American Psephology

The 1892 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 8, 1892, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Four electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:[src]

  • At-large - Willis Brewer
  • At-large - E. L. Russell
  • 1st District - J. T. Russell
  • 2nd District - J. N. Miller
  • 3rd District - Henry D. Clayton
  • 4th District - B. Dudley Williams
  • 5th District - Lafayette Pearson
  • 6th District - T. L. Long
  • 7th District - W. R. Dortch
  • 8th District - Samuel Blackwell
  • 9th District - G. Burke Johnston

The alternate Democratic candidates:

  • At-large - John C. Carmichael
  • At-large - Emmett O'Neal
  • 1st District - John C. Anderson
  • 2nd District - Henry Opp
  • 3rd District - John V. Smith
  • 4th District - W. R. Oliver
  • 5th District - H. L. Williams
  • 6th District - E. D. Willett
  • 7th District - W. I. Bullock
  • 8th District - W. H. Sawtell
  • 9th District - L. L. Dean

The Republican, Populist, and Prohibition candidates are unknown.

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Populists Republicans Prohibitionists
Autauga 926 951 81 2
Baldwin 912 86 382 2
Barbour 4315 1241 19 0
Bibb 1152 1204 22 6
Blount 1944 1304 58 0
Bullock 1844 1483 75 0
Butler 1313 1717 253 0
Calhoun 3249 1613 218 4
Chambers 2821 1717 108 0
Cherokee 1709 1301 139 2
Chilton 648 902 121 0
Choctaw 864 998 216 0
Clarke 1561 1042 371 0
Clay 1161 1106 47 0
Cleburne 1045 659 47 3
Coffee 992 899 47 5
Colbert 1960 1510 0 0
Conecuh 877 1628 0 0
Coosa 954 1295 107 0
Covington 840 562 7 1
Crenshaw 1320 1278 49 0
Cullman 1066 1023 6 8
Dale 1460 1109 15 1
Dallas 7339 947 1028 0
DeKalb 1868 1187 5 2
Elmore 1258 2506 84 1
Escambia 1110 657 21 1
Etowah 2225 1266 269 21
Fayette 728 822 158 10
Franklin 1290 609 23 0
Geneva 797 715 3 0
Greene 2129 511 355 0
Hale 3350 822 121 0
Henry 2712 1215 133 0
Jackson 3044 1633 5 0
Jefferson 10055 4884 296 69
Lamar 1458 587 31 1
Lauderdale 2352 1289 4 0
Lawrence 1516 1961 3 7
Lee 2760 1374 318 0
Limestone 1447 1858 18 11
Lowndes 8238 716 349 0
Macon 200 704 13 0
Madison 3045 3607 3 7
Marengo 2847 2198 233 0
Marion 1207 472 7 3
Marshall 1521 1103 1 2
Mobile 4680 1979 397 0
Monroe 1850 699 8 0
Montgomery 3702 2784 7 0
Morgan 2160 2125 3 26
Perry 3452 748 48 0
Pickens 1919 1009 83 7
Pike 2298 1455 42 0
Randolph 1196 1245 126 0
Russell 2150 1506 10 0
Shelby 1755 1593 307 1
St. Clair 1079 1469 78 4
Sumter 3185 60 781 0
Talladega 2638 2577 108 11
Tallapoosa 2470 1487 306 0
Tuscaloosa 2212 1342 708 4
Walker 1583 1472 4 4
Washington 663 60 94 2
Wilcox 4687 532 215 0
Winston 526 568 2 0
Total 138,135 (59.35%) 85,178 (36.60%) 9184 (3.95%) 240 (.10%)

Of the votes listed here for Bidwell, one was scattering.

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Cleveland and Stevenson on January 9.