American Psephology

The 1932 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 8, 1932, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Three electoral slates ran, as well as a few other candidates.

The Democratic candidates:

  • H. D. Agnew - 207,760 votes
  • T. E. Buntin - 207,711 votes
  • B. H. Cooper - 207,763 votes
  • W. C. Davis - 207,832 votes
  • H. B. Fuler - 207,773 votes
  • Bernard Harwood - 207,723 votes
  • R. E. Jones - 207,661 votes
  • W. F. Miller - 207,751 votes
  • Y. M. Quinn - 207,635 votes
  • L. R. Tucker - 207,910 votes
  • James B. Stanley - 207,756 votes

The Republican candidates:

  • S. B. Adams - 34,663 votes
  • W. A. Clardy - 34,647 votes
  • Arthur B. Fowler - 34,649 votes
  • Victor Hovis - 34,657 votes
  • Frank H. Lathrop - 34,675 votes
  • C. P. Lunsford - 34,654 votes
  • Leon McCalebe - 34,634 votes
  • C. W. McKay - 34,655 votes
  • J. M. Pennington - 34,655 votes
  • Percy Pitts - 34,664 votes
  • C. E. Roberts - 34,628 votes

The Socialist candidates:

  • M. D. Alexander - 2030 votes
  • Otis H. Britton - 2029 votes
  • T. D. Hendrix - 2026 votes
  • C. G. Hutchison - 2025 votes
  • Orville H. Mastin - 2025 votes
  • J. O. Meadows - 2025 votes
  • Paul Nichols - 2023 votes
  • E. E. Stuart - 2023 votes
  • Henry Trapp - 2020 votes
  • George Wilson - 2025 votes
  • W. Frank Wynne - 2020 votes

Other candidates:

  • Andrew M. Forsman (Communist) - 676 votes
  • John A. Lindquist (Communist) - 726 votes
  • William D. Upshaw (Prohibitionist) - 13 votes

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Socialists Communists Prohibitionists
Autauga 1322 138 11 1 0
Baldwin 2097 544 131 8 0
Barbour 2207 64 6 1 0
Bibb 1636 145 31 0 0
Blount 2232 582 43 5 0
Bullock 1004 12 1 0 0
Butler 2280 74 9 1 0
Calhoun 4392 685 28 3 0
Chambers 2552 342 7 4 0
Cherokee 1897 359 23 4 0
Chilton 1664 1533 53 2 0
Choctaw 1533 48 1 0 0
Clarke 2408 53 3 1 0
Clay 2104 933 13 9 0
Cleburne 1403 405 2 2 0
Coffee 2868 95 1 1 0
Colbert 2908 312 24 0 0
Conecuh 2125 114 0 0 0
Coosa 1265 250 15 1 0
Covington 3855 99 10 4 0
Crenshaw 2248 127 3 30 4
Cullman 2910 956 71 7 0
Dale 2300 155 0 0 1
Dallas 3027 93 12 1 0
DeKalb 4217 3496 73 4 0
Elmore 3197 159 7 275 0
Escambia 2024 157 3 0 0
Etowah 5167 1066 62 0 0
Fayette 2013 733 19 4 0
Franklin 2876 1547 34 0 0
Geneva 2559 270 1 3 0
Greene 665 9 20 0 0
Hale 1276 70 1 2 0
Henry 1741 42 4 0 0
Houston 3863 157 7 2 2
Jackson 3112 938 8 0 0
Jefferson 30,858 4567 779 34 1
Lamar 2207 258 4 4 0
Lauderdale 3336 431 19 1 0
Lawrence 1920 299 0 0 0
Lee 1988 103 11 1 0
Limestone 2667 107 5 1 0
Lowndes 1073 18 0 0 0
Macon 905 56 1 0 0
Madison 4795 559 45 3 0
Marengo 2097 50 50 0 0
Marion 2325 545 5 1 4
Marshall 3921 904 65 45 0
Mobile 9658 1710 61 18 0
Monroe 1972 66 3 2 0
Montgomery 10,066 441 18 8 0
Morgan 4896 656 31 69 0
Perry 1382 37 2 33 0
Pickens 1479 128 9 82 0
Pike 2545 52 1 1 0
Randolph 2227 767 10 2 0
Russell 1894 46 5 2 0
Shelby 2365 864 33 1 0
St. Clair 2185 1449 38 3 0
Sumter 1293 26 0 0 0
Talladega 3353 617 4 2 0
Tallapoosa 3391 138 6 2 0
Tuscaloosa 5322 302 28 4 1
Walker 4734 1583 44 10 0
Washington 1307 81 1 0 0
Wilcox 1358 23 0 0 0
Winston 1006 1005 7 1 0
Total 207,472 (84.73%) 34,650 (14.15%) 2022 (.83%) 705 (.29%) 13 (.01%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Roosevelt and Garner on January 9.