American Psephology

The 1904 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 8, 1904, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Five electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • At-large - Richmond P. Hobson
  • At-large - William H. Samford
  • 1st District - Edward B. McCarty
  • 2nd District - Samuel C. Jenkins
  • 3rd District - Ernest L. Blue
  • 4th District - W. B. Browne
  • 5th District - J. W. Overton
  • 6th District - W. C. Davis
  • 7th District - Joseph R. Rosson
  • 8th District - William B. Bankhead
  • 9th District - G. W. Darden

The Republican candidates:

  • At-large - Joseph H. Montgomery
  • At-large - W. W. Wadsworth
  • 1st District - John W. Schell
  • 2nd District - John M. Green
  • 3rd District - Archibald C. Walter
  • 4th District - George H. Craig
  • 5th District - Y. C. Barfield
  • 6th District - Charles P. Lunsford
  • 7th District - Thomas B. McNaron
  • 8th District - A. G. Negley
  • 9th District - John T. Blackmore

The Populist candidates:

  • At-large - Albert T. Goodwyn
  • At-large - Milford W. Howard
  • 1st District - G. B. Wilson
  • 2nd District - J. C. Fonville
  • 3rd District - W. J. Hicks
  • 4th District - John H. Wilson
  • 5th District - E. W. Galloway
  • 6th District - J. S. Hollis
  • 7th District - J. A. Hurst
  • 8th District - Thomas B. Parks
  • 9th District - Graten B. Crowe

The Socialist candidates:

  • At-large - John C. Maxwell
  • At-large - John Philip
  • 1st District - Robert Browning
  • 2nd District - Clement L. Coleman
  • 3rd District - W. J. Vickery
  • 4th District - John A. Lindquist
  • 5th District - William W. Sanford
  • 6th District - Sidney H. McDuff
  • 7th District - Henry T. Jones
  • 8th District - Andrew L. Cole
  • 9th District - Joseph C. Kiser

The Prohibition candidates:

  • At-large - W. T. Daniel
  • At-large - Adam Horn
  • 1st District - W. L. Haskeld
  • 2nd District - R. O. Simpson
  • 3rd District - J. M. Commander
  • 4th District - J. O. P. Treadaway
  • 5th District - J. W. Shores
  • 6th District - J. W. Ballenger
  • 7th District - J. W. Lawley
  • 8th District - O. E. Comstock, Sr.
  • 9th District - D. H. McNeal

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Populists Socialists Prohibitionists
Autauga 733 73 9 1 0
Baldwin 454 126 9 24 1
Barbour 1356 49 29 8 0
Bibb 1085 155 48 13 5
Blount 1383 910 117 3 13
Bullock 726 2 0 0 0
Butler 805 83 63 4 0
Calhoun 1556 287 57 7 26
Chambers 1421 74 59 1 10
Cherokee 905 502 232 38 15
Chilton 738 648 257 8 6
Choctaw 588 45 22 1 4
Clarke 1131 79 9 4 13
Clay 1345 990 44 0 0
Cleburne 701 414 33 1 3
Coffee 1106 226 380 7 0
Colbert 936 203 3 15 5
Conecuh 739 106 18 1 1
Coosa 933 472 106 5 7
Covington 907 310 110 1 6
Crenshaw 1077 180 93 5 4
Cullman 1497 1238 240 3 40
Dale 997 345 73 11 0
Dallas 1472 36 4 11 0
DeKalb 1716 1237 100 6 10
Elmore 1226 151 35 3 0
Escambia 627 83 3 2 4
Etowah 1431 823 230 10 22
Fayette 712 599 177 12 19
Franklin 767 668 65 7 0
Geneva 743 473 288 16 0
Greene 477 17 3 0 0
Hale 723 27 3 0 0
Henry 701 104 105 1 0
Houston 1248 384 74 16 0
Jackson 1641 666 43 1 6
Jefferson 6424 1090 54 386 68
Lamar 648 215 8 2 3
Lauderdale 1269 316 4 7 10
Lawrence 909 410 8 2 5
Lee 1348 40 18 19 3
Limestone 1053 187 13 4 0
Lowndes 697 32 3 0 0
Macon 562 51 7 0 0
Madison 2119 182 6 1 5
Marengo 1119 56 9 0 0
Marion 1224 635 4 1 0
Marshall 1366 966 294 6 7
Mobile 3283 325 9 38 20
Monroe 836 46 8 2 0
Montgomery 2492 50 3 8 2
Morgan 1437 416 42 70 32
Perry 799 47 47 47 0
Pickens 866 105 77 1 13
Pike 1544 29 38 1 2
Randolph 1518 695 60 2 5
Russell 558 21 9 4 1
Shelby 1106 679 614 8 31
St. Clair 908 593 425 6 9
Sumter 883 16 7 0 0
Talladega 1264 252 36 13 0
Tallapoosa 1791 234 84 6 15
Tuscaloosa 1405 132 25 26 5
Walker 1639 1024 3 22 14
Washington 443 54 9 2 3
Wilcox 912 2 5 1 2
Winston 602 789 36 2 0
Total 79,857 (73.37%) 22,472 (20.65%) 5051 (4.64%) 853 (.78%) 612 (.56%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Parker and Davis on January 9. Brown couldn't make it, however, and was replaced by H. W. Laird.