American Psephology
The 1972 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 7, 1972, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Five electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:
- Place 1 - Albert Raines - 219,108 votes
- Place 2 - Carl Elliott - 217,576 votes
- Place 3 - Mrs. Ryan deGraffenried - 216,410 votes
- Place 4 - Lucius Amerson - 212,078 votes
- Place 5 - Mrs. Leola Williams - 211,220 votes
- Place 6 - J. E. Brantley - 211,562 votes
- Place 7 - Barney Weeks - 211,158 votes
- Place 8 - Ray Hartwell - 210,895 votes
- Place 9 - Barret Sheldon, Sr. - 212,023 votes
The Republican candidates:
- Place 1 - Bert Nettles - 727,034 votes
- Place 2 - Jeff Sessions, Jr. - 726,434 votes
- Place 3 - Ruth S. Sullivan - 723,075 votes
- Place 4 - Owen Leach - 727,271 votes
- Place 5 - Jerry Crabtree - 728,209 votes
- Place 6 - Bentley Owens - 728,701 votes
- Place 7 - B. Ray Holland - 727,098 votes
- Place 8 - Ann Smith Bedsole - 726,374 votes
- Place 9 - Doug Hale - 723,043 votes
The National Democratic candidates:
- Place 1 - Wadine V. Williams - 36,560 votes
- Place 2 - Yvonne Gannon - 35,823 votes
- Place 3 - John Hulett - 35,941 votes
- Place 4 - J. W. Flowers - 37,815 votes
- Place 5 - Freddie C. Rogers - 36,230 votes
- Place 6 - Alex Hurder - 35,498 votes
- Place 7 - Charlie Burgess - 36,061 votes
- Place 8 - J. H. Davis - 36,324 votes
- Place 9 - Jo Crawford - 36,210 votes
The Prohibition candidates:
- Place 1 - Ira Pegues - 7872 votes
- Place 2 - Thomas E. Lee - 8375 votes
- Place 3 - Mrs. Clara Miller - 8315 votes
- Place 4 - Robert Argo - 7946 votes
- Place 5 - Mrs. Lois Butterworth - 8060 votes
- Place 6 - Mrs. Nannie Myrtle Pegues - 8322 votes
- Place 7 - Mrs. W. C. Bentley - 8551 votes
- Place 8 - Pres Waldrop - 8451 votes
- Place 9 - Mrs. Geraldine Hughes - 8524 votes
The Conservative candidates:
- Place 1 - William G. Mori - 11,355 votes
- Place 2 - Mrs. T. F. Randolph - 11,298 votes
- Place 3 - Cloyd V. Smith - 11,674 votes
- Place 4 - Mrs. Margaret Tyson Badham - 11,621 votes
- Place 5 - June Carter - 11,918 votes
- Place 6 - H. Radue - 10,832 votes
- Place 7 - Mike S. Vaughn - 11.101 votes
- Place 8 - S. L. Ledbetter - 11,510 votes
- Place 9 - Ronnie Helms - 11,183 votes
The county returns (for Place 1) are as follows:
| Nettles (Republican) | Raines (Democratic) | Williams (Nat. Dem.) | Mori (Conservative) | Pegues (Prohibition) | |
| Autauga | 5408 | 1507 | 61 | 99 | 76 |
| Baldwin | 15,248 | 2691 | 207 | 187 | 118 |
| Barbour | 4951 | 1697 | 147 | 63 | 120 |
| Bibb | 3301 | 810 | 27 | 67 | 8 |
| Blount | 6586 | 1519 | 56 | 71 | 18 |
| Bullock | 2183 | 432 | 1910 | 40 | 41 |
| Butler | 4814 | 1366 | 29 | 31 | 6 |
| Calhoun | 20,095 | 3672 | 2093 | 139 | 78 |
| Chambers | 8881 | 1916 | 134 | 60 | 134 |
| Cherokee | 3163 | 1067 | 68 | 18 | 38 |
| Chilton | 7202 | 1228 | 97 | 96 | 33 |
| Choctaw | 2923 | 1654 | 327 | 28 | 5 |
| Clarke | 5341 | 1956 | 63 | 42 | 86 |
| Clay | 3945 | 486 | 25 | 11 | 7 |
| Cleburne | 3387 | 557 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Coffee | 9063 | 2059 | 91 | 31 | 58 |
| Colbert | 11,283 | 3853 | 929 | 325 | 188 |
| Conecuh | 3251 | 982 | 55 | 1037 | 1037 |
| Coosa | 2677 | 760 | 14 | 33 | 6 |
| Covington | 9285 | 1490 | 54 | 14 | 2 |
| Crenshaw | 3198 | 845 | 97 | 40 | 14 |
| Cullman | 14,335 | 3467 | 89 | 18 | 10 |
| Dale | 8254 | 1507 | 75 | 82 | 34 |
| Dallas | 8580 | 5107 | 302 | 209 | 9 |
| DeKalb | 9365 | 3722 | 34 | 30 | 46 |
| Elmore | 8570 | 1750 | 125 | 115 | 93 |
| Escambia | 7923 | 1489 | 103 | 67 | 23 |
| Etowah | 20,588 | 6905 | 422 | 206 | 86 |
| Fayette | 4240 | 833 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin | 5933 | 1733 | 108 | 67 | 28 |
| Geneva | 5899 | 950 | 92 | 19 | 11 |
| Greene | 1398 | 162 | 3102 | 87 | 6 |
| Hale | 2867 | 755 | 1002 | 126 | 65 |
| Henry | 3425 | 821 | 27 | 5 | 9 |
| Houston | 12,857 | 1943 | 378 | 87 | 57 |
| Jackson | 6197 | 2804 | 184 | 84 | 87 |
| Jefferson | 134,828 | 52,574 | 4512 | 3439 | 2514 |
| Lamar | 3228 | 729 | 35 | 13 | 32 |
| Lauderdale | 14,263 | 4642 | 453 | 392 | 193 |
| Lawrence | 4402 | 1372 | 36 | 10 | 4 |
| Lee | 11,567 | 3412 | 212 | 82 | 147 |
| Limestone | 6213 | 1963 | 117 | 96 | 82 |
| Lowndes | 2081 | 622 | 1955 | 53 | 54 |
| Macon | 1932 | 3487 | 174 | 72 | 143 |
| Madison | 38,045 | 12,258 | 898 | 596 | 320 |
| Marengo | 5173 | 1741 | 903 | 86 | 40 |
| Marion | 5901 | 953 | 28 | 7 | 17 |
| Marshall | 11,976 | 3645 | 215 | 88 | 132 |
| Mobile | 64,133 | 17,819 | 2895 | 1670 | 627 |
| Monroe | 5235 | 1070 | 649 | 44 | 19 |
| Montgomery | 34,909 | 11,508 | 1012 | 481 | 613 |
| Morgan | 18101 | 4608 | 384 | 214 | 208 |
| Perry | 2794 | 940 | 1780 | 33 | 8 |
| Pickens | 4063 | 835 | 1049 | 41 | 3 |
| Pike | 5613 | 1557 | 66 | 40 | 63 |
| Randolph | 4401 | 1191 | 131 | 45 | 74 |
| Russell | 6043 | 2390 | 249 | 142 | 220 |
| Shelby | 9342 | 1698 | 127 | 199 | 97 |
| St. Clair | 6918 | 1410 | 110 | 130 | 83 |
| Sumter | 2701 | 819 | 1835 | 38 | 4 |
| Talladega | 12,168 | 4346 | 110 | 100 | 18 |
| Tallapoosa | 7485 | 1936 | 156 | 63 | 96 |
| Tuscaloosa | 21,134 | 7112 | 1100 | 340 | 322 |
| Walker | 14,845 | 3616 | 84 | 143 | 28 |
| Washington | 3294 | 1068 | 27 | 6 | 9 |
| Wilcox | 2668 | 534 | 2706 | 42 | 7 |
| Winston | 4962 | 758 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| Total | 727,034 (72.56%) | 219,018 (21.87%) | 36,560 (3.65%) | 11,355 (1.13%) | 7872 (.79%) |
The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Nixon and Agnew on December 18.