American Psephology

The 1968 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 5, 1968, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Five and a half electoral slates ran.

Party designations are via OurCampaigns.

The Democratic candidates:

  • Place 1 - Earl Morgan - 687,664 votes
  • Place 2 - Mable S. Amos - 686,667 votes
  • Place 3 - MacDonald Gallion - 691,318 votes
  • Place 4 - Mrs. Armistead Selden - 689,009 votes
  • Place 5 - Mrs. Jim Allen - 689,262 votes
  • Place 6 - Richard Beard - 686,685 votes
  • Place 7 - Frank Mizell - 687,699 votes
  • Place 8 - Albert Brewer - 691,425 votes
  • Place 9 - Agnes Baggett - 687,876 votes
  • Place 10 - Ernest Stone - 685,499 votes

The Republican candidates:

  • Place 1 - M. J. Lyons, Jr. - 146,591 votes
  • Place 2 - James C. Van Antwerp, Jr. - 146,717 votes
  • Place 3 - Paul Lowery - 146,876 votes
  • Place 4 - William H. Graham - 146,923 votes
  • Place 5 - Huit Sullivan - 146,613 votes
  • Place 6 - Robert D. Wilkinson, Jr. - 145,694 votes
  • Place 7 - Lee Clyde Traylor - 146,368 votes
  • Place 8 - J. Smith Lanier, II - 145,970 votes
  • Place 9 - Robert H. Maxwell - 146,311 votes
  • Place 10 - George Howard Young - 146,628 votes

The Independent Democratic candidates:

  • Place 1 - Ben F. Ray - 142,218 votes
  • Place 2 - Charles A. Bentley, Jr. - 140,728 votes
  • Place 3 - Lafayette Patterson - 141,199 votes
  • Place 4 - Roy D. McCord - 141,124 votes
  • Place 5 - Dot Little - 142,435 votes
  • Place 6 - Colman A. Lollar, Jr. - 140,386 votes
  • Place 7 - Isom Clemen - 140,387 votes
  • Place 8 - James McArthur Reed - 140,218 votes
  • Place 9 - J. E. Brantley - 140,342 votes
  • Place 10 - Joe L. Reed - 140,093 votes

The National Democratic candidates:

  • Place 1 - E. D. Bouier - 53,700 votes
  • Place 2 - William McKinley Branch - 54,144 votes
  • Place 3 - Mrs. Virginia Durr - 53,015 votes
  • Place 4 - R. E. Cordray - 53,264 votes
  • Place 5 - J. H. Davis - 53,622 votes
  • Place 6 - George DeBoer - 52,909 votes
  • Place 7 - Jack Drake - 53,068 votes
  • Place 8 - Billy Joe Robinson - 53,226 votes
  • Place 9 - Robert Schwenn - 53,666 votes
  • Place 10 - James Williams - 52,464 votes

The American Independent candidates:

  • Place 1 - none
  • Place 2 - Aaron C. Edwards - 10,518 votes
  • Place 3 - none
  • Place 4 - Ronald L. Pankey - 10,437 votes
  • Place 5 - none
  • Place 6 - Bernice H. Morrison - 10,365 votes
  • Place 7 - none
  • Place 8 - none
  • Place 9 - Steve E. Nation - 10,960 votes
  • Place 10 - none

The Prohibition candidates:

  • Place 1 - Mrs. Phoebe Cary Shoemaker - 3814 votes
  • Place 2 - Mrs. J. E. Dillard - 3770 votes
  • Place 3 - Mrs. Bertha Wallis Lee - 3638 votes
  • Place 4 - Mrs. Daisy Williams - 3420 votes
  • Place 5 - D. N. Stephenson - 4022 votes
  • Place 6 - Jerome B. Couch - 3589 votes
  • Place 7 - Ogburn A. Gardner - 3661 votes
  • Place 8 - Mrs. Lois Goodwin - 3523 votes
  • Place 9 - Fred M. Burns - 3578 votes
  • Place 10 - Mrs. Beulah K. Gray - 3615 votes

The county returns (for Place 6) are as follows:

Beard (Democrat) Wilkinson (Republican) Lollar (Ind. Dem) DeBoer (Nat. Dem.) Morrison (Am. Ind.) Couch (Prohibition)
Autauga 5486 602 304 1241 76 17
Baldwin 14,321 2183 1779 77 215 103
Barbour 5463 388 658 1251 135 34
Bibb 3741 258 60 545 11 3
Blount 6525 2009 314 15 75 32
Bullock 2152 192 140 1820 21 10
Butler 5589 489 1040 182 18 4
Calhoun 19,208 3059 3860 268 247 84
Chambers 7835 1082 1173 189 273 44
Cherokee 4756 344 400 42 85 23
Chilton 6573 1616 368 178 37 84
Choctaw 3967 128 1672 25 16 11
Clarke 6179 494 1652 68 220 38
Clay 4040 706 235 27 27 6
Cleburne 3414 489 161 10 31 6
Coffee 8971 679 898 162 106 21
Colbert 11,309 1747 1081 1201 209 56
Conecuh 3941 187 1120 33 36 20
Coosa 2726 311 443 18 20 9
Covington 11,392 846 659 105 53 10
Crenshaw 4432 221 456 267 91 7
Cullman 11,006 4950 1037 65 92 28
Dale 8093 603 578 276 92 34
Dallas 8754 1155 6212 222 59 16
DeKalb 8207 5378 1187 15 176 42
Elmore 9001 790 1283 441 192 39
Escambia 8439 675 1440 33 76 44
Etowah 21,243 4355 3981 603 326 154
Fayette 4680 827 648 18 43 9
Franklin 5842 2484 374 219 67 67
Geneva 7681 285 282 87 213 16
Greene 1553 179 118 2110 4 0
Hale 2934 267 125 1871 42 9
Henry 4234 84 891 22 17 4
Houston 13,935 958 1213 247 123 70
Jackson 8257 1156 847 123 169 30
Jefferson 104,056 39,539 47,931 6054 1867 651
Lamar 5228 356 220 95 33 1
Lauderdale 13,479 2943 1490 763 235 58
Lawrence 6242 582 573 85 18 47
Lee 7630 2355 1945 853 196 52
Limestone 8488 86 473 445 154 33
Lowndes 1812 237 424 682 40 41
Macon 1604 263 3772 675 32 22
Madison 29,556 13,246 3923 4001 721 175
Marengo 5175 460 250 3176 25 8
Marion 6544 1536 312 55 217 21
Marshall 12,703 2667 841 132 266 59
Mobile 61,588 10,546 17,525 978 627 449
Monroe 5209 376 1688 11 40 21
Montgomery 27,100 6720 3918 8127 352 134
Morgan 16,589 3038 1648 225 362 52
Perry 2759 344 130 2255 17 21
Pickens 4535 333 385 1040 26 5
Pike 5855 656 1072 426 68 18
Randolph 5075 837 429 238 151 44
Russell 7558 704 2561 137 180 68
Shelby 7692 1713 948 158 182 41
St. Clair 7015 1672 467 376 89 46
Sumter 2149 303 49 2282 17 2
Talladega 13,330 1887 2497 609 118 27
Tallapoosa 8976 1107 817 489 195 79
Tuscaloosa 18,730 3850 1490 3971 305 111
Walker 14,066 2553 2009 80 109 76
Washington 4532 200 876 17 28 10
Wilcox 2496 235 1298 378 18 13
Winston 3035 2174 236 20 44 20
Total 686,695 (66.05%) 145,694 (14.01%) 140,386 (13.50%) 52,909 (5.09%) 10,365 (1.00%) 3589 (.35%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Wallace and LeMay on December 16.