American Psephology

The 1956 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 6, 1956, Alabama's voters voted for eleven at-large electors. Three electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • Wesley Winchell Acee, Jr. - 279,542 votes
  • J.E. Brantley - 280,549 votes
  • Jesse Brown - 280,844 votes
  • Wilma K. Butts - 279,811 votes
  • H. Tom Cochran - 280,366 votes
  • William M. Kelly, Jr. - 280,159 votes
  • Lawrence E. McNeil - 279,999 votes
  • Ben P. Ray - 279,878 votes
  • H. Floyd Sherrod - 279,398 votes
  • Henry W. Sweet - 279,774 votes
  • W. F. Turner - 279,484 votes

The Republican candidates:

  • William H. Albritton - 195,694 votes
  • R.S. Cartledge - 194,687 votes
  • Charles H. Chapman, Jr. - 195,175 votes
  • Herman E. Dean, Jr. - 195,200 votes
  • Robert M. Guthrie - 195,012 votes
  • Thomas G. McNaron - 194,629 votes
  • Neil Morgan - 194,991 votes
  • W. M. Russell - 194,898 votes
  • I. L. Smith, Jr. - 194,699 votes
  • George Stiefelmeyer - 194,708 votes
  • George Witcher - 194,014 votes

The Independent candidates:

  • Thomas Bellsnyder, Jr. - 20,323 votes
  • Russell Carter - 20,279 votes
  • John Frederick Duggar, III - 20,082 votes
  • Llewellyn Duggar - 19,971 votes
  • John C. Eagerton, III - 20,027 votes
  • M. L. Griffin - 20,210 votes
  • Tom C. King - 20,271 votes
  • Joseph S. Mead - 20,081 votes
  • Edwin T. Parker - 20,112 votes
  • J. S. Payne - 20,111 votes
  • Jack S. Riley - 20,149 votes

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Independents
Autauga 1156 859 275
Baldwin 3878 4294 244
Barbour 2530 777 142
Bibb 1471 1019 107
Blount 3208 2626 87
Bullock 730 304 138
Butler 1958 1324 251
Calhoun 9050 4431 360
Chambers 5154 1437 128
Cherokee 2661 845 7
Chilton 1891 3139 118
Choctaw 1250 457 72
Clarke 1961 1246 181
Clay 1701 1592 49
Cleburne 1407 1056 7
Coffee 4160 972 132
Colbert 6984 1739 110
Conecuh 1688 885 182
Coosa 1413 1070 38
Covington 4887 2253 344
Crenshaw 2254 565 156
Cullman 5510 4381 39
Dale 2318 1284 110
Dallas 2120 2323 913
DeKalb 5768 5684 2
Elmore 3353 1618 422
Escambia 3437 1521 179
Etowah 12,374 7198 314
Fayette 1956 1948 24
Franklin 3354 3399 16
Geneva 2841 1179 98
Greene 691 307 44
Hale 1317 503 100
Henry 2127 429 157
Houston 3619 2599 575
Jackson 4755 1868 21
Jefferson 38,472 43,452 5183
Lamar 2498 867 31
Lauderdale 9130 2450 86
Lawrence 2958 1199 22
Lee 3302 1586 163
Limestone 4147 589 16
Lowndes 623 326 243
Macon 1024 1067 102
Madison 9012 2971 110
Marengo 1858 1009 185
Marion 2850 2536 23
Marshall 6318 3070 94
Mobile 16,684 20,463 1714
Monroe 2069 759 130
Montgomery 6868 8681 3229
Morgan 7671 2974 227
Perry 970 612 224
Pickens 1660 993 171
Pike 2632 997 210
Randolph 3151 1584 26
Russell 3058 1264 153
Shelby 2502 2901 178
St. Clair 2420 2441 114
Sumter 981 576 112
Talladega 5243 4197 169
Tallapoosa 5070 1879 93
Tuscaloosa 8166 4960 611
Walker 7661 5179 79
Washington 1705 779 87
Wilcox 778 498 197
Winston 1570 2998 2
Total 279,983 (56.55%) 194,988 (39.38%) 20,126 (4.07%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Stevenson and Kefauver on December 17, with the exception of one, who voted for Walter B. Jones and Herman Talmadge.