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===Re-election and 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,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57916 AR District 5 Race - Nov 08, 1960]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> 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>
Alford had been the state chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. He operated L. J. Churchill's General Merchandise Store and was a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Dover.<ref name=ljc>"L.J. Churchill, 84, dies at Dover," ''The Arkansas Gazette,'' October 3, 1987, obituary section.</ref>
Alford had been the state chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. He operated L. J. Churchill's General Merchandise Store and was a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Dover.<ref name=ljc>"L.J. Churchill, 84, dies at Dover," ''The Arkansas Gazette,'' October 3, 1987, obituary section.</ref>