A Democratic candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives in 1956 and for secretary of state in 1958 , Andrews switched parties and was a delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention held in San Francisco , where he was committed to the party 's presidential nominee , then U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona . He was elected to Congress on the Goldwater ticket , which easily prevailed over an unpledged elector slate in Alabama . U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was not listed on the Alabama ballot . Since almost none of the district 's living residents had been represented by a Republican before , it may have seemed surprising that he defeated seven-term Democrat Kenneth A. Roberts , 40,143 ( 58.6 percent ) to 27,800 ( 40.6 percent ) . However , most of the district 's voters , like most Alabama voters , turned against the Democrats due to the national party 's increasingly strong stand on civil rights . Four other Alabama Republicans were elected to the U.S. House with Andrews : James D. Martin of Gadsden , John Buchanan of Birmingham , William Dickinson of Montgomery , and Jack Edwards of Mobile
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Glenn Andrews