Alabama gubernatorial election, 1926

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 1926
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  1922 November 2, 1926 1930  

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Nominee Bibb Graves J. A. Bingham
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote93,43221,605
Percentage81.22%18.78%

Governor before election

William W. Brandon
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bibb Graves
Democratic

The 1926 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent William W. Brandon was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

William W. Brandon American politician

William Woodward Brandon was an American Democratic politician who was the 37th governor of Alabama from 1923 to 1927.

Contents

Democratic primary

At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.[ citation needed ]

Candidates

Archibald Hill Carmichael American politician

Archibald Hill Carmichael was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from November 1933 to January 1937.

Bibb Graves American Democratic politician and the 38th Governor of Alabama

David Bibb Graves was an American Democratic politician and the 38th Governor of Alabama 1927-1931 and 1935–1939, the first Alabama governor to serve two four-year terms.


Results

Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1926 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bibb Graves 61,49327.62
Democratic Charles S. McDowell 59,66926.80
Democratic Archibald Hill Carmichael 54,07224.29
Democratic A. G. Patterson47,41121.29
Total votes222,645100.00

Results

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1926 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bibb Graves 93,43281.22
Republican J. A. Bingham21,60518.78
Total votes115,037100.00
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "AL Governor D Primary 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. "AL Governor 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 24, 2016.