American Psephology

The 1900 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 6, 1900, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Four electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:[src]

  • John D. Burnett
  • W. A. Carter
  • William W. Kirkland
  • Tipton Mullins
  • J. H. Nathan
  • B. H. Nicholson
  • Robert T. Robinett
  • Mike Sollie
  • James W. Strother
  • John B. Talley
  • Elbert Willett

The Republican candidates:[src]

  • William M. Bailey
  • D. B. Boothe
  • Moses W. Carden
  • N. H. Freeman
  • William Henderson
  • Ebenezer H. Hubbard
  • William T. Masterson
  • W. W. Milliken
  • I. Pollock
  • C. C. Sheets
  • W. F. Tebbetts

The Populist candidates could not be ascertained.

The Prohibition candidates:[src]

  • At-large - H. G. Davis
  • At-large - S. N. Milligan
  • 1st District - James Embby
  • 2nd District - D. C. Batcherlor
  • 3rd District - C. J. Hammett
  • 4th District - Charles Wolford
  • 5th District - C. E. Crenshaw
  • 6th District - G. W. Robinson
  • 7th District - J. F. Goldman
  • 8th District - O. E. Comstock
  • 9th District - O. P. Spiegle

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Populists Prohibitionists
Autauga 980 537 38 8
Baldwin 444 396 74 7
Barbour 2714 272 21 23
Bibb 725 482 30 40
Blount 1484 1134 113 73
Bullock 1586 269 7 4
Butler 744 1161 76 20
Calhoun 1835 567 198 84
Chambers 2837 835 62 89
Cherokee 1167 1169 392 59
Chilton 658 406 33 17
Choctaw 658 608 33 17
Clarke 2066 372 4 14
Clay 990 1087 94 37
Cleburne 660 624 50 50
Coffee 998 535 19 30
Colbert 1542 1243 85 35
Conecuh 718 803 81 65
Coosa 959 951 31 40
Covington 560 183 59 39
Crenshaw 1141 549 168 120
Cullman 1167 820 122 34
Dale 1141 888 146 53
Dallas 4714 161 50 76
DeKalb 1873 1735 67 32
Elmore 1773 1104 31 131
Escambia 609 436 15 24
Etowah 1734 1629 164 37
Fayette 698 892 11 9
Franklin 814 1151 89 56
Geneva 679 657 99 26
Greene 964 107 5 14
Hale 1563 348 12 19
Henry 1984 590 86 45
Jackson 1933 1694 24 40
Jefferson 4580 2842 86 213
Lamar 890 509 30 23
Lauderdale 1380 1458 17 12
Lawrence 1262 996 27 39
Lee 1718 1026 28 75
Limestone 1063 1157 26 37
Lowndes 1770 1524 10 9
Macon 1295 511 19 26
Madison 3641 1679 36 14
Marengo 2306 234 4 7
Marion 1137 685 8 15
Marshall 1398 1139 219 69
Mobile 2939 2243 112 93
Monroe 909 145 6 8
Montgomery 3047 567 60 92
Morgan 1747 1500 67 17
Perry 1748 80 15 13
Pickens 797 203 59 68
Pike 1413 498 35 9
Randolph 1510 1377 36 10
Russell 1416 135 12 8
Shelby 749 1389 96 41
St. Clair 794 1171 411 69
Sumter 1053 204 6 18
Talladega 1602 1393 44 122
Tallapoosa 2557 1202 31 84
Tuscaloosa 1173 650 39 29
Walker 1250 1699 25 18
Washington 492 269 27 12
Wilcox 2031 30 2 21
Winston 539 519 15 14
Total 97,131 (60.86%) 55,512 (34.66%) 4188 (2.66%) 2762 (1.79%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Bryan and Stevenson on January 14.