1934 Alabama House of Representatives election

none June 2026 1934 Alabama House of Representatives election Alabama legislative no 1930 Alabama House of Representatives election 1930 1938 Alabama House of Representatives election 1938 All 106 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives 54 November 6, 1934 File:Speaker_Alfred_M._Tunstall.jpg Alfred M. Tunstall Democratic Party (United States) Hale Co. January 13, 1931 100 seats 105 4 346,988 93.98% 3x4.svg — — — Republican Party (United States) 3 seats 1 2 22,236 6.02% Independent Democrat Jeffersonian"Independent Body" 3 seats Did not contest 3 250px #0671b0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold Results by party 250px Democratic: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #0D0596 90–100% #08034a UnopposedRepublican: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70%Election results from DeKalb County voided. Results by vote share Speaker Alfred M. Tunstall Democratic Party (United States) Robert H. Walker Democratic Party (United States) The 1934 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1934, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. 105 Democrats and one Republican were elected to the 1935 House.Two Republicans Win https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-banner-two-republicans-win/182297525/ 4 October 2025 The Union-Banner The Montgomery Advertiser 22 November 1934 Robert H. Walker of Limestone County was elected Speaker of the House on January 8, 1935.Walker Is Named Speaker Of House https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lafayette-sun-walker-is-named-speake/182298473/ 4 October 2025 The LaFayette Sun 9 January 1935 General election results In most multi-seat counties, Democratic leaders switched from electing candidates at an at-large basis to electing candidates to designated places. Counties not listed were won by Democrats in both the 1930 and 1934 elections:6 Voiceless In House Caucus (part 1) https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-6-voiceless-in/182296294/ 4 October 2025 The Montgomery Advertiser 16 December 19306 Voiceless In House Caucus (part 2) https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-6-voiceless-in/182296316/ 4 October 2025 The Montgomery Advertiser 16 December 1930Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1935 1935 638-675 https://archive.org/details/alabama-official-statistical-register-1935 4 October 2025 Chambers (2-seat): Two Democrats were elected. Jeffersonians Y. L. Burton and J. W. Hollingsworth were elected to these seats in 1930. Democratic gain. Place 1: Democrat C. A. Spense was elected. Place 2: J. W. Hollingsworth was re-elected as a Democrat. He was elected as a Jeffersonian in 1930. Chilton: Democrat C. B. Cox was elected. He defeated incumbent Republican Percy M. Pitts, first elected in 1926. Democratic gain. Clay: Democrat M. P. Kelly was elected. He defeated incumbent J. W. Jordan in the Democratic primary, who won this seat as a Jeffersonian in 1930. Democratic gain. DeKalb: Democrat R. L. Tolbert was deemed to be elected after a successful contest of the general election results. Republican J. W. Loyd won this seat in 1930. Democratic gain. Winston: J. A. Posey was re-elected, first elected in 1930. Republican hold. DeKalb election contest Fraud allegations were brought in the race for DeKalb County's sole House seat between Republican Norman C. Wilkes and Democrat R. L. Torbert. Official election returns had Wilkes defeating Torbert by a margin of 5,458 votes to 5,247. Torbert contested the election of Wilkes, claiming 244 absentee ballots had not been counted. A special committee of the state house counted the absentee ballots, and deemed Torbert victorious by a 27-vote majority.DeKalb Ballot Frauds Bared https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cullman-tribune-dekalb-ballot-frauds/182360972/ 5 October 2025 The Cullman Tribune 17 January 1935 The legislature chose to seat Democrat R. L. Torbert and Wilkes withdrew his claim to the seat. Governor Bibb Graves declared the general election in DeKalb County void and appointed the Democratic candidates to every county office.DeKalb Row Back In County Court https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-dekalb-row-back-in-c/182357540/ 5 October 2025 The Birmingham News 1 March 1935 See also 1934 Alabama elections 1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama 1934 Alabama gubernatorial election 1934 Alabama Senate election 1934 United States elections References House Category:Alabama House of Representatives elections Alabama House of Representatives Category:November 1934 in the United States