American Psephology
The 1936 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 3, 1936, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Six electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:
- Reese T. Amis - 238,131 votes
- Ben Bloodworth - 238,194 votes
- B. J. Cowart - 238,185 votes
- Charles W. Edwards - 238,192 votes
- Francis J. Inge - 238,186 votes
- W. E. James - 238,196 votes
- R. E. Jones - 238,191 votes
- Ralph H. Parker - 238,195 votes
- N. Frank Pridgen - 238,185 votes
- Howard H. Sullinger - 238,090 votes
- Tom B. Ware - 238,075 votes
The Republican candidates:
- S. B. Adams - 35,358 votes
- Frank Barchard, Sr. - 35,330 votes
- J. F. Brawner - 35,340 votes
- J. D. Bush - 35,320 votes
- L. A. Carroll - 35,334 votes
- N. C. Fuller - 35,328 votes
- A. L. Isebll - 35,320 votes
- A. P. Longshore, Jr. - 35,303 votes
- J. M. Pennington - 35,304 votes
- H. W. Pond - 35,297 votes
- S. E. Wright - 35,288 votes
The Socialist candidates:
- Arlie Barber - 242 votes
- Hugh Barber - 238 votes
- O. H. Brittain - 238 votes
- W. H. Chichester - 240 votes
- Emma Connally - 239 votes
- Mary Denman - 240 votes
- C. G. Hutchison - 239 votes
- W. F. Spencer - 239 votes
- W. M. Vaughan - 239 votes
- Jane Wheeler - 242 votes
- George W. Wilson - 241 votes
The Prohibition candidates:
- Frank Barnard - 719 votes
- W. T. Ellisor - 610 votes
- J. W. Franklin - 609 votes
- R. M. Hunter - 613 votes
- W. C. McMahan - 608 votes
- John C. Orr - 610 votes
- Joseph Suggs - 617 votes
The Communist candidates:
- A. M. Forman - 678 votes
- Harry Gideon - 646 votes
- Hery A. McCloud - 644 votes
- Charles Otto - 642 votes
- Jesse G. Own - 642 votes
- John Smith - 644 votes
- Mrs. R. I. Smith - 642 votes
- Hugh C. Taylor - 647 votes
- D. J. Williams - 645 votes
The Union candidates:
- W. O. Bonham - 549 votes
- W. O. Broyles - 551 votes
- Dr. A. B. Fewell - 548 votes
- Arthur S. Gray - 548 votes
- Mrs. R. E. Hill - 550 votes
- L. D. Holstun - 549 votes
- A. W. Holstun - 549 votes
- George Jordan - 548 votes
- J. Jordan - 548 votes
- Rudolph Kern - 549 votes
- C. C. Rolfe - 549 votes
The county returns are as follows:
| Democrats | Republicans | Communists | Prohibitionists | Unionists | Socialists | |
| Autauga | 1525 | 84 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Baldwin | 2337 | 433 | 8 | 9 | 153 | 26 |
| Barbour | 2386 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Bibb | 1868 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Blount | 2788 | 744 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| Bullock | 1188 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Butler | 2358 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Calhoun | 4322 | 581 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Chambers | 3626 | 112 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 2113 | 375 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Chilton | 2565 | 1469 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Choctaw | 1507 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke | 2673 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay | 2138 | 699 | 126 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Cleburne | 1212 | 543 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Coffee | 3178 | 110 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Colbert | 3365 | 251 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Conecuh | 2195 | 89 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Coosa | 1346 | 239 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| Covington | 4265 | 167 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Crenshaw | 2371 | 96 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cullman | 3779 | 1703 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Dale | 2404 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas | 3205 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| DeKalb | 6122 | 4617 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Elmore | 3967 | 175 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Escambia | 2585 | 103 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Etowah | 5739 | 1207 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 8 |
| Fayette | 2244 | 732 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Franklin | 3059 | 1875 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 5 |
| Geneva | 2652 | 295 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greene | 861 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hale | 1626 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry | 1925 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston | 3538 | 230 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Jackson | 3450 | 296 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 35,980 | 3810 | 179 | 97 | 76 | 52 |
| Lamar | 2393 | 195 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 4685 | 389 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| Lawrence | 2213 | 444 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee | 2182 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Limestone | 2861 | 108 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Lowndes | 1204 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macon | 1146 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison | 5662 | 513 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 19 |
| Marengo | 2287 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion | 2655 | 892 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 |
| Marshall | 4208 | 925 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Mobile | 11,165 | 1072 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 8 |
| Monroe | 2558 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 12,061 | 223 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| Morgan | 5597 | 432 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Perry | 1527 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pickens | 1665 | 107 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 3100 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Randolph | 2766 | 793 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Russell | 2181 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Shelby | 2371 | 777 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 5 |
| St. Clair | 2399 | 1465 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Sumter | 1369 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talladega | 3751 | 489 | 2 | 146 | 3 | 0 |
| Tallapoosa | 3625 | 141 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa | 6029 | 332 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| Walker | 5697 | 1699 | 6 | 14 | 57 | 11 |
| Washington | 1736 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 1365 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Winston | 1270 | 1425 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 238,190 (86.64%) | 34,961 (12.62%) | 643 (.23%) | 609 (.22%) | 543 (.20%) | 239 (.09%) |
The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Roosevelt and Garner on December 14.