1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama
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The 1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 4, 1902, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. Democratic primary elections were held on August 25, 1902. This was the first congressional election held in Alabama after the ratification of the 1901 Alabama Constitution. A fully Democratic delegation was elected to the House of Representatives.[1]
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November 4, 1902
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All 9 Alabama seats to the United States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The elections coincided with elections for governor, state senate, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.
Summary
| Party | Candidates | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Num. | Vote | % | Before | Won | +/â | ||
| Democratic | 9 | 68,074 | 74.41% | 9 | 9 |  | |
| Republican | 11 | 22,978 | 25.12% | 0 | 0 | | |
| Republican alone | 10 | 14,934 | 16.32% | 0 | 0 | | |
| Rep.âPop. fusion | 1 | 8,044 | 8.79% | 0 | 0 | | |
| Independents | 1 | 239 | 0.26% | 0 | 0 | | |
| Socialist | 1 | 195 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | | |
| Write-in | 4 | 0.004% | â | 0 | | ||
| Total | 22 | 91,490 | 100% | 9 | | ||
General election results
| District | Democrats | Republicans | Others | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Maj. | Mrg. | |
| 1st | George W. Taylor (inc.) | 5,364 | 89.79% | E. H. Hubbard George H. Wilkerson | 545 65 | 9.12% 1.09% |
â | â | â | 5,974 | +610 | +10.21% |
| 2nd | Ariosto A. Wiley (inc.) | 7,696 | 89.94% | Julius Sternfeld | 861 | 10.06% | â | â | â | 8,557 | +6,835 | +79.88% |
| 3rd | Henry D. Clayton Jr. (inc.) | 7,595 | 84.06% | Moses W. Carden J. P. Pelham | 905 535 | 10.02% 5.92% |
â | â | â | 9,035 | +6,690 | +74.05% |
| 4th | Sydney J. Bowie (inc.) | 6,880 | 69.30% | J. A. Edwards | 3,048 | 30.70% | â | â | â | 9,928 | +3,832 | +38.60% |
| 5th | C. W. Thompson (inc.) | 9,043 | 78.37% | Richard S. Nolen | 2,495 | 21.62% | Willis Brewer (WI) | 1 | 0.01% | 11,539 | +6,548 | +56.75% |
| 6th | John H. Bankhead (inc.) | 7,481 | 72.76% | William B. Ford | 2,798 | 27.21% | P. L. Croker (WI) | 3 | 0.03% | 10,282 | +4,683 | +45.55% |
| 7th | John L. Burnett (inc.) | 9,298 | 52.89% | O. D. Street (Rep-Pop.) | 8,044 | 45.75% | W. T. L. Cofer (Ind.) | 239 | 1.36% | 17,581 | +1,254 | +7.13% |
| 8th | William Richardson (inc.) | 7,935 | 80.77% | James Jackson | 1,889 | 19.23% | â | â | â | 9,824 | +6,046 | +61.54% |
| 9th | Oscar W. Underwood (inc.) | 6,782 | 77.33% | J. Clyde Miller | 1,793 | 20.44% | Fred Lemon (Soc.) | 195 | 2.22% | 8,770 | +4,989 | +56.89% |
| Source: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1903 (p. 239â241),[2] The Birmingham News[3] | ||||||||||||
Democratic primary results
Democratic primary elections were held on August 25, 1902. Former congressman Willis Brewer contested incumbent representative C. W. Thompson for the 5th district's Democratic nomination. Thompson won every county in the district with the exception of Lowndes, Brewer's home county.[4] Every other Democratic nominee went unopposed.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | C. W. Thompson | 7,965 | 67.37% | |
| Democratic | Willis Brewer | 3,857 | 32.63% | |
| Total votes | 11,822 | 100.00% | ||