American Psephology

The 1952 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 4, 1952, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Three electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • Miles C. Allgood - 275,075 votes
  • J. E. Brantley - 274,915 votes
  • DeWitt Carmichael - 274,971 votes
  • Samuel W. Cleveland - 274,853 votes
  • Frank Embry - 274,461 votes
  • W. W. Malone - 274,777 votes
  • James J. Mayfield - 274,930 votes
  • Roy Davis McCord - 274,830 votes
  • W. D. Partlow, Jr. - 274,536 votes
  • Luther Patrick - 274,828 votes
  • William C. Taylor - 274,429 votes

The Republican candidates:

  • William E. Brooks, Jr. - 149,231 votes
  • John B. Byrd - 148,976 votes
  • L. A. Carroll - 148,994 votes
  • Robert S. Cartledge - 148,794 votes
  • Offa B. Cosby - 148,902 votes
  • Leander Isbell - 148,890 votes
  • J. F. Moore - 148,914 votes
  • Paul G. Parsons - 148,936 votes
  • John A. Posey - 148,906 votes
  • Arthur South - 148,872 votes
  • Carl Wiegand - 148,783 votes

The Prohibition candidates:

  • Leon Browning - 1814 votes
  • C. B. Davis - 1719 votes
  • W. C. Eubank - 1716 votes
  • J. A. Fields - 1713 votes
  • Thomas G. Jones - 1696 votes
  • G. D. Lewis - 1677 votes
  • J. B. Lockhart - 1689 votes
  • Mrs. Cora H. McAdory - 1685 votes
  • Jack Moore - 1693 votes
  • Glenn V. Tingley - 1681 votes
  • Mrs. Eulalia Vess - 1678 votes

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Prohibitionists
Autauga 1505 787 16
Baldwin 3386 3179 52
Barbour 2250 798 2
Bibb 1971 784 14
Blount 3154 1721 8
Bullock 918 442 0
Butler 2440 1087 1
Calhoun 8024 3064 101
Chambers 6153 990 45
Cherokee 2664 539 8
Chilton 2269 2563 12
Choctaw 1583 593 9
Clarke 3121 1303 1
Clay 1972 1183 9
Cleburne 1557 792 5
Coffee 3921 699 2
Colbert 5918 1379 7
Conecuh 1678 749 31
Coosa 1501 788 2
Covington 4956 1581 21
Crenshaw 2485 544 3
Cullman 5254 3391 22
Dale 2669 1073 21
Dallas 2082 2550 0
DeKalb 5209 3997 11
Elmore 4199 1315 4
Escambia 3385 1187 11
Etowah 10,972 4628 60
Fayette 2287 1481 11
Franklin 3461 2424 8
Geneva 2702 950 3
Greene 674 430 1
Hale 1210 758 4
Henry 1966 421 5
Houston 3773 2521 65
Jackson 3677 1272 11
Jefferson 38,112 32,258 399
Lamar 2512 605 1
Lauderdale 7097 1910 20
Lawrence 2651 809 6
Lee 2803 1626 5
Limestone 3844 549 13
Lowndes 809 630 2
Macon 1457 621 1
Madison 8155 1625 79
Marengo 1790 1362 0
Marion 2850 1489 9
Marshall 6009 2068 19
Mobile 14,340 13,805 85
Monroe 2587 637 7
Montgomery 9185 8110 183
Morgan 7029 2335 16
Perry 1352 756 4
Pickens 1519 905 18
Pike 2546 965 3
Randolph 2964 1047 6
Russell 3564 867 3
Shelby 2473 2156 7
St. Clair 2326 1589 6
Sumter 894 702 3
Talladega 5025 3586 26
Tallapoosa 5055 1187 7
Tuscaloosa 7677 3877 77
Walker 6863 3490 80
Washington 1977 623 7
Wilcox 988 725 1
Winston 1390 2017 9
Total 274,789 (64.60%) 148,894 (35.00%) 1688 (.40%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Stevenson and Sparkman on December 15.