American Psephology
The 1876 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 7, 1876, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Two electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:[src]
- At-large - John T. Morgan
- At-large - James L. Pugh
- 1st District - Sydney T. Prince
- 2nd District - James T. Holtzclaw
- 3rd District - James F. Waddell
- 4th District - John Y. Kilpatrick
- 5th District - William H. Northington
- 6th District - William G. Little
- 7th District - Samuel K. McPadden
- 8th District - Henry C. Jones
The Republican candidates:[src]
- At-large - Lewis E. Parsons
- At-large - B. F. Saffold
- 1st District - Gustavus Horton
- 2nd District - Robert W. Healy
- 3rd District - John R. Ard
- 4th District - A. H. Curtis
- 5th District - S. S. Booth
- 6th District - A. R. Hays
- 7th District - H. C. Sanford
- 8th District - Joseph B. Bates
The county returns are as follows:
| Democrats | Republicans | Scattering | |
| Autauga | 804 | 1576 | 0 |
| Baldwin | 789 | 662 | 0 |
| Barbour | 3594 | 162 | 0 |
| Bibb | 890 | 333 | 0 |
| Blount | 1402 | 347 | 0 |
| Bullock | 1567 | 959 | 0 |
| Butler | 1956 | 1005 | 0 |
| Calhoun | 2040 | 421 | 0 |
| Chambers | 2282 | 1053 | 2 |
| Cherokee | 1666 | 293 | 0 |
| Chilton | 728 | 151 | 0 |
| Choctaw | 1209 | 693 | 0 |
| Clarke | 1406 | 1120 | 0 |
| Clay | 1188 | 186 | 0 |
| Cleburne | 1052 | 219 | 0 |
| Coffee | 835 | 25 | 0 |
| Colbert | 1382 | 778 | 0 |
| Conecuh | 1169 | 777 | 0 |
| Coosa | 1347 | 733 | 0 |
| Covington | 820 | 31 | 0 |
| Crenshaw | 1427 | 174 | 0 |
| Dale | 1143 | 269 | 0 |
| Dallas | 1609 | 3930 | 0 |
| DeKalb | 987 | 477 | 0 |
| Elmore | 1399 | 1249 | 0 |
| Escambia | 784 | 198 | 0 |
| Etowah | 1198 | 273 | 0 |
| Fayette | 935 | 267 | 0 |
| Franklin | 781 | 136 | 0 |
| Geneva | 408 | 2 | 0 |
| Greene | 1055 | 2686 | 0 |
| Hale | 2177 | 2388 | 0 |
| Henry | 1587 | 434 | 0 |
| Jackson | 2689 | 694 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 2102 | 689 | 0 |
| Lamar | 1201 | 198 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 1720 | 1044 | 0 |
| Lawrence | 1659 | 1484 | 0 |
| Lee | 2885 | 1105 | 0 |
| Limestone | 1684 | 1343 | 0 |
| Lowndes | 1309 | 4152 | 0 |
| Macon | 1493 | 881 | 0 |
| Madison | 3423 | 2777 | 0 |
| Marengo | 2755 | 1982 | 0 |
| Marion | 733 | 111 | 0 |
| Marshall | 1067 | 167 | 0 |
| Mobile | 5330 | 4272 | 0 |
| Monroe | 1532 | 606 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 2381 | 6259 | 0 |
| Morgan | 1432 | 773 | 0 |
| Perry | 1467 | 3528 | 0 |
| Pickens | 2158 | 48 | 0 |
| Pike | 2111 | 464 | 0 |
| Randolph | 1179 | 865 | 0 |
| Russell | 2051 | 1022 | 0 |
| Shelby | 1475 | 770 | 0 |
| St. Clair | 1134 | 435 | 0 |
| Sumter | 2234 | 1370 | 0 |
| Talladega | 2014 | 1309 | 0 |
| Tallapoosa | 2892 | 711 | 0 |
| Tuscaloosa | 2184 | 988 | 0 |
| Walker | 799 | 505 | 0 |
| Washington | 553 | 96 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 1490 | 3599 | 0 |
| Winston | 237 | 454 | 0 |
| Total | 102,989 (59.98%) | 68,708 (40.02%) | 2 |
The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Tilden and Hendricks on December 6.