1968 Roosevelt City municipal election

The first class of Roosevelt City officials being sworn in in February 1968. From Birmingham Post-Herald.

The 1968 Roosevelt City municipal election was held on January 9, 1968 to elect the first slate of municipal officials for the newly-incorporated Roosevelt City.

The election was held at the Roosevelt Masonic Hall at 401 Patton Avenue.

Five men qualified to seek the office of Mayor. With no majority of the 640 votes cast, the race went to a runoff on February 6. The five-member Roosevelt City Council was elected at-large from a pool of 13 candidates.

Roosevelt City's first officials were sworn in by Jefferson County Probate Court Judge J. Paul Meeks on February 27. They had a term of only a few months, as all offices were to be contested again in the regular August elections.

Results

• Mayor
  • Freddie Rogers, 276 votes (43.1%), votes in runoff ( ), winner
  • William Pruitt, 177 votes (27.7%), votes in runoff ( )
  • Henry Varner, 99 votes (15.5%)
  • Calvin Smith, 79 votes (12.3%)
  • John Windsor, 9 votes (1.4%)

• City Council
  • Lorenzo Mitchell, 407 votes, winner
  • Henry Vann Jr, 334 votes, winner
  • John Billingsley, 239 votes, runoff, winner
  • Quentin Hicks, 208 votes, runoff, winner
  • John Mason runoff, winner
  • Love Packer, 276 votes, runoff
  • Lewis Crenshaw, 227 votes, runoff
  • Leonard Lewis, 226 votes, runoff
  • Wilson Varner Jr, 207 votes, runoff
  • Oscar Bryant, 192 votes
  • Richard Harris, 191 votes
  • John Collier, 183 votes
  • Henry Levert, 173 votes

References

• "Roosevelt City Election Is Tonday" (January 9, 1968) Birmingham Post-Herald, p. 16
• Chamblee, Leonard (January 11, 1968) "Pruitt And Rogers In Mayor Runoff" Birmingham Post-Herald, p. 4
• "Mayor, Council Sworn In: City Promised A New Day" (February 28, 1968) Birmingham Post-Herald, p. 4