American Psephology

The 1908 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 3, 1908, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Seven electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • At-large - Emmet O'Neal
  • At-large - John C. Pugh
  • 1st District - C. L. Hybart
  • 2nd District - W. W. Haralson
  • 3rd District - G. Ernest Jones
  • 4th District - J. H. Edmondson
  • 5th District - C. S. Cornelius
  • 6th District - Robison Brown
  • 7th District - S. L. Fuller
  • 8th District - R. C. Brickell
  • 9th District - Lee Cowart

The Republican candidates:

  • At-large - James W. Lee
  • At-large - I. Pollak
  • 1st District - Randall F. McConnell
  • 2nd District - William Dryer
  • 3rd District - Thomas J. Dawsey
  • 4th District - S. L. B. Black
  • 5th District - D. B. Booth
  • 6th District - C. A. Hamner
  • 7th District - James B. Franklin
  • 8th District - Eli P. Jennings
  • 9th District - J. L. Haver

The Davidson Republican candidates:

  • At-large - Sid Berry
  • At-large - E. M. S. Houston
  • 1st District - W. T. Henderson
  • 2nd District - W. W. Pridgen
  • 3rd District - George W. Russell
  • 4th District - J. B. Downs
  • 5th District - W. D. Harvell
  • 6th District - William Dodd
  • 7th District - B. H. Nicholson
  • 8th District - Robert Cloud
  • 9th District - William Mosley Bailey

The Populist candidates:

  • At-large - I. M. Doswell
  • At-large - A. P. Longshore
  • 1st District - Webster C. Kyle
  • 2nd District - William B. Rodgers
  • 3rd District - J. C. Cox
  • 4th District - M. N. Etheridge
  • 5th District - E. A. Phillips
  • 6th District - G. T. Hassell
  • 7th District - John Yarbrough
  • 8th District - J. A. Byers
  • 9th District - W. A. Fountain

The Socialist candidates:

  • At-large - J. N. Abbott
  • At-large - James Beeson
  • 1st District - C. H. Hutchisson
  • 2nd District - J. W. Hendrix
  • 3rd District - D. E. Morgan
  • 4th District - O. L. Bachelder
  • 5th District - A. C. Atkisson
  • 6th District - W. F. McGowan
  • 7th District - J. R. Camp
  • 8th District - John Phillips
  • 9th District - F. L. Emiel

The Prohibition candidates:

  • At-large - E. C. Anderson
  • At-large - C. J. Hammett
  • 1st District - W. L. Haskew
  • 2nd District - J. W. Shores
  • 3rd District - G. W. Cherry
  • 4th District - Adam horn
  • 5th District - J. R. Caldwell
  • 6th District - L. H. Read
  • 7th District - J. W. Lawley
  • 8th District - O. E. Comstock, Sr.
  • 9th District - C. E. Hageborn

The Independence candidates:

  • At-large - A. F. Brock
  • At-large - L. A. Fealy
  • 1st District - R. W. Bremmer
  • 2nd District - J. S. Phelps
  • 3rd District - H. H. Golson
  • 4th District - R. P. McCullough
  • 5th District - C. P. Agricola
  • 6th District - W. P. Wood
  • 7th District - Clyde Howard
  • 8th District - Charles J. Higgins
  • 9th District - A. S. Miller

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Populists Socialists Davidson Republicans Prohibitionists Independence
Autauga 655 97 0 0 0 0 0
Baldwin 439 109 63 17 10 1 0
Barbour 1303 43 34 6 1 16 1
Bibb 670 139 16 77 5 7 4
Blount 1133 973 23 4 10 3 0
Bullock 782 10 0 0 0 0 0
Butler 727 137 19 9 6 5 1
Calhoun 1438 570 27 9 17 54 6
Chambers 1025 50 15 9 3 2 0
Cherokee 712 580 24 48 15 10 1
Chilton 656 890 37 26 6 6 1
Choctaw 590 44 9 9 7 2 0
Clarke 1169 56 5 4 6 1 0
Clay 863 594 26 2 5 2 2
Cleburne 278 357 2 77 2 0 0
Coffee 1305 341 195 13 13 19 0
Colbert 849 353 46 13 4 1 0
Conecuh 651 112 11 10 7 6 0
Coosa 717 447 7 2 4 67 0
Covington 1054 315 74 17 12 12 3
Crenshaw 1100 311 38 15 8 13 0
Cullman 1239 1524 52 11 7 13 60
Dale 921 347 30 4 4 18 0
Dallas 1420 28 4 4 2 4 1
DeKalb 1395 1104 18 13 12 12 3
Elmore 1063 138 6 4 13 3 2
Escambia 614 113 25 10 3 0 0
Etowah 1309 996 17 44 17 25 3
Fayette 731 679 45 59 2 1 32
Franklin 650 652 10 42 3 2 4
Geneva 854 501 126 4 22 11 4
Greene 423 12 4 0 0 0 0
Hale 714 13 1 2 0 0 0
Henry 723 79 72 8 1 6 1
Houston 965 243 28 10 30 1 0
Jackson 1404 469 26 3 56 5 0
Jefferson 7803 2182 28 367 148 142 37
Lamar 839 160 2 5 4 0 0
Lauderdale 1177 427 4 14 3 7 5
Lawrence 602 343 17 14 9 2 0
Lee 1126 64 7 51 12 12 2
Limestone 1188 238 2 6 9 8 2
Lowndes 633 36 3 0 0 0 0
Macon 482 38 5 4 0 0 0
Madison 2168 277 1 14 12 0 0
Marengo 1333 78 20 0 0 0 0
Marion 1100 589 1 4 4 0 0
Marshall 1313 923 52 6 33 5 0
Mobile 2422 456 8 269 17 6 0
Monroe 856 18 5 2 4 0 0
Montgomery 2621 79 1 3 2 0 0
Morgan 1548 497 21 92 14 34 5
Perry 776 12 4 0 0 0 0
Pickens 816 61 23 19 10 19 0
Pike 1507 39 15 4 0 0 0
Randolph 799 395 5 6 2 0 0
Russell 516 32 2 15 1 1 0
Shelby 1011 1231 212 23 3 8 4
St. Clair 820 782 108 6 44 8 26
Sumter 719 3 3 1 1 1 0
Talladega 1010 351 10 2 9 3 6
Tallapoosa 1343 103 6 8 3 1 181
Tuscaloosa 1729 162 7 76 47 11 1
Walker 1632 1365 43 1 16 2 0
Washington 464 40 2 10 10 6 0
Wilcox 1027 2 0 0 0 0 0
Winston 443 949 10 2 0 0 0
Total 74,374 (70.88%) 25,372 (24.18%) 1575 (1.50%) 1450 (1.38%) 987 (.94%) 677 (.65%) 497 (.47%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Bryan and Kern on January 11.