (2.61%)
- Daniel K. Moore – 18 (0.69%)
- Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.50%)
- Paul Bryant – 1 (0.04%)
- James H. Gray – 1 (0.04%)
- George Wallace – 1 (0.04%)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew | 31,783,783 | 43.4% | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie | 31,271,839 | 42.7% | |
| American Independent | George Wallace/Curtis LeMay | 9,901,118 | 13.5% | |
| Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 25,634 | 0% | |
| None | Others | 243,258 | 0.3% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Albert Brewer (incumbent) | 428,146 | 42.0% | |
| Democratic | George Wallace | 416,443 | 40.8% | |
| Democratic | Charles Woods | 149,987 | 14.7% | |
| Democratic | Asa Carter | 15,441 | 1.5% | |
| Democratic | Jim Folsom | 4,123 | 0.4% | |
| Democratic | Coleman Brown | 2,836 | 0.3% | |
| Democratic | Ralph "Shorty" Price | 2,804 | 0.3% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace | 559,832 | 51.6% | |
| Democratic | Albert Brewer (incumbent) | 525,951 | 48.4% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace | 637,046 | 74.5% | |
| National Democratic (Ala.) | John Cashin | 125,491 | 14.7% | |
| Independent | A.C. Walker | 75,679 | 8.9% | |
| Prohibition | Jerome B. Couch | 9,705 | 1.14% | |
| Independent | Menter G. Walker | 3,534 | 0.4% | |
| Whig | John Watts | 3,497 | 0.4% | |
Total primaries popular vote
1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries:[12]
- Hubert Humphrey – 4,121,372 (25.77%)
- George McGovern – 4,053,451 (25.34%)
- George Wallace – 3,755,424 (23.48%)
- Edmund Muskie – 1,840,217 (11.51%)
- Eugene McCarthy – 553,990 (3.46%)
- Henry M. Jackson – 505,198 (3.16%)
- Shirley Chisholm – 430,703 (2.69%)
- Terry Sanford – 331,415 (2.07%)
- John V. Lindsay – 196,406 (1.23%)
- Sam Yorty – 79,446 (0.50%)
- Wilbur Mills – 37,401 (0.23%)
- Walter Fauntroy – 21,217 (0.13%)
- Unpledged delegates – 19,533 (0.12%)
- Ted Kennedy – 16,693 (0.10%)
- Vance Hartke – 11,798 (0.07%)
- Patsy Mink – 8,286 (0.05%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):[13]
- George McGovern – 1,729 (57.37%)
- Henry M. Jackson – 525 (17.42%)
- George Wallace – 382 (12.67%)
- Shirley Chisholm – 152 (5.04%)
- Terry Sanford – 78 (2.59%)
- Hubert Humphrey – 67 (2.22%)
- Wilbur Mills – 34 (1.13%)
- Edmund Muskie – 25 (0.83%)
- Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.43%)
- Wayne L. Hays – 5 (0.17%)
- Eugene McCarthy – 2 (0.07%)
- Ramsey Clark – 1 (0.03%)
- Walter Mondale – 1 (0.03%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):[14]
- Thomas Eagleton – 1,742 (59.07%)
- Frances Farenthold – 405 (13.73%)
- Mike Gravel – 226 (7.66%)
- Endicott Peabody – 108 (3.66%)
- Clay Smothers – 74 (2.51%)
- Birch Bayh – 62 (2.10%)
- Peter Rodino – 57 (1.93%)
- Jimmy Carter – 30 (1.02%)
- Shirley Chisholm – 20 (0.68%)
- Moon Landrieu – 19 (0.64%)
- Edward T. Breathitt – 18 (0.61%)
- Ted Kennedy – 15 (0.51%)
- Fred R. Harris – 14 (0.48%)
- Richard G. Hatcher – 11 (0.37%)
- Harold E. Hughes – 10 (0.34%)
- Joseph M. Montoya – 9 (0.31%)
- William L. Guy – 8 (0.27%)
- Adlai Stevenson III – 8 (0.27%)
- Robert Bergland – 5 (0.17%)
- Hodding Carter – 5 (0.17%)
- Cesar Chavez – 5 (0.17%)
- Wilbur Mills – 5 (0.17%)
- Wendell Anderson – 4 (0.14%)
- Stanley Arnold – 4 (0.14%)
- Ron Dellums – 4 (0.14%)
- John J. Houlihan – 4 (0.14%)
- Roberto A. Mondragon – 4 (0.14%)
- Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 3 (0.10%)
- Herman Badillo – 3 (0.10%)
- Eugene McCarthy – 3 (0.10%)
- Claiborne Pell – 3 (0.10%)
- Terry Sanford – 3 (0.10%)
- Ramsey Clark – 2 (0.07%)
- Richard J. Daley – 2 (0.07%)
- John DeCarlo – 2 (0.07%)
- Ernest Gruening – 2 (0.07%)
- Roger Mudd – 2 (0.07%)
- Edmund Muskie – 2 (0.07%)
- Claude Pepper – 2 (0.07%)
- Abraham Ribicoff – 2 (0.07%)
- Pat Taylor – 2 (0.07%)
- Leonard F. Woodcock – 2 (0.07%)
- Bruno Agnoli – 2 (0.07%)
- Ernest Albright – 1 (0.03%)
- William A. Barrett – 1 (0.03%)
- Daniel Berrigan – 1 (0.03%)
- Phillip Berrigan – 1 (0.03%)
- Julian Bond – 1 (0.03%)
- Hargrove Bowles – 1 (0.03%)
- Archibald Burton – 1 (0.03%)
- Phillip Burton – 1 (0.03%)
- William Chappell – 1 (0.03%)
- Lawton Chiles – 1 (0.03%)
- Frank Church – 1 (0.03%)
- Robert Drinan – 1 (0.03%)
- Nick Galifianakis – 1 (0.03%)
- John Goodrich – 1 (0.03%)
- Michael Griffin – 1 (0.03%)
- Martha Griffiths – 1 (0.03%)
- Charles Hamilton – 1 (0.03%)
- Patricia Harris – 1 (0.03%)
- Jim Hunt – 1 (0.03%)
- Daniel Inouye – 1 (0.03%)
- Henry M. Jackson – 1 (0.03%)
- Robery Kariss – 1 (0.03%)
- Allard K. Lowenstein – 1 (0.03%)
- Mao Zedong – 1 (0.03%)
- Eleanor McGovern – 1 (0.03%)
- Martha Mitchell – 1 (0.03%)
- Ralph Nader – 1 (0.03%)
- George Norcross – 1 (0.03%)
- Jerry Rubin – 1 (0.03%)
- Fred Seaman – 1 (0.03%)
- Joe Smith – 1 (0.03%)
- Benjamin Spock – 1 (0.03%)
- Patrick Tavolacci – 1 (0.03%)
- George Wallace – 1 (0.03%)
American Independent Party National Convention, 1972 (presidential tally):[15]
- John G. Schmitz – 330 (71.74%)
- George L. Garfield – 56 (12.17%)
- Allen Grear – 26 (5.65%)
- Thomas J. Anderson – 24 (5.22%)
- Richard B. Kay – 16 (3.48%)
- George Wallace – 8 (1.74%)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace (incumbent) | 536,235 | 64.8% | |
| Democratic | Gene McLain | 249,035 | 30.1% | |
| Democratic | Jim Folsom | 24,821 | 3% | |
| Democratic | Ralph "Shorty" Price | 9,834 | 1.19% | |
| Democratic | Thomas Robinson | 7,726 | 0.9% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Wallace (incumbent) | 497,574 | 83.2% | |
| Republican | Elvin McCary | 88,381 | 14.8% | |
| Prohibition | Jim Partain | 12,350 | 2.1% | |
1976 Democratic presidential primaries:[18]
- Jimmy Carter – 6,235,609 (39.19%)
- Jerry Brown – 2,449,374 (15.39%)
- George Wallace – 1,955,388 (12.29%)
- Mo Udall – 1,611,754 (10.13%)
- Henry M. Jackson – 1,134,375 (7.13%)
- Frank Church – 830,818 (5.22%)
- Robert Byrd – 340,309 (2.14%)
- Sargent Shriver – 304,399 (1.91%)
- Unpledged delegates – 283,437 (1.78%)
- Ellen McCormack – 238,027 (1.50%)
- Fred R. Harris – 234,568 (1.47%)
- Milton Shapp – 88,254 (0.56%)
- Birch Bayh – 86,438 (0.54%)
- Hubert Humphrey – 61,992 (0.39%)
- Ted Kennedy – 19,805 (0.12%)
- Arthur O. Blessitt – 8,717 (0.06%)
- Lloyd Bentsen – 4,046 (0.03%)
1976 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):[19]
- Jimmy Carter – 2,239 (74.48%)
- Mo Udall – 330 (10.98%)
- Jerry Brown – 301 (10.01%)
- George Wallace – 57 (1.90%)
- Ellen McCormack – 22 (0.73%)
- Frank Church – 19 (0.63%)
- Hubert Humphrey – 10 (0.33%)
- Henry M. Jackson – 10 (0.33%)
- Fred R. Harris – 9 (0.30%)
- Milton Shapp – 2 (0.07%)
- Robert Byrd – 1 (0.03%)
- Cesar Chavez – 1 (0.03%)
- Leon Jaworski – 1 (0.03%)
- Barbara Jordan – 1 (0.03%)
- Ted Kennedy – 1 (0.03%)
- Jennings Randolph – 1 (0.03%)
- Fred Stover – 1 (0.03%)
1976 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):[20]
- Walter Mondale – 2,817 (94.28%)
- Carl Albert – 36 (1.21%)
- Barbara Jordan – 25 (0.84%)
- Ron Dellums – 20 (0.67%)
- Henry M. Jackson – 16 (0.54%)
- Gary Benoit – 12 (0.40%)
- Frank Church – 11 (0.37%)
- Fritz Efaw – 11 (0.37%)
- Peter Flaherty – 11 (0.37%)
- George Wallace – 6 (0.20%)
- Allard Lowenstein – 5 (0.17%)
- Edmund Muskie – 4 (0.13%)
- Philip Hart – 2 (0.07%)
- Thomas E. Morgan – 2 (0.07%)
- Mo Udall – 2 (0.07%)
- Wendell Anderson – 1 (0.03%)
- Al Castro – 1 (0.03%)
- Fred R. Harris – 1 (0.03%)
- Ernest Hollings – 1 (0.03%)
- Peter Rodino – 1 (0.03%)
- Daniel Schorr – 1 (0.03%)
- Josephnie Smith – 1 (0.03%)
- Hunter S. Thompson – 1 (0.03%)
Democratic primary for Governor of Alabama, 1982:[21]
- George Wallace – 425,469 (42.53%)
- George McMillan – 296,271 (29.62%)
- Joe McCorquodale – 250,614 (25.05%)
- Jim Folsom – 17,333 (1.73%)
- Reuben McKinley – 10,617 (1.06%)
Democratic primary for Governor of Alabama runoff, 1982:[22]
- George Wallace – 512,203 (51.19%)
- George McMillan – 488,444 (48.81%)
1982 Alabama gubernatorial election:[23]
- George Wallace (D) – 650,538 (57.64%)
- Emory M. Folmar (R) – 440,815 (39.06%)
- Leo Suiter (Alabama Conservative) – 17,936 (1.59%)
- Henry Klingler (LBT) – 7,671 (0.68%)
- John Jackson (Alabama National Democrat) – 4,693 (0.42%)
- John Dyer (Prohibition) – 4,364 (0.39%)
- Martin J. Boyers (Socialist Workers) – 2,578 (0.23%)
Gallery
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