1926 Alabama gubernatorial election

none related races 1926 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1926 Alabama gubernatorial election presidential Alabama 1922 Alabama gubernatorial election 1922 1930 Alabama gubernatorial election 1930 no November 2, 1926 File:Bibb Graves (cropped).jpg 150x150px Bibb Graves Democratic Party (United States) 93,432 81.22% 3x4.svg J. A. Bingham Republican Party (United States) 21,605 18.78% 1926 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsGraves: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90%Bingham: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor William W. Brandon Democratic Party (United States) Bibb Graves Democratic Party (United States) 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. 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.April 2018 Candidates Archibald Hill Carmichael, former state senator Bibb Graves, candidate for governor in 1922 Charles S. McDowell, lieutenant governor Results Until 1931, the Alabama Democratic Party used the supplementary vote (called the "second choice" system) to decide primary elections.New Primary Bill Signed https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-enterprise-chronicle-new-primary-bil/182317807/ 4 October 2025 The Enterprise-Chronicle 5 March 1931 1926 Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary Owen Marie B. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1927 1927 The Wilson Printing Company Montgomery, Alabama 362–363 https://archive.org/details/alabama-official-statistical-register-1927/ 4 October 2025 Democratic Party (US) Bibb Graves 83471 61493 27.62 21978 55.25% Democratic Party (US) Charles S. McDowell 83471 59669 26.80 7943 44.75% Democratic Party (US) Archibald Hill Carmichael 83471 54072 24.29 Democratic Party (US) A. G. Patterson 83471 47411 21.29 Results 1926 Alabama gubernatorial electionhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93531 AL Governor 1926 Our Campaigns October 24, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Bibb Graves 93,432 81.22 Republican Party (United States) J. A. Bingham 21,605 18.78 115,037 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References 1926 gubernatorial Alabama Category:November 1926 in the United States