American Psephology
The 1888 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 6, 1888, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Three electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:[src]
- At-large - James T. Holtzclaw
- At-large - William Richardson
- 1st District - E. L. Russell
- 2nd District - A. Steinhart
- 3rd District - H. D. Clayton, Jr.
- 4th District - Peter M. Horn
- 5th District - J. P. Oliver
- 6th District - E. DeGraffenreid
- 7th District - J. W. Bishop
- 8th District - Emmet O'Neal
The Republican candidates:[src]
- C. D. Alexander
- J. C. Flournoy
- William Henderson
- B. O. James
- B. C Lanier
- R. A. Moseley, Jr.
- James H. Perdue
- A. E. Stratton
- Edward W. Williams
The Prohibition candidates:[src]
- W. C. Denson
- W. F. Dozier
- B. W. Eddy
- Peter Findlay
- J. F. Goldman
- Andrew Jackson
- Edward Leslie
- J. C. Orr
- F. E. Rankin
- F. J. Tyler
The county returns are as follows:
| Democrats | Republicans | Prohibitionists/Others | |
| Autauga | 893 | 519 | |
| Baldwin | 724 | 547 | |
| Barbour | 3530 | 452 | |
| Bibb | 960 | 657 | 9 |
| Blount | 1878 | 375 | 7 |
| Bullock | 716 | 465 | |
| Butler | 1905 | 1347 | 25 |
| Calhoun | 2680 | 938 | 10 |
| Chambers | 2115 | 1593 | |
| Cherokee | 1686 | 333 | 21 |
| Chilton | 1101 | 437 | |
| Choctaw | 1389 | 629 | |
| Clarke | 1566 | 1235 | |
| Clay | 1278 | 376 | 4 |
| Cleburne | 940 | 276 | 1 |
| Coffee | 1124 | 7 | |
| Colbert | 1274 | 1315 | 7 |
| Conecuh | 1347 | 748 | |
| Coosa | 1329 | 739 | |
| Covington | 1058 | 50 | |
| Crenshaw | 1923 | 197 | |
| Cullman | 920 | 350 | 2 |
| Dale | 1266 | 15 | |
| Dallas | 5302 | 2090 | 4 |
| DeKalb | 1327 | 593 | 17 |
| Elmore | 1717 | 1535 | |
| Escambia | 694 | 484 | 9 |
| Etowah | 1912 | 841 | 55 |
| Fayette | 864 | 315 | 7 |
| Franklin | 781 | 236 | |
| Geneva | 794 | 5 | |
| Greene | 1401 | 778 | 2 |
| Hale | 2914 | 1478 | 8 |
| Henry | 1947 | 2 | 1 |
| Jackson | 2304 | 1022 | 40 |
| Jefferson | 5508 | 3001 | |
| Lamar | 1133 | 243 | 1 |
| Lauderdale | 1637 | 1120 | 1 |
| Lawrence | 1449 | 1457 | 19 |
| Lee | 1991 | 1432 | 3 |
| Limestone | 1489 | 1183 | 21 |
| Lowndes | 2105 | 1468 | |
| Macon | 931 | 268 | |
| Madison | 2136 | 2595 | 7 |
| Marengo | 3426 | 1933 | |
| Marion | 721 | 273 | |
| Marshall | 1166 | 248 | 54 |
| Mobile | 3109 | 2542 | |
| Monroe | 1445 | 767 | |
| Montgomery | 3712 | 2966 | 1 |
| Morgan | 1707 | 507 | 13 |
| Perry | 2729 | 790 | |
| Pickens | 1326 | 17 | 1 |
| Pike | 2623 | 890 | |
| Randolph | 1023 | 733 | 10 |
| Russell | 1970 | 1088 | |
| Shelby | 1626 | 1037 | 18 |
| St. Clair | 1489 | 640 | |
| Sumter | 2060 | 819 | 11 |
| Talladega | 1983 | 2179 | 90 |
| Tallapoosa | 2385 | 751 | |
| Tuscaloosa | 2214 | 1057 | 29 |
| Walker | 1126 | 1047 | |
| Washington | 508 | 217 | 1 |
| Wilcox | 4811 | 607 | |
| Winston | 220 | 323 | |
| Total | 117,314 (67.03%) | 57,177 (32.67%) | 519 (.30%) |
Of the others, 479 were for the Prohibitionists, and 40 were scattering.
The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Cleveland and Thurman on January 14.