United States · Election results history · 1868 governors · Alabama

Election 1868 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

1868 Alabama governor election

William Hugh Smith (Republican) won in Alabama in 1868 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

Alabama changed party: in 1865 it went third-party, for Robert M. Patton.

Republicans led in 55 of the 55 counties as they stood then. The largest, Montgomery, cast 5,391 votes and went to the Republican by 100.0 points. The closest was Walker, where 37 votes separated the two parties.

United States

Results

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865

If only voted How this works

If the polls miss like

Or set the national mood Turnout

Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Hugh Smith won	Republican	61,969	100.0%
Total		61,969

Every county

County	Republican	Total	Margin
Montgomery	5,391 100.0%	5,391	R+100.0
Dallas	5,294 100.0%	5,294	R+100.0
Hale	3,428 100.0%	3,428	R+100.0
Marengo	3,340 100.0%	3,340	R+100.0
Wilcox	2,906 100.0%	2,906	R+100.0
Barbour	2,740 100.0%	2,740	R+100.0
Greene	2,159 100.0%	2,159	R+100.0
Madison	2,137 100.0%	2,137	R+100.0
Russell	2,086 100.0%	2,086	R+100.0
Bullock	1,758 100.0%	1,758	R+100.0
Autauga	1,754 100.0%	1,754	R+100.0
Macon	1,659 100.0%	1,659	R+100.0
Tuscaloosa	1,568 100.0%	1,568	R+100.0
Lee	1,479 100.0%	1,479	R+100.0
Sumter	1,475 100.0%	1,475	R+100.0
Mobile	1,454 100.0%	1,454	R+100.0
Talladega	1,432 100.0%	1,432	R+100.0
Pickens	1,163 100.0%	1,163	R+100.0
Butler	1,146 100.0%	1,146	R+100.0
Clarke	1,075 100.0%	1,075	R+100.0
Lawrence	1,037 100.0%	1,037	R+100.0
Choctaw	997 100.0%	997	R+100.0
Elmore	852 100.0%	852	R+100.0
Chambers	819 100.0%	819	R+100.0
Limestone	782 100.0%	782	R+100.0
Jackson	766 100.0%	766	R+100.0
Shelby	630 100.0%	630	R+100.0
Monroe	625 100.0%	625	R+100.0
Randolph	599 100.0%	599	R+100.0
Lauderdale	598 100.0%	598	R+100.0
Bibb	590 100.0%	590	R+100.0
Baldwin	528 100.0%	528	R+100.0
St. Clair	528 100.0%	528	R+100.0
Morgan	508 100.0%	508	R+100.0
Marshall	491 100.0%	491	R+100.0
Pike	490 100.0%	490	R+100.0
Calhoun	441 100.0%	441	R+100.0
Coosa	433 100.0%	433	R+100.0
De Kalb	417 100.0%	417	R+100.0
Conecuh	381 100.0%	381	R+100.0
Cleburne	342 100.0%	342	R+100.0
Tallapoosa	337 100.0%	337	R+100.0
Jefferson	287 100.0%	287	R+100.0
Fayette	286 100.0%	286	R+100.0
Clay	277 100.0%	277	R+100.0
Coffee	274 100.0%	274	R+100.0
Cherokee	258 100.0%	258	R+100.0
Franklin	256 100.0%	256	R+100.0
Washington	232 100.0%	232	R+100.0
Crenshaw	150 100.0%	150	R+100.0
Marion	128 100.0%	128	R+100.0
Blount	119 100.0%	119	R+100.0
Winston	92 100.0%	92	R+100.0
Covington	46 100.0%	46	R+100.0
Walker	37 100.0%	37	R+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Kay Ivey (R)	R+37.8
2018	Kay Ivey (R)	R+19.1
2014	Robert Bentley (R)	R+27.3
2010	Robert Bentley (R)	R+15.7
2006	Robert Riley (R)	R+15.9
2002	Robert Riley (R)	R+0.2
1998	Don Siegelman (D)	D+15.6
1994	Fob James (R)	R+0.9
1990	Guy Hunt (R)	R+4.2
1986	Guy Hunt (R)	R+12.9
1982	George C. Wallace (D)	D+18.6
1978	Fob James (D)	D+46.7
1974	George C. Wallace (D)	D+68.4
1970	George Wallace (D)	D+74.5
1966	Lurleen Burns Wallace (D)	D+32.4
1962	George C. Wallace (D)	D+96.3
1958	John Malcolm Patterson (D)	D+76.8
1954	Jim Folsom (D)	D+46.7
1950	Gordon Persons (D)	D+82.2
1946	James E. Folsom (D)	D+77.3
1942	Chauncey Sparks (D)	D+78.4
1938	Frank M. Dixon (D)	D+74.9
1934	Bibb Graves (D)	D+74.3
1930	Benjamin M. Miller (D)	D+61.8
1926	Bibb Graves (D)	D+62.4
1922	William W. Brandon (D)	D+56.3
1918	Thomas Kilby (D)	D+80.2
1914	Charles Henderson (D)	D+63.6
1910	Emmet O'Neal (D)	D+60.4
1906	Braxton B. Comer (D)	D+71.5
1902	William D. Jelks (D)	D+47.4
1900	William J. Samford (D)	D+53.6
1898	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	D+65.1
1896	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	D+59.0
1894	William C. Oates (D)	D+57.1
1892	Thomas G. Jones (D)	D+52.2
1890	Thomas G. Jones (D)	D+53.1
1888	Thomas Seay (D)	D+55.4
1886	Thomas Seay (D)	D+59.3
1884	Edward A. O'Neal (D)	D+99.7
1882	Edward A. O'Neal (D)	D+37.4
1880	Rufus W. Cobb (D)	D+76.1
1878	Rufus W. Cobb (D)	D+100.0
1876	George S. Houston (D)	D+31.6
1874	George S. Houston (D)	D+6.6
1872	David P. Lewis (R)	R+5.0
1870	Robert B. Lindsay (D)	D+0.9
1868	William Hugh Smith (R)	R+100.0
1865	Robert M. Patton (other)

1868 Alabama governor election

Governor

Every county

Alabama governor elections we hold

Choose a country

Search