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===Commissioner of Public Improvements===
===Commissioner of Public Improvements===
* [[Wade Bradley]], 8,026 votes
* [[Jabo Waggoner]], 7,988 votes
Waggoner had initially been reported as the winner by 169 votes (8,275 to 8,106), but Bradley was declared the victor after the [[Jefferson County Democratic Committee]] ordered a recount. Waggoner later claimed to have been informed that the returns from two [[Inglenook]] boxes were tampered with during the recount.


===Commissioner of Public Safety===
===Commissioner of Public Safety===

Latest revision as of 21:36, 12 January 2012

The 1957 Birmingham municipal election was held to fill three four-year terms on the Birmingham City Commission. As with most elections of the time, the only competitive campaigning was done for the Democratic Party primary. 45% of the city's 70,000 or so registered and poll-tax paying citizens voted.

Results

Commission President

Commissioner of Public Improvements

Commissioner of Public Safety

References

  • Nunnelly, William A. (1991) Bull Connor. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 0817304959
  • Harris, W. Edward (2004) Miracle in Birmingham: A Civil Rights Memoir, 1954-1965. New York, New York: Indianapolis, Indiana: Stonework Press. ISBN 9780963886477
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