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Election 1946 Results

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1946 Alabama governor election

James E. Folsom (Democrat) beat Lyman Ward (Republican) in Alabama in 1946, 88.7% to 11.3%, a margin of 77.3 points and 152,597 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1942, when Chauncey Sparks won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Jefferson, cast 31,939 votes and went to the Democrat by 85.6 points. The closest was Winston, where 450 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James E. Folsom won Democratic 174,959 88.7%
Lyman Ward Republican 22,362 11.3%
Total197,321

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 29,633 92.8% 2,306 7.2% 31,939 D+85.6
De Kalb 6,102 63.2% 3,550 36.8% 9,652 D+26.4
Cullman 5,920 74.8% 1,991 25.2% 7,911 D+49.7
Etowah 6,890 93.4% 489 6.6% 7,379 D+86.7
Walker 5,399 83.0% 1,108 17.0% 6,507 D+65.9
Montgomery 6,142 97.9% 132 2.1% 6,274 D+95.8
Mobile 5,605 90.7% 575 9.3% 6,180 D+81.4
Franklin 3,504 65.1% 1,879 34.9% 5,383 D+30.2
Madison 3,963 97.3% 109 2.7% 4,072 D+94.6
Tuscaloosa 3,815 97.5% 98 2.5% 3,913 D+95.0
Blount 3,248 84.8% 583 15.2% 3,831 D+69.6
Chilton 2,746 72.0% 1,067 28.0% 3,813 D+44.0
St. Clair 2,460 68.2% 1,147 31.8% 3,607 D+36.4
Shelby 2,588 73.4% 940 26.6% 3,528 D+46.7
Calhoun 3,249 94.8% 179 5.2% 3,428 D+89.6
Morgan 3,165 94.0% 202 6.0% 3,367 D+88.0
Lauderdale 2,865 92.4% 237 7.6% 3,102 D+84.7
Colbert 2,817 92.3% 234 7.7% 3,051 D+84.7
Talladega 2,681 90.1% 295 9.9% 2,976 D+80.2
Clay 2,337 81.9% 515 18.1% 2,852 D+63.9
Marshall 2,477 88.7% 315 11.3% 2,792 D+77.4
Winston 1,538 58.6% 1,088 41.4% 2,626 D+17.1
Elmore 2,552 98.8% 30 1.2% 2,582 D+97.7
Cleburne 1,906 73.9% 673 26.1% 2,579 D+47.8
Marion 2,102 82.5% 447 17.5% 2,549 D+64.9
Tallapoosa 2,458 98.3% 43 1.7% 2,501 D+96.6
Baldwin 2,297 93.0% 172 7.0% 2,469 D+86.1
Jackson 1,993 86.5% 312 13.5% 2,305 D+72.9
Covington 2,091 98.7% 28 1.3% 2,119 D+97.4
Randolph 1,790 86.6% 278 13.4% 2,068 D+73.1
Chambers 2,034 98.9% 23 1.1% 2,057 D+97.8
Houston 1,965 96.8% 65 3.2% 2,030 D+93.6
Dallas 1,967 99.1% 18 0.9% 1,985 D+98.2
Limestone 1,939 99.1% 18 0.9% 1,957 D+98.2
Fayette 1,487 78.6% 406 21.4% 1,893 D+57.1
Lawrence 1,647 89.9% 185 10.1% 1,832 D+79.8
Lamar 1,710 95.9% 74 4.1% 1,784 D+91.7
Geneva 1,703 97.6% 42 2.4% 1,745 D+95.2
Coffee 1,682 99.2% 13 0.8% 1,695 D+98.5
Pike 1,615 99.4% 10 0.6% 1,625 D+98.8
Butler 1,543 98.8% 18 1.2% 1,561 D+97.7
Dale 1,505 96.5% 54 3.5% 1,559 D+93.1
Barbour 1,526 99.5% 8 0.5% 1,534 D+99.0
Bibb 1,493 97.8% 34 2.2% 1,527 D+95.5
Clarke 1,484 99.9% 2 0.1% 1,486 D+99.7
Lee 1,438 97.8% 32 2.2% 1,470 D+95.6
Pickens 1,336 98.4% 22 1.6% 1,358 D+96.8
Crenshaw 1,350 99.5% 7 0.5% 1,357 D+99.0
Marengo 1,343 99.4% 8 0.6% 1,351 D+98.8
Escambia 1,302 99.2% 11 0.8% 1,313 D+98.3
Monroe 1,275 99.8% 3 0.2% 1,278 D+99.5
Wilcox 1,163 99.7% 4 0.3% 1,167 D+99.3
Cherokee 1,025 91.8% 91 8.2% 1,116 D+83.7
Conecuh 1,094 99.5% 6 0.5% 1,100 D+98.9
Coosa 952 89.8% 108 10.2% 1,060 D+79.6
Washington 1,045 99.2% 8 0.8% 1,053 D+98.5
Choctaw 1,048 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,048 D+100.0
Russell 1,025 99.2% 8 0.8% 1,033 D+98.5
Sumter 1,002 98.9% 11 1.1% 1,013 D+97.8
Autauga 968 97.9% 21 2.1% 989 D+95.8
Hale 949 99.1% 9 0.9% 958 D+98.1
Henry 944 99.6% 4 0.4% 948 D+99.2
Perry 917 99.7% 3 0.3% 920 D+99.3
Macon 863 99.1% 8 0.9% 871 D+98.2
Bullock 825 100.0% 0 0.0% 825 D+100.0
Greene 755 99.3% 5 0.7% 760 D+98.7
Lowndes 707 99.9% 1 0.1% 708 D+99.7

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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)