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1972 United States Congressional Elections – Alabama

United States Senate – DEM Hold

John Sparkman (D-inc) ­ 654,49162.27%

Winton M. Blount (R) ­ 347,52333.06%

John L. LeFlore (Nat. Dem.) ­ 31,4212.99%

Jerome B. Couch (AL Proh.) ­ 10,8261.03%

Herbert W. Stone (AL CON) ­ 6,8380.65%

Total Votes ­ 1,051,099100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 1 – GOP Hold

Jack Edwards (R-inc) ­ 104,69676.53%

O. W. ‘Bill’ McCrory (D) ­ 24,35717.80%

Thomas McAboy, Jr. (Nat. Dem.) ­ 7,7475.66%

Total Votes ­ 136,800100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 2 – GOP Hold/DEM Loss

William Louis Dickinson (R-inc) ­ 80,36254.85%

Ben C. Reeves (D) ­ 60,76941.48%

Richard Boone (Nat. Dem.) ­ 4,9913.41%

Llewellyn B. Garth (CON) ­ 3860.26%

Total Votes ­ 146,508100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 3 – DEM Hold

William Flynt Nichols (D-inc) ­ 100,04575.57%

Bob Kerr (R) ­ 27,25320.59%

John Ford (Nat. Dem.) ­ 3,3922.56%

Jodie Connell (Proh.) ­ 1,6931.28%

Total Votes ­ 132,383100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 4 – DEM Hold

Tom Bevill (D-inc) ­ 108,03969.54%

Ed Nelson (R) ­ 46,55129.96%

Daisy Williams (Proh.) ­ 7710.50%

Total Votes ­ 155,361100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 5 – DEM Hold

Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D-inc) ­ 101,30374.19%

Dieter J. Schrader (R) ­ 33,35224.43%

Shirley Irwin (Nat. Dem.) ­ 1,8901.38%

Total Votes ­ 136,545100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 6 – GOP Hold

John Hall Buchanan, Jr. (R-inc) ­ 91,49959.75%

Ben Erdreich (D) ­ 54,49735.59%

Al Thomas (Nat. Dem.) ­ 3,8872.54%

Edna L. Bowling (Proh.) ­ 1,8381.20%

Dan Scott (CON) ­ 1,4120.92%

Total Votes ­ 153,133100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 7 – DEM Hold

Walter Flowers (D-inc) ­ 95,06084.84%

Lewis Black (Nat. Dem.) ­ 15,70314.02%

Hal Radue (CON) ­ 1,2781.14%

Total Votes ­ 112,041100.00%

Source: Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives