Election Name: | 1954 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | Alabama |
Previous Election: | 1950 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1950 |
Next Election: | 1958 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1958 |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | November 2, 1954 |
Image1: | Jim Folsom.jpg |
Nominee1: | Jim Folsom |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 244,401 |
Percentage1: | 73.37% |
Nominee2: | Tom Abernathy |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 88,688 |
Percentage2: | 26.63% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Gordon Persons |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jim Folsom |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1954 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Gordon Persons was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given that the nominee would win the general election.