Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data (links) from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.

Office Candidate Name Vote Total % Vote

1882:  

Governor

John Francis Dyer 4,364 0.39

Lt. Governor

Donald Ray Johnson 48,625 6.15 *

Secretary of State

Edna L. Bowling 32,130 4.17 *

Treasurer

Teresa E. Donahoo 28,553 3.73 *

Auditor

Minnie D. Peoples 23,961 3.08 *

Public Service
      Commission

Nannie M. Pegues  write-in  

1890:  

Governor

L.C. Coulson 1,385 0.76  

1898:  

Governor

W.B. Witherspoon 1,297 0.79

Secretary of State

O.P. Spiegel 1,642 0.98

Auditor

B.J. Lowman 2,046 1.23

Treasurer

D.C. Bachelor 1.784 1.07

Attorney General

H.H. Blackman 1,642 0.98

Supt. Public Instr.

L.H. Jackson 2,032 1.41

Comm. Agriculture

C.E. Crenshaw 1,759 1.21

Congr. 2
    (Montgomery)

J.A. Giddings 209 1.90  

1900:  

Congr. Dist. 3
    (southeast)

T.P. Hudson 137 0.82  

1902:  

Governor

William D. Gay 22 write-in  

Lt. Governor

C.J. Hammett 11 write-in  

Secretary of State

W.D. Witherspoon 10 write-in  

Treasurer

R.O. Simpson 9 write-in  

Auditor

J.D. Albritton 10 write-in  

Attorney General

W.H. Blackman 10 write-in  

Commissioner of
     Agriculture

C.D. Alverson 11 write-in  

SPE

O.E. Comstock 11 write-in  

1904:  

Congr. Dist. 3
    (Dothan)

C.J. Hammett 163 1.63

Congr. Dist. 5
    (east central)

J.R. Caldwell 48 0.36

Note:  Prohibition candidates ran for 2 of 9 seats.


1944:

Senator

Hollis B. Parrish, Jr. 3,162 1.28

1946:  

Governor

Noble M. Israelson (write-in)

1970:    

Governor

Jerome B. Couch 9,705 1.14

Lt. Governor

D.N. Stephenson 9,374 1.01  

Auditor

Daisy Williams 23,024 3.11  

Treasurer

Geraldine Hughes 14,769 1.98  

Commissioner of
     Agriculture

Ogburn A. Gardner 13,449 1.86  

Board of Education, 4
     (Birmingham)

James A. Connell 2,628 2.97  
 

1972:    

Senator

Jerome B. Couch 10,826 1.03

Public Service
      Commission

Bertha W. Lee 10,761 1.16

Congr. Dist. 3
    (east-central)

James R. Connell 1,693 1.28 *

Congr. Dist. 4
    (northeast)

Daisy Williams 711 0.46 *

Congr. Dist. 6
    (Birmingham)

Edna L. Bowling 1,838 1.20 *

1974:    
Governor
Jim Partain 12,350 2.06  
Lt. Governor
Edna L. Bowling 9,857 1.64
Senator
Alvin Abercrombie 21,749 4.16 *
Secretary of State
Ira Pegues 17,529 3.36 *
Auditor
Ogburn A. Gardner 17,916 3.27 *
Public Service Comm., 1
Henderson 19,077 3.61
Public Service Comm., 2
Daisy Williams 18,527 3.77 *

Congr. Dist. 3
   (east-central)

James R. Connell 2,729 4.12 *
Congr. Dist. 4 (northwest)
Malcom S. Carpenter 191 0.24
Congr. Dist. 6
   (Birmingham)
Elizabeth S. Dillard 1,595 1.66

1976:    
Public Service Commission
Jim Partain 15,543 1.51
Congr. Dist. 3 (Anniston)
Ogburn A. Gardner 1,111 1.03 *
Congr. Dist. 5 (northern)
Alvin L. Abercrombie (write-in)
Congr. Dist. 6
    (Birmingham)
Charles Thomas (write-in)
Jefferson County
     Board of Education
Ellen Bates 4,589 2.50
                       Edna L. Bowling 3,337 1.82

1978:  

Senator

Jerome B. Couch 34,951 6.39 *

Senator (short term)

A.J. Killingsworth 5,814 0.79

Governor

Jim Partain 8,103 1.07

Lt Governor

Edna L. Bowling 7,739 1.16

Secretary of State

Minnie Peoples 7,960 1.24

Treasurer

Teresa E Donahoo 16,603 2.96 *

Auditor

Mary R. Vaughn 19,732 3.13

Public Service
      Commission 1

J. Ronald Partain 11,133 1.84

Public Service
      Commission 2

Oscar D. Cardin 34,270 6.20 *

1980:  
Senator
Jim Partain 2,649 0.20
Public Service
      Commission
John Francis Dyer 11,225 1.02
Congressional District 1
     (Mobile)
Ladye Herman write-in
Congressional District 2
     (Montgomery)
Jerome B. Couch 616 0.36

Congressional District 3
     (east central)

E.D. Riley 1,560 1.43 *

Congressional District 4
     (Gadsden)

A.J. Killingsworth 2,721 2.06 *

Congressional District 5
     (Huntsville)

Lilah Beason 338 0.31 *

Congressional District 6
     (Birmingham)

Charles C. Robey 466 0.25  

 Congressional District 7
     (Tuscaloosa/Selma)

Mary Owensby 847 0.50  

1982:  

Governor

John Francis Dyer 4364 0.39

Lt. Governor

Donald Ray Johnson 48,625 6.15 *

Secretary of State

Edna L. Bowling 32,130 4.17 *

Treasurer

Teresa E. Donahoo 28,553 3.73 *

Auditor

Minnie D. Peoples 23,961 3.08 *

Public Service
      Commission

Nannie M. Pegues write-in
 
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