SkipCaptcha
35,519
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 58:
Line 58: − +
→Re-elections, House tenure
The U.S. House in 1959 conducted an investigation of the election, which Alford denounced and described as "politically inspired."<ref>Trussell, C. P. (February 12, 1959). [https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/12/archives/alford-condemns-his-investigators-says-u-s-inquiry-into-his.html ALFORD CONDEMNS HIS INVESTIGATORS; Says U. S. Inquiry Into His Election Is Persecution -Charges Are Denied]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref>
The U.S. House in 1959 conducted an investigation of the election, which Alford denounced and described as "politically inspired."<ref>Trussell, C. P. (February 12, 1959). [https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/12/archives/alford-condemns-his-investigators-says-u-s-inquiry-into-his.html ALFORD CONDEMNS HIS INVESTIGATORS; Says U. S. Inquiry Into His Election Is Persecution -Charges Are Denied]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref>
===Re-elections, House tenure===
===Re-election and House tenure===
In 1960, Alford won his second term in the House with 57,617 votes (82.7 percent) to Republican L. J. Churchill (1902-1987) of Dover in Pope County in northwestern Arkansas, who received only 12,054 ballots (17.3 percent) though [[Richard M. Nixon]] polled 43 percent in his losing race to [[John F. Kennedy]] for the Arkansas [[electoral votes]]. Churchill was a highly regarded civic and political figure in Dover. A Cumberland [[Presbyterian]] (a conservative denomination) and a Mason, he was elected to the positions of [[mayor]] of Dover and member of the municipal school board, both offices nonpartisan.<ref name=ljc/><ref>Hathorn, p. 192.</ref>
In 1960, Alford won his second term in the House with 57,617 votes (82.7 percent) to Republican L. J. Churchill (1902-1987) of Dover in Pope County in northwestern Arkansas, who received only 12,054 ballots (17.3 percent) though [[Richard M. Nixon]] polled 43 percent in his losing race to [[John F. Kennedy]] for the Arkansas [[electoral votes]]. Churchill was a highly regarded civic and political figure in Dover. A Cumberland [[Presbyterian]] (a conservative denomination) and a Mason, he was elected to the positions of [[mayor]] of Dover and member of the municipal school board, both offices nonpartisan.<ref name=ljc/><ref>Hathorn, p. 192.</ref>