1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

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1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

←  1900 November 4, 1902 1904  →
All 9 Alabama seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 9 0 Seats won 9 0 Seat change Popular vote 68,074 22,443 Percentage 74.41% 25.12%
District results County results Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Republican   50–60%

The 1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 4, 1902, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. Democratic primary elections were held on August 25, 1902. This was the first congressional election held in Alabama after the ratification of the 1901 Alabama Constitution. A fully Democratic delegation was elected to the House of Representatives. ^[1]

The elections coincided with elections for governor, state senate, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.

Summary

Party		Candidates			Seats
		Num.	Vote	%	Before	Won	+/–
	Democratic	9	68,074	74.41%	9	9
	Republican	11	22,978	25.12%	0	0
Republican alone		10	14,934	16.32%	0	0
Rep.–Pop. fusion		1	8,044	8.79%	0	0
	Independents	1	239	0.26%	0	0
	Socialist	1	195	0.21%	0	0
	Write-in		4	0.004%	—	0
Total		22	91,490	100%	9

General election results

District	Democrats			Republicans			Others			Total
	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	Maj.	Mrg.
1st	George W. Taylor (inc.)	5,364	89.79%	E. H. Hubbard George H. Wilkerson	545 65	9.12% 1.09%	—	—	—	5,974	+610	+10.21%
2nd	Ariosto A. Wiley (inc.)	7,696	89.94%	Julius Sternfeld	861	10.06%	—	—	—	8,557	+6,835	+79.88%
3rd	Henry D. Clayton Jr. (inc.)	7,595	84.06%	Moses W. Carden J. P. Pelham	905 535	10.02% 5.92%	—	—	—	9,035	+6,690	+74.05%
4th	Sydney J. Bowie (inc.)	6,880	69.30%	J. A. Edwards	3,048	30.70%	—	—	—	9,928	+3,832	+38.60%
5th	C. W. Thompson (inc.)	9,043	78.37%	Richard S. Nolen	2,495	21.62%	Willis Brewer (WI)	1	0.01%	11,539	+6,548	+56.75%
6th	John H. Bankhead (inc.)	7,481	72.76%	William B. Ford	2,798	27.21%	P. L. Croker (WI)	3	0.03%	10,282	+4,683	+45.55%
7th	John L. Burnett (inc.)	9,298	52.89%	O. D. Street (Rep-Pop.)	8,044	45.75%	W. T. L. Cofer (Ind.)	239	1.36%	17,581	+1,254	+7.13%
8th	William Richardson (inc.)	7,935	80.77%	James Jackson	1,889	19.23%	—	—	—	9,824	+6,046	+61.54%
9th	Oscar W. Underwood (inc.)	6,782	77.33%	J. Clyde Miller	1,793	20.44%	Fred Lemon (Soc.)	195	2.22%	8,770	+4,989	+56.89%
Source: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1903 (p. 239–241), [2] The Birmingham News [3]

Democratic primary results

Democratic primary elections were held on August 25, 1902. Former congressman Willis Brewer contested incumbent representative C. W. Thompson for the 5th district's Democratic nomination. Thompson won every county in the district with the exception of Lowndes, Brewer's home county. ^[4] Every other Democratic nominee went unopposed. ^[5]

5th district election, Democratic primary ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. W. Thompson	7,965	67.37%
	Democratic	Willis Brewer	3,857	32.63%
Total votes			11,822	100.00%

References

1. "The Alabama Republicans Met A Crushing Defeat". The Birmingham News . November 6, 1902. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
2. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1903. Montgomery, Alabama: Brown Printing Company. 1903. pp. 243–244. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
3. "Certificates Filed". The Birmingham News . October 7, 1902. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
4. "Col. Thompson carried every county except Lowndes..." The Tuskegee News . August 28, 1902. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
5. "Gov Jeeks' Majority Will Exceed 10,000". Birmingham Post-Herald . August 26, 1902. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
6. Heflin, John T. (September 3, 1902). "Thompson The Nominee". The Montgomery Advertiser . Retrieved September 28, 2025.