American Psephology

The 1912 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 5, 1912, Alabama's voters voted for twelve at-large electors. Four electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • At-large - William P. Cobb
  • At-large - W. P. Lay
  • At-large - James A. Mitchell
  • 1st District - C. L. Hybart
  • 2nd District - Edward S. Watts
  • 3rd District - G. Ernest Jones
  • 4th District - J. H. Edmondson
  • 5th District - J. M. Holley
  • 6th District - R. A. Cooner
  • 7th District - George H. Parker
  • 8th District - W. R. Francis
  • 9th District - Charles Ingram

The Republican candidates:

  • At-large - J. M. Atkins
  • At-large - J. R. Carter
  • At-large - M. M. Hutchens
  • 1st District - Edward W. Gaynor
  • 2nd District - Thomas C. Bingham
  • 3rd District - Charlie P. Siddall
  • 4th District - George W. Parsons
  • 5th District - Morgan S. Russell
  • 6th District - John B. Shields
  • 7th District - Robert R. McCleskey
  • 8th District - Thomas P. Wood
  • 9th District - N. C. Fuller

The Socialist candidates:

  • At-large - M. J. Briggs
  • At-large - A. L. Pemberton
  • At-large - none
  • 1st District - L. T. Rush
  • 2nd District - S. K. Fleming
  • 3rd District - J. A. Marshall
  • 4th District - C. N. Eiland
  • 5th District - none
  • 6th District - L. C. Bailey
  • 7th District - B. S. Cox
  • 8th District - John Phillips
  • 9th District - R. W. Bremner

The Progressive candidates:

  • At-large - Sumter Cogswell
  • At-large - J. W. Hughes
  • At-large - E. A. Phillips
  • 1st District - John R. Vidner
  • 2nd District - John M. Green
  • 3rd District - E. P. Johnson
  • 4th District - R. J. Perrtyman
  • 5th District - John Allen
  • 6th District - W. T. McElroy
  • 7th District - D. A. Martin
  • 8th District - W. T. Roberts
  • 9th District - J. A. Levert

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Progressives Socialists Others
Autauga 622 127 43 56 0
Baldwin 623 141 37 125 0
Barbour 1155 88 18 17 0
Bibb 820 178 40 103 0
Blount 1121 580 567 32 0
Bullock 736 2 4 0 0
Butler 903 80 86 19 0
Calhoun 1666 423 238 32 5
Chambers 1486 113 28 9 0
Cherokee 814 799 88 47 0
Chilton 880 1154 140 72 0
Choctaw 489 66 7 4 0
Clarke 1024 12 13 25 0
Clay 1109 939 64 2 0
Cleburne 691 510 133 2 0
Coffee 1277 395 68 67 0
Colbert 946 242 228 79 0
Conecuh 802 103 60 26 0
Coosa 763 317 109 17 0
Covington 1251 147 110 193 0
Crenshaw 986 127 47 7 0
Cullman 1230 1374 264 27 0
Dale 1059 443 99 3 0
Dallas 1461 18 16 16 0
DeKalb 1379 623 492 31 0
Elmore 1152 167 81 10 0
Escambia 829 74 52 13 0
Etowah 1511 887 354 144 0
Fayette 762 306 434 20 0
Franklin 849 570 309 75 0
Geneva 891 511 99 37 0
Greene 418 4 94 0 0
Hale 720 7 4 0 0
Henry 711 153 47 26 0
Houston 1160 366 82 45 0
Jackson 1597 406 229 23 0
Jefferson 8887 2034 693 612 0
Lamar 816 160 61 10 0
Lauderdale 1386 297 263 72 0
Lawrence 643 261 198 32 0
Lee 1179 43 43 60 0
Limestone 1012 83 90 34 0
Lowndes 583 10 4 4 0
Macon 647 23 24 0 0
Madison 2146 357 150 91 0
Marengo 1386 20 9 1 0
Marion 1098 205 378 7 0
Marshall 1457 1184 428 24 0
Mobile 3009 445 140 168 0
Monroe 878 21 2 3 0
Montgomery 3047 131 43 17 0
Morgan 1686 362 241 82 0
Perry 731 31 3 14 0
Pickens 815 73 22 16 0
Pike 1293 48 13 5 0
Randolph 1177 366 268 0 0
Russell 1553 35 4 22 0
Shelby 1181 1233 201 42 0
St. Clair 787 687 260 75 0
Sumter 701 2 9 10 0
Talladega 1312 386 111 1 0
Tallapoosa 1586 151 84 22 0
Tuscaloosa 1695 158 87 49 0
Walker 2063 504 881 127 0
Washington 405 18 14 12 0
Wilcox 878 7 7 6 0
Winston 508 893 292 7 0
Total 82,438 (69.94%) 22,680 (19.24%) 9717 (8.24%) 3029 (2.57%) 5

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Wilson and Marshall on January 13.