American Psephology
The 1872 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 5, 1872, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Two electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:[src]
- Arthur C. Beard
- Nathaniel H. Dawson
- Henry E. Faber
- Neill S. Graham
- William T. Hatchett
- Charles C. Langdon
- William B. Modawell
- Richard O. Pickett
- Charles Rattary
- Francis W. Sykes
The Republican candidates:[src]
- L. C. Coulson
- William J. Gilmore
- Lewis E. Parsons
- John L. Pennington
- Six others, likely by pre-1872 congressional district
The county returns are as follows:
| Republicans | Democrats | |
| Autauga | 1593 | 669 |
| Baker | 237 | 475 |
| Baldwin | 707 | 549 |
| Barbour | 2756 | 2320 |
| Bibb | 433 | 789 |
| Blount | 276 | 549 |
| Bullock | 3101 | 1225 |
| Butler | 1101 | 1488 |
| Calhoun | 400 | 1764 |
| Chambers | 1318 | 1774 |
| Cherokee | 228 | 1225 |
| Chilton | 237 | 475 |
| Choctaw | 645 | 1151 |
| Clarke | 1095 | 1447 |
| Clay | 401 | 934 |
| Cleburne | 416 | 512 |
| Coffee | 98 | 741 |
| Colbert | 856 | 1007 |
| Conecuh | 951 | 902 |
| Coosa | 890 | 1028 |
| Covington | 70 | 600 |
| Crenshaw | 309 | 1019 |
| Dale | 322 | 1011 |
| Dallas | 7081 | 1934 |
| DeKalb | 585 | 576 |
| Elmore | 1564 | 1309 |
| Escambia | 216 | 599 |
| Etowah | 288 | 708 |
| Fayette | 345 | 507 |
| Franklin | 425 | 446 |
| Geneva | 55 | 261 |
| Greene | 2516 | 1195 |
| Hale | 3665 | 802 |
| Henry | 398 | 1873 |
| Jackson | 675 | 1612 |
| Jefferson | 1053 | 1204 |
| Lamar | 278 | 581 |
| Lauderdale | 936 | 1339 |
| Lawrence | 1468 | 1201 |
| Lee | 2369 | 2162 |
| Limestone | 893 | 826 |
| Lowndes | 3959 | 905 |
| Macon | 2073 | 948 |
| Madison | 2991 | 2466 |
| Marengo | 1620 | 1656 |
| Marion | 286 | 247 |
| Marshall | 298 | 614 |
| Mobile | 5946 | 6522 |
| Monroe | 481 | 1439 |
| Montgomery | 7096 | 2979 |
| Morgan | 1018 | 1006 |
| Perry | 4143 | 1384 |
| Pickens | 446 | 1462 |
| Pike | 553 | 1841 |
| Randolph | 978 | 861 |
| Russell | 2531 | 1671 |
| Sanford | 278 | 581 |
| Shelby | 897 | 1069 |
| St. Clair | 501 | 800 |
| Sumter | 2491 | 1650 |
| Talladega | 1943 | 1552 |
| Tallapoosa | 725 | 2101 |
| Tuscaloosa | 1363 | 1651 |
| Walker | 450 | 420 |
| Washington | 79 | 495 |
| Wilcox | 3958 | 1266 |
| Winston | 433 | 105 |
| Total | 90,272 (53.20%) | 79,424 (46.81%) |
The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Grant and Wilson on December 4.