Election Name: | 1930 United States Senate election in Alabama |
Country: | Alabama |
Type: | midterm |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 United States Senate election in Alabama |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1936 United States Senate election in Alabama |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1930 |
Image1: | File:John H Bankhead II.jpg |
Candidate1: | John H. Bankhead II |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 150,985 |
Percentage1: | 59.93% |
Candidate2: | James Thomas Heflin |
Party2: | Independent |
Popular Vote2: | 100,952 |
Percentage2: | 40.07% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | James Thomas Heflin |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | John H. Bankhead II |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1930 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 4, 1930.
Incumbent U.S. Senator James Thomas Heflin was denied the Democratic nomination for supporting Republican Herbert Hoover in 1928. He ran as an independent candidate in the general election but lost re-election to John H. Bankhead II.