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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.
This marked the first time that Republicans won consecutive Senate elections in the state.
Republican primary
Candidates
- John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1957[a]
- Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate from London
Results
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
Candidates
- 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
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
Results
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
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
1960 United States Senate elections
Notes
References
- ^ "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.