American Psephology
The 1884 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 4, 1884, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Four electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:[src]
- At-large - William H. Barnes
- At-large - Franklin W. Bowdon
- 1st District - Sydney T. Prince
- 2nd District - L. A. Shaver
- 3rd District - Jesse M. Carmichael
- 4th District - Gaston A. Robins
- 5th District - Felix L. Mith
- 6th District - John J. Altman
- 7th District - William H. Denson
- 8th District - Robert A. McClellan
The Republican candidates:[src]
- At-large - John W. Jones
- At-large - Willard Warner
- 1st District - George W. Starke
- 2nd District - Ben Gardner
- 3rd District - M. L. Patterson
- 4th District - E. W. Locke
- 5th District - Lewis E. Parsons, Jr.
- 6th District - Ben M. Long
- 7th District - George W. Parsons
- 8th District - C. P. Lane
The Greenback candidates could not be identified.
The Prohibition candidates:[src]
- Preston Brown
- Joshua P. Coman
- James M. Ethridge
- John N. Gradick
- Andrew Jackson
- Richmond L. Jones
- Edward Leslie
- Alexander L. Martin
- James T. McManus
- John A. Milner
The county returns are as follows:
| Democrats | Republicans | Others | |
| Autauga | 911 | 877 | 1 |
| Baldwin | 776 | 702 | 10 |
| Barbour | 2122 | 700 | 4 |
| Bibb | 622 | 275 | 4 |
| Blount | 1490 | 463 | 0 |
| Bullock | 580 | 296 | 3 |
| Butler | 1724 | 1080 | 29 |
| Calhoun | 2035 | 1066 | 5 |
| Chambers | 1805 | 1069 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 1397 | 427 | 0 |
| Chilton | 841 | 295 | 0 |
| Choctaw | 964 | 367 | 0 |
| Clarke | 1045 | 888 | 0 |
| Clay | 1147 | 274 | 0 |
| Cleburne | 935 | 285 | 0 |
| Coffee | 875 | 39 | 0 |
| Colbert | 1094 | 1200 | 32 |
| Conecuh | 1036 | 972 | 1 |
| Coosa | 1361 | 817 | 6 |
| Covington | 741 | 89 | 2 |
| Crenshaw | 1600 | 246 | 0 |
| Cullman | 506 | 232 | 2 |
| Dale | 980 | 145 | 71 |
| Dallas | 3026 | 2023 | 5 |
| DeKalb | 1077 | 465 | 0 |
| Elmore | 1452 | 1141 | 32 |
| Escambia | 682 | 367 | 16 |
| Etowah | 1313 | 813 | 27 |
| Fayette | 737 | 322 | 1 |
| Franklin | 763 | 368 | 43 |
| Geneva | 488 | 4 | 0 |
| Greene | 625 | 1304 | 0 |
| Hale | 1925 | 2203 | 16 |
| Henry | 1653 | 196 | 3 |
| Jackson | 2217 | 1052 | 342 |
| Jefferson | 2183 | 2018 | 63 |
| Lamar | 828 | 234 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 1698 | 629 | 56 |
| Lawrence | 1407 | 1582 | 146 |
| Lee | 1907 | 1680 | 26 |
| Limestone | 1430 | 1450 | 46 |
| Lowndes | 2962 | 1436 | 0 |
| Macon | 323 | 80 | 0 |
| Madison | 2800 | 3155 | 110 |
| Marengo | 2457 | 1523 | 0 |
| Marion | 446 | 25 | 4 |
| Marshall | 987 | 73 | 2 |
| Mobile | 2806 | 2787 | 16 |
| Monroe | 1111 | 794 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 2587 | 5210 | 29 |
| Morgan | 1573 | 853 | 176 |
| Perry | 3508 | 1079 | 15 |
| Pickens | 1085 | 31 | 7 |
| Pike | 2494 | 783 | 25 |
| Randolph | 949 | 833 | 9 |
| Russell | 1998 | 1347 | 0 |
| Shelby | 1389 | 1123 | 24 |
| St. Clair | 901 | 661 | 10 |
| Sumter | 1525 | 963 | 6 |
| Talladega | 1278 | 1779 | 19 |
| Tallapoosa | 2261 | 675 | 2 |
| Tuscaloosa | 1776 | 807 | 17 |
| Walker | 670 | 643 | 13 |
| Washington | 469 | 143 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 2429 | 1541 | 0 |
| Winston | 131 | 184 | 0 |
| Total | 92,973 (60.51%) | 59,199 (38.53%) | 1483 (.97%) |
Of the others, 762 were for the Greenbacks, 719 were for the Prohibitionists, and one was scattering.
The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Cleveland and Hendricks on December 3.