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1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky 
Summary
The 1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1960. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1956 special election to fill the vacant seat of Alben Barkley,[a] was elected to a full term in office, defeating Democratic former Governor and Undersecretary of Labor Keen Johnson.
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 County results Cooper: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90% >90% Johnson: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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This marked the first time that Republicans won consecutive Senate elections in the state.
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1957[a]
- Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate from London
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) | 50,896 | 96.26% | |
| Republican | Thurman Jerome Hamlin | 1,978 | 3.74% | |
| Total votes | 52,874 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- John Y. Brown Sr., former U.S. Representative at-large and nominee for Senate in 1946
- Jesse N.R. Cecil
- Wilton Benge Cupp
- James L. Delk
- Keen Johnson, former Governor of Kentucky (1939–43) and U.S. Undersecretary of Labor (1946–47)
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Keen Johnson | 112,797 | 57.97% | |
| Democratic | John Y. Brown Sr. | 75,987 | 39.05% | |
| Democratic | Wilton Benge Cupp | 2,209 | 1.14% | |
| Democratic | Jesse N.R. Cecil | 2,083 | 1.07% | |
| Democratic | James L. Delk | 1,517 | 0.78% | |
| Total votes | 194,593 | 100.00% | ||
General election edit
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) | 644,087 | 59.15% | |
| Democratic | Keen Johnson | 444,830 | 40.85% | |
| Total votes | 1,088,917 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county edit
| County | John Sherman Cooper Republican |
Keen Johnson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 4,745 | 70.88% | 1,949 | 29.12% | 2,796 | 41.77% | 6,694 |
| Allen | 3,401 | 68.89% | 1,536 | 31.11% | 1,865 | 37.78% | 4,937 |
| Anderson | 2,318 | 58.48% | 1,646 | 41.52% | 672 | 16.95% | 3,964 |
| Ballard | 1,393 | 37.71% | 2,301 | 62.29% | -908 | -24.58% | 3,694 |
| Barren | 5,252 | 55.23% | 4,258 | 44.77% | 994 | 10.45% | 9,510 |
| Bath | 2,071 | 55.07% | 1,690 | 44.93% | 381 | 10.13% | 3,761 |
| Bell | 6,662 | 58.86% | 4,657 | 41.14% | 2,005 | 17.71% | 11,319 |
| Boone | 4,700 | 61.93% | 2,889 | 38.07% | 1,811 | 23.86% | 7,589 |
| Bourbon | 2,704 | 50.49% | 2,651 | 49.51% | 53 | 0.99% | 5,355 |
| Boyd | 11,657 | 59.47% | 7,945 | 40.53% | 3,712 | 18.94% | 19,602 |
| Boyle | 4,165 | 63.23% | 2,422 | 36.77% | 1,743 | 26.46% | 6,587 |
| Bracken | 2,016 | 62.90% | 1,189 | 37.10% | 827 | 25.80% | 3,205 |
| Breathitt | 2,143 | 41.99% | 2,960 | 58.01% | -817 | -16.01% | 5,103 |
| Breckinridge | 4,137 | 60.92% | 2,654 | 39.08% | 1,483 | 21.84% | 6,791 |
| Bullitt | 2,941 | 58.02% | 2,128 | 41.98% | 813 | 16.04% | 5,069 |
| Butler | 3,610 | 80.76% | 860 | 19.24% | 2,750 | 61.52% | 4,470 |
| Caldwell | 3,442 | 63.17% | 2,007 | 36.83% | 1,435 | 26.34% | 5,449 |
| Calloway | 3,792 | 48.37% | 4,048 | 51.63% | -256 | -3.27% | 7,840 |
| Campbell | 17,624 | 57.64% | 12,953 | 42.36% | 4,671 | 15.28% | 30,577 |
| Carlisle | 1,020 | 39.05% | 1,592 | 60.95% | -572 | -21.90% | 2,612 |
| Carroll | 1,296 | 40.21% | 1,927 | 59.79% | -631 | -19.58% | 3,223 |
| Carter | 5,322 | 64.00% | 2,993 | 36.00% | 2,329 | 28.01% | 8,315 |
| Casey | 4,911 | 80.42% | 1,196 | 19.58% | 3,715 | 60.83% | 6,107 |
| Christian | 5,603 | 47.86% | 6,103 | 52.14% | -500 | -4.27% | 11,706 |
| Clark | 3,672 | 58.87% | 2,566 | 41.13% | 1,106 | 17.73% | 6,238 |
| Clay | 4,802 | 78.32% | 1,329 | 21.68% | 3,473 | 56.65% | 6,131 |
| Clinton | 3,409 | 85.40% | 583 | 14.60% | 2,826 | 70.79% | 3,992 |
| Crittenden | 2,787 | 69.35% | 1,232 | 30.65% | 1,555 | 38.69% | 4,019 |
| Cumberland | 2,614 | 79.62% | 669 | 20.38% | 1,945 | 59.24% | 3,283 |
| Daviess | 13,968 | 62.14% | 8,511 | 37.86% | 5,457 | 24.28% | 22,479 |
| Edmonson | 2,834 | 75.09% | 940 | 24.91% | 1,894 | 50.19% | 3,774 |
| Elliott | 932 | 37.96% | 1,523 | 62.04% | -591 | -24.07% | 2,455 |
| Estill | 3,395 | 70.51% | 1,420 | 29.49% | 1,975 | 41.02% | 4,815 |
| Fayette | 27,379 | 67.42% | 13,228 | 32.58% | 14,151 | 34.85% | 40,607 |
| Fleming | 2,850 | 58.93% | 1,986 | 41.07% | 864 | 17.87% | 4,836 |
| Floyd | 5,657 | 39.47% | 8,676 | 60.53% | -3,019 | -21.06% | 14,333 |
| Franklin | 5,531 | 50.32% | 5,461 | 49.68% | 70 | 0.64% | 10,992 |
| Fulton | 1,761 | 43.80% | 2,260 | 56.20% | -499 | -12.41% | 4,021 |
| Gallatin | 754 | 44.88% | 926 | 55.12% | -172 | -10.24% | 1,680 |
| Garrard | 2,891 | 64.36% | 1,601 | 35.64% | 1,290 | 28.72% | 4,492 |
| Grant | 2,289 | 58.11% | 1,650 | 41.89% | 639 | 16.22% | 3,939 |
| Graves | 5,125 | 41.60% | 7,194 | 58.40% | -2,069 | -16.80% | 12,319 |
| Grayson | 4,771 | 69.69% | 2,075 | 30.31% | 2,696 | 39.38% | 6,846 |
| Green | 3,683 | 72.53% | 1,395 | 27.47% | 2,288 | 45.06% | 5,078 |
| Greenup | 6,348 | 56.62% | 4,863 | 43.38% | 1,485 | 13.25% | 11,211 |
| Hancock | 1,471 | 60.89% | 945 | 39.11% | 526 | 21.77% | 2,416 |
| Hardin | 6,722 | 61.98% | 4,124 | 38.02% | 2,598 | 23.95% | 10,846 |
| Harlan | 8,157 | 51.20% | 7,775 | 48.80% | 382 | 2.40% | 15,932 |
| Harrison | 2,641 | 46.77% | 3,006 | 53.23% | -365 | -6.46% | 5,647 |
| Hart | 3,796 | 58.80% | 2,660 | 41.20% | 1,136 | 17.60% | 6,456 |
| Henderson | 5,326 | 50.77% | 5,165 | 49.23% | 161 | 1.53% | 10,491 |
| Henry | 2,302 | 50.92% | 2,219 | 49.08% | 83 | 1.84% | 4,521 |
| Hickman | 1,303 | 42.82% | 1,740 | 57.18% | -437 | -14.36% | 3,043 |
| Hopkins | 5,576 | 47.46% | 6,173 | 52.54% | -597 | -5.08% | 11,749 |
| Jackson | 3,825 | 90.32% | 410 | 9.68% | 3,415 | 80.64% | 4,235 |
| Jefferson | 137,946 | 59.51% | 93,872 | 40.49% | 44,074 | 19.01% | 231,818 |
| Jessamine | 2,788 | 63.18% | 1,625 | 36.82% | 1,163 | 26.35% | 4,413 |
| Johnson | 5,480 | 71.84% | 2,148 | 28.16% | 3,332 | 43.68% | 7,628 |
| Kenton | 22,312 | 57.16% | 16,722 | 42.84% | 5,590 | 14.32% | 39,034 |
| Knott | 1,843 | 35.49% | 3,350 | 64.51% | -1,507 | -29.02% | 5,193 |
| Knox | 5,843 | 70.98% | 2,389 | 29.02% | 3,454 | 41.96% | 8,232 |
| Larue | 2,613 | 66.51% | 1,316 | 33.49% | 1,297 | 33.01% | 3,929 |
| Laurel | 7,342 | 78.37% | 2,026 | 21.63% | 5,316 | 56.75% | 9,368 |
| Lawrence | 3,203 | 58.82% | 2,242 | 41.18% | 961 | 17.65% | 5,445 |
| Lee | 2,000 | 69.18% | 891 | 30.82% | 1,109 | 38.36% | 2,891 |
| Leslie | 3,830 | 83.97% | 731 | 16.03% | 3,099 | 67.95% | 4,561 |
| Letcher | 4,570 | 54.78% | 3,773 | 45.22% | 797 | 9.55% | 8,343 |
| Lewis | 3,807 | 71.87% | 1,490 | 28.13% | 2,317 | 43.74% | 5,297 |
| Lincoln | 4,003 | 67.03% | 1,969 | 32.97% | 2,034 | 34.06% | 5,972 |
| Livingston | 1,592 | 52.32% | 1,451 | 47.68% | 141 | 4.63% | 3,043 |
| Logan | 4,349 | 50.91% | 4,194 | 49.09% | 155 | 1.81% | 8,543 |
| Lyon | 1,063 | 45.12% | 1,293 | 54.88% | -230 | -9.76% | 2,356 |
| Madison | 7,060 | 57.85% | 5,145 | 42.15% | 1,915 | 15.69% | 12,205 |
| Magoffin | 2,785 | 55.19% | 2,261 | 44.81% | 524 | 10.38% | 5,046 |
| Marion | 2,587 | 42.71% | 3,470 | 57.29% | -883 | -14.58% | 6,057 |
| Marshall | 3,635 | 54.08% | 3,087 | 45.92% | 548 | 8.15% | 6,722 |
| Martin | 2,731 | 74.39% | 940 | 25.61% | 1,791 | 48.79% | 3,671 |
| Mason | 4,320 | 59.03% | 2,998 | 40.97% | 1,322 | 18.07% | 7,318 |
| McCracken | 10,422 | 49.06% | 10,821 | 50.94% | -399 | -1.88% | 21,243 |
| McCreary | 3,738 | 84.42% | 690 | 15.58% | 3,048 | 68.83% | 4,428 |
| McLean | 2,316 | 58.35% | 1,653 | 41.65% | 663 | 16.70% | 3,969 |
| Meade | 2,167 | 53.57% | 1,878 | 46.43% | 289 | 7.14% | 4,045 |
| Menifee | 871 | 51.75% | 812 | 48.25% | 59 | 3.51% | 1,683 |
| Mercer | 3,838 | 64.28% | 2,133 | 35.72% | 1,705 | 28.55% | 5,971 |
| Metcalfe | 2,246 | 63.64% | 1,283 | 36.36% | 963 | 27.29% | 3,529 |
| Monroe | 4,220 | 83.07% | 860 | 16.93% | 3,360 | 66.14% | 5,080 |
| Montgomery | 2,618 | 54.84% | 2,156 | 45.16% | 462 | 9.68% | 4,774 |
| Morgan | 1,812 | 41.86% | 2,517 | 58.14% | -705 | -16.29% | 4,329 |
| Muhlenberg | 6,070 | 58.10% | 4,377 | 41.90% | 1,693 | 16.21% | 10,447 |
| Nelson | 3,782 | 49.59% | 3,844 | 50.41% | -62 | -0.81% | 7,626 |
| Nicholas | 1,136 | 47.61% | 1,250 | 52.39% | -114 | -4.78% | 2,386 |
| Ohio | 5,280 | 69.96% | 2,267 | 30.04% | 3,013 | 39.92% | 7,547 |
| Oldham | 2,494 | 60.96% | 1,597 | 39.04% | 897 | 21.93% | 4,091 |
| Owen | 1,525 | 43.82% | 1,955 | 56.18% | -430 | -12.36% | 3,480 |
| Owsley | 2,169 | 86.24% | 346 | 13.76% | 1,823 | 72.49% | 2,515 |
| Pendleton | 2,274 | 61.91% | 1,399 | 38.09% | 875 | 23.82% | 3,673 |
| Perry | 5,909 | 56.14% | 4,617 | 43.86% | 1,292 | 12.27% | 10,526 |
| Pike | 10,450 | 46.09% | 12,222 | 53.91% | -1,772 | -7.82% | 22,672 |
| Powell | 1,484 | 57.65% | 1,090 | 42.35% | 394 | 15.31% | 2,574 |
| Pulaski | 12,490 | 83.64% | 2,443 | 16.36% | 10,047 | 67.28% | 14,933 |
| Robertson | 632 | 52.32% | 576 | 47.68% | 56 | 4.64% | 1,208 |
| Rockcastle | 3,956 | 79.34% | 1,030 | 20.66% | 2,926 | 58.68% | 4,986 |
| Rowan | 2,807 | 57.06% | 2,112 | 42.94% | 695 | 14.13% | 4,919 |
| Russell | 3,683 | 78.41% | 1,014 | 21.59% | 2,669 | 56.82% | 4,697 |
| Scott | 2,415 | 52.08% | 2,222 | 47.92% | 193 | 4.16% | 4,637 |
| Shelby | 3,610 | 54.75% | 2,984 | 45.25% | 626 | 9.49% | 6,594 |
| Simpson | 1,898 | 44.98% | 2,322 | 55.02% | -424 | -10.05% | 4,220 |
| Spencer | 1,191 | 57.56% | 878 | 42.44% | 313 | 15.13% | 2,069 |
| Taylor | 4,778 | 72.31% | 1,830 | 27.69% | 2,948 | 44.61% | 6,608 |
| Todd | 1,936 | 43.29% | 2,536 | 56.71% | -600 | -13.42% | 4,472 |
| Trigg | 1,680 | 44.11% | 2,129 | 55.89% | -449 | -11.79% | 3,809 |
| Trimble | 870 | 38.34% | 1,399 | 61.66% | -529 | -23.31% | 2,269 |
| Union | 1,920 | 38.13% | 3,116 | 61.87% | -1,196 | -23.75% | 5,036 |
| Warren | 9,177 | 58.68% | 6,461 | 41.32% | 2,716 | 17.37% | 15,638 |
| Washington | 2,910 | 60.26% | 1,919 | 39.74% | 991 | 20.52% | 4,829 |
| Wayne | 4,070 | 70.48% | 1,705 | 29.52% | 2,365 | 40.95% | 5,775 |
| Webster | 2,466 | 45.46% | 2,959 | 54.54% | -493 | -9.09% | 5,425 |
| Whitley | 7,597 | 75.49% | 2,467 | 24.51% | 5,130 | 50.97% | 10,064 |
| Wolfe | 1,369 | 50.29% | 1,353 | 49.71% | 16 | 0.59% | 2,722 |
| Woodford | 2,613 | 65.67% | 1,366 | 34.33% | 1,247 | 31.34% | 3,979 |
| Totals | 644,087 | 59.15% | 444,830 | 40.85% | 199,257 | 18.30% | 1,088,917 |
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - R Primary Race - May 24, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - D Primary Race - May 24, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1961). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "KY US Senate Race, November 08, 1960". Our Campaigns.