Alabama gubernatorial election, 1934

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 1934
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  1930 November 2, 1934 1938  

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Nominee Bibb Graves Edmund H. Dryer
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote155,19722,621
Percentage86.93%12.67%

Governor before election

Benjamin M. Miller
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bibb Graves
Democratic

The 1934 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1934, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Benjamin M. Miller was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

Benjamin M. Miller American politician

Benjamin Meek Miller was an American Democratic politician who served as the 39th Governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935. The Scottsboro Boys affair notably took place during his gubernatorial tenure.

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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.

Candidates

Frank M. Dixon American politician

Frank Murray Dixon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 40th Governor of Alabama from 1939 to 1943 and is most known for reorganizing the state government and reforming the way property taxes were assessed.

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.

Leon Clarence McCord was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Results

Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1934 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bibb Graves 132,46243.41
Democratic Frank M. Dixon 97,50831.95
Democratic Leon Clarence McCord 75,20824.64
Total votes305,178100

Runoff

As no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held.

Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1934 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bibb Graves 157,14053.73
Democratic Frank M. Dixon 135,30946.27
Total votes292,449100.00

Results

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1934 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bibb Graves 155,19786.93
Republican Edmund H. Dryer22,62112.67
Socialist Arlie Barber4400.25
Communist J. M. Davis2700.15
Total votes178,528100.00
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "AL Governor D Primary 1934" . Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  2. "AL Governor D Primary Runoff 1934" . Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  3. "AL Governor 1934" . Retrieved October 22, 2016.