American Psephology

The 1868 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 3, 1868, Alabama's voters voted for eight at-large electors. Two electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:[src]

  • At-large - Peter M. Dox
  • At-large - E. H. Grandin
  • 1st District - W. H. F. Randall
  • 2nd District - Lewis Owen
  • 3rd District - J. H. Davis
  • 4th District - E. P. Jones
  • 5th District - W. H. T. Brooks
  • 6th District - F. W. Sykes

The alternate Democratic candidates:

  • At-large - A. Edwards
  • At-large - W. O. Winston
  • 1st District - W. D. Mann
  • 2nd District - J. G. Moorte
  • 3rd District - F. M. Reese
  • 4th District - Thomas Tarleton
  • 5th District - Col. Rattery
  • 6th District - John Manasco

The Republican candidates could not be ascertained.

The county returns are as follows:

Republicans Democrats Scattering
Autauga 1505 851 0
Baker 283 676 0
Baldwin 558 673 0
Barbour 3168 2210 0
Bibb 492 744 0
Blount 275 461 0
Bullock 2103 1634 0
Butler 724 1823 0
Calhoun 600 1274 0
Chambers 1105 1443 0
Cherokee 171 956 0
Choctaw 925 1113 0
Clarke 562 1155 0
Clay 256 683 0
Cleburne 402 390 0
Coffee 80 843 0
Colbert 39 1241 0
Conecuh 843 896 0
Coosa 635 957 0
Covington 534 0 0
Crenshaw 90 1214 0
Dale 346 1205 0
Dallas 7137 1779 0
DeKalb 492 360 6
Elmore 1262 1197 0
Etowah 283 711 0
Fayette 202 434 0
Franklin 90 619 0
Greene 2927 869 0
Hale 3297 866 0
Henry 410 1305 0
Jackson 539 1581 0
Jefferson 420 538 0
Lauderdale 378 1436 0
Lawrence 692 1312 0
Lee 1650 1727 0
Limestone 355 1177 0
Lowndes 3339 1171 0
Macon 2327 1075 0
Madison 1535 2156 0
Marengo 2793 1879 0
Marshall 422 616 0
Mobile 5200 6658 0
Monroe 58 1196 0
Montgomery 6770 2316 0
Morgan 518 672 0
Perry 3733 1337 0
Pickens 531 1497 0
Pike 256 1813 0
Randolph 678 625 0
Russell 1746 1230 0
Sanford 164 544 0
Shelby 799 844 0
St. Clair 632 429 0
Sumter 2516 1469 0
Talladega 1771 1212 0
Tallapoosa 340 2083 0
Tuscaloosa 1167 1383 0
Walker 282 289 0
Washington 104 17 0
Wilcox 3396 1484 0
Winston 284 39 0
Total 76,384 (51.39%) 72,245 (48.61%) 6

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Grant and Colfax on December 2.