1930 Alabama House of Representatives election

1930 Alabama House of Representatives election

←  1926 November 4, 1930 1934  →
All 106 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives 54 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader J. Lee Long — Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 9, 1923 — Leader's seat Calhoun Co. — Last election 103 seats 2 seats Seats won 100 3 Seat change 3 1   Third party   Party Jeffersonian "Independent Body" Last election New Seats won 3 Seat change 3
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican gain     Republican hold      Independent Body gain Multi-member districts:      Democratic majority     Independent Body majority
Speaker before election J. Lee Long Democratic Elected Speaker Alfred M. Tunstall Democratic

The 1930 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 1930, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. 100 Democrats, 3 Republicans, and 3 "pollywogs" or "Jeffersonians," independent Democrats who were associated with J. Thomas Heflin's U.S. Senate re-election bid, were elected to the 1931 House. ^[1]

Representative Alfred M. Tunstall of Hale County was unanimously elected for a second stint as Speaker of the House on January 13, 1931. ^[2]

General election results

Counties not listed were won by Democrats in both the 1922 and 1926 elections: ^{[3] [4]}

• Chambers (2-seat): Jeffersonians Y. L. Burton and J. W. Hollingsworth were elected. Democrats R. C. Wallace and J. O. Webb won these seats in 1926. Independent Body gain.
• Chilton: Republican Percy M. Pitts was re-elected, first elected in 1926. Republican hold.
• Clay: Jeffersonian J. W. Jordan was elected. Democrat J. J. Cockrell won this seat in 1926. Independent Body gain.
• DeKalb: J. W. Loyd was elected. Democrat John T. Bartlett won this seat in 1926. Republican gain.
• Winston: J. A. Posey was elected. Republican R. M. Rivers won this seat in 1926. Republican hold.

See also

• 1930 Alabama elections
  • 1930 United States Senate election in Alabama
  • 1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama
  • 1930 Alabama gubernatorial election
• 1930 United States elections

References

1. "6 Voiceless In House Caucus (part 1)". The Montgomery Advertiser . 16 December 1930. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
2. Sparrow, Hugh W. (13 January 1931). "House Moves To Back Program Of Governor-Elect". The Birmingham News . Retrieved 4 October 2025.
3. "6 Voiceless In House Caucus (part 2)". The Montgomery Advertiser . 16 December 1930. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
4. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1927. 1927. pp. 417–421. Retrieved 4 October 2025.