1906 Alabama Senate election

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1906 Alabama Senate election
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35 seats in the Alabama State Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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LeaderJoel W. Goldsby
(did not stand)		—James A. Hurst
(de facto)
Party Democratic Republican Populist
Leader sinceJanuary 13, 1903——
Leader's seat33rd–Mobile Co. —6th–Etowah Co.
Seats before3401
Seats won3500
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote28,6666,0864,071
Percentage82.09%17.43%11.66%
1906 Alabama Senate election by party gains.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
President pro tempore before election

Joel W. Goldsby
Democratic

Elected President pro tempore


Democratic

The 1906 Alabama Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1906, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. The result was an electoral wipeout, as all 35 candidates elected were members of the Democratic Party. The election used the same districts first drawn by the Alabama Constitution of 1901. [1]

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The only non-Democratic senator, Populist James A. Hurst of Etowah County (District 6) did not seek re-election, but unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Alabama's 7th congressional district. [2] E. P. Thomas of Barbour County was unanimously elected President pro tempore of the Senate when the legislature convened on January 8, 1907. [3]

The election took place concurrently with elections for U.S. House, governor, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.

General election results

District Democrats Republicans Populists Total
CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%VotesMaj.Mrg.
3rdJohn F. Wilson2,89356.28%M. M. Davidson2,24743.72%———5,140+646+12.57%
5thJohn A. Lusk2,07387.99%———J. R. Gayle28312.01%2,356+1,790+75.98%
6thE. D. Hamner1,93457.70%E. H. Cross1,41842.30%———3,352+516+15.39%
7thF. L. Blackmon (inc.)1,26288.50%E. M. Lewis16411.50%———1,426+1,098+77.00%
12thM. L. Leith3,40767.48%S. R. Crumpton1,64232.52%———5,049+1,765+34.96% (Rep)
15thH. S. Doster2,55755.55%W. W. Wadsworth2,04644.45%———4,603+511+11.10%
23rdP. B. Davis1,66983.70%Thomas Gulley32516.30%———1,994+1,344+67.40%
29thW. W. Barbour2,21198.49%R. L. Lee341.51%———2,245+2,177+96.97%
Source: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907. (p. 255–258) [4]

Elected unopposed

  • District 1: W. N. Hayes received 1,614 votes.
  • District 2: W. T. Lowe received 1,568 votes.
  • District 4: R. E. Spragins (inc.) received 1,261 votes.
  • District 8: J. W. Heacock received 837 votes.
  • District 9: J. W. Overton received 1,489 votes.
  • District 10: J. W. Strother received 1,947 votes.
  • District 11: Frank S. Moody received 1,317 votes.
  • District 13: Nathan L. Miller received 6,192 votes.
  • District 14: G. B. Wimberly received 1,218 votes.
  • District 16: Evans Hinson received 509 votes.
  • District 17: C. E. Reid received 2,162 votes.
  • District 18: H. E. Reynolds received 1,032 votes.
  • District 19: Norman Gunn (inc.) received 1,447 votes.
  • District 20: John J. King received 724 votes.
  • District 21: O. O. Bayles received 1,089 votes.
  • District 22: W. C. Jones (inc.) received 611 votes.
  • District 24: E. P. Thomas (inc.) received 970 votes.
  • District 25: Lucien D. Gardner received 3,359 votes.
  • District 26: Henry P. Merritt received 734 votes.
  • District 27: E. H. Glenn received 1,006 votes.
  • District 28: Charles B. Teasley received 1,345 votes.
  • District 30: Henry F. Reese received 734 votes.
  • District 31: G. T. McWhorter received 2,094 votes.
  • District 32: Amos Horton received 896 votes.
  • District 33: Max Hamburger Jr. received 878 votes.
  • District 34: D. M. White received 3,010 votes.
  • District 35: B. A. Forrester received 1,204 votes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stallworth, Clarke. "What Alabama Constitution Provides". Birmingham Post-Herald . Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kennemer Named In The Seventh". Birmingham Post-Herald . 26 July 1906. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Gray Forces Win Out In Opening Struggle On Floor Of Senate Chamber". The Montgomery Advertiser . 10 January 1907. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907. Montgomery, Alabama. 1907. pp. 255–258. Retrieved 6 October 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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