1906 Alabama Senate election
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The 1906 Alabama Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1906, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. The election used the same districts first drawn by the Alabama Constitution of 1901.[1]
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November 6, 1906
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35 seats in the Alabama State Senate 18 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The only non-Democratic senator, Populist James A. Hurst of Etowah County (District 6) did not seek re-election, but unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Alabama's 7th congressional district.[2] E. P. Thomas of Barbour County was unanimously elected President pro tempore of the Senate when the legislature convened on January 8, 1907.[3]
The election took place concurrently with elections for U.S. House, governor, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.
General election results
| District | Democrats | Republicans | Populists | Total | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Maj. | Mrg. | |
| 3rd | John F. Wilson | 2,893 | 56.28% | M. M. Davidson | 2,247 | 43.72% | â | â | â | 5,140 | +646 | +12.57% |
| 5th | John A. Lusk | 2,073 | 87.99% | â | â | â | J. R. Gayle | 283 | 12.01% | 2,356 | +1,790 | +75.98% |
| 6th | E. D. Hamner | 1,934 | 57.70% | E. H. Cross | 1,418 | 42.30% | â | â | â | 3,352 | +516 | +15.39% |
| 7th | F. L. Blackmon (inc.) | 1,262 | 88.50% | E. M. Lewis | 164 | 11.50% | â | â | â | 1,426 | +1,098 | +77.00% |
| 12th | M. L. Leith | 3,407 | 67.48% | S. R. Crumpton | 1,642 | 32.52% | â | â | â | 5,049 | +1,765 | +34.96% (Rep) |
| 15th | H. S. Doster | 2,557 | 55.55% | W. W. Wadsworth | 2,046 | 44.45% | â | â | â | 4,603 | +511 | +11.10% |
| 23rd | P. B. Davis | 1,669 | 83.70% | Thomas Gulley | 325 | 16.30% | â | â | â | 1,994 | +1,344 | +67.40% |
| 29th | W. W. Barbour | 2,211 | 98.49% | R. L. Lee | 34 | 1.51% | â | â | â | 2,245 | +2,177 | +96.97% |
| Source: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907. (p. 255â258)[4] | ||||||||||||
Elected unopposed
- District 1: W. N. Hayes received 1,614 votes.
- District 2: W. T. Lowe received 1,568 votes.
- District 4: R. E. Spragins (inc.) received 1,261 votes.
- District 8: J. W. Heacock received 837 votes.
- District 9: J. W. Overton received 1,489 votes.
- District 10: J. W. Strother received 1,947 votes.
- District 11: Frank S. Moody received 1,317 votes.
- District 13: Nathan L. Miller received 6,192 votes.
- District 14: G. B. Wimberly received 1,218 votes.
- District 16: Evans Hinson received 509 votes.
- District 17: C. E. Reid received 2,162 votes.
- District 18: H. E. Reynolds received 1,032 votes.
- District 19: Norman Gunn (inc.) received 1,447 votes.
- District 20: John J. King received 724 votes.
- District 21: O. O. Bayles received 1,089 votes.
- District 22: W. C. Jones (inc.) received 611 votes.
- District 24: E. P. Thomas (inc.) received 970 votes.
- District 25: Lucien D. Gardner received 3,359 votes.
- District 26: Henry P. Merritt received 734 votes.
- District 27: E. H. Glenn received 1,006 votes.
- District 28: Charles B. Teasley received 1,345 votes.
- District 30: Henry F. Reese received 734 votes.
- District 31: G. T. McWhorter received 2,094 votes.
- District 32: Amos Horton received 896 votes.
- District 33: Max Hamburger Jr. received 878 votes.
- District 34: D. M. White received 3,010 votes.
- District 35: B. A. Forrester received 1,204 votes.