1934 Alabama Senate election ← 1930 November 6, 1934 1938 →
Alabama State Senate Majority party Minority party Leader R. Holmes Powell — Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 13, 1931 — Leader's seat 26th–Macon Co. — Last election 35 seats, 82.27% 0 seats, 5.97% Seats won 35 0 Popular vote 149,413 5,353 Percentage 96.54% 3.46%
Winners by vote shareDemocratic: 50–60% Unopposed
The1934 Alabama Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1934, to elect 35 representatives to serve four-year terms in theAlabama Senate .Primary elections were held on June 12 withrunoff elections on May 1. The result anelectoral wipeout , as all 35 candidates elected were members of theDemocratic Party . The election used the same districts first drawn by theAlabama Constitution of 1901 .
Only one Democratic nominee, Webb Chestnut of District 29 (Cherokee–DeKalb County), saw opposition in the general election in Republican James H. Jones.
Democrat D. Hardy Riddle of District 8 (Talladega County) was elected Presidentpro tempore on January 8, 1935 at the legislature's opening session. He won seventeen votes from senators to G. R. Swift's fourteen votes.[ 1]
The election took place concurrently with elections forU.S. House ,governor ,state house , andnumerous other state and local offices .
Party Candidates Seats Num. Vote % Before Won +/– Democratic 35 149,413 96.54% 35 35 Republican 1 5,353 3.46% 0 0 Total 36 154,766 100% 35 35
General election results [ edit ] [ edit ] District 29 general election[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Webb Chestnut 7,224 57.44% Republican James H. Jones 5,353 42.56% Total votes 12,577 100.00%
Elected without opposition [ edit ] Every candidate elected without an opponent was a Democrat.
District 1: L. A. Weaver received 3,133 votes. District 2: Vernon L. St. John received 3,889 votes. District 3: F. G. Stephens received 6,630 votes. District 4: Shelby S. Fletcher received 2,777 votes. District 5: I. J. Browder received 6,142 votes. District 6: W. T. Starnes received 6,136 votes. District 7:Max Wellborn received 2,066 votes. District 8: D. Hardy Riddle received 2,076 votes. District 9: Will O. Walton received 3,945 votes. District 10: W. Carvel Woodall received 4,560 votes. District 11: Hayse Tucker received 2,430 votes. District 12: Walter S. McNeil received 8,641 votes. District 13: James A. Simpson received 19,479 votes. District 14: John A. Rogers received 1,749 votes. District 15: Earle Thomas received 6,502 votes. District 16: R. L. Goldsmith received 878 votes. District 17: J. L. Kelly received 4,853 votes. District 18: Judson C. Locke received 1,932 votes. District 19: H. L. Glover received 3,414 votes. District 20: O. D. Carlton received 1,184 votes. District 21: G. R. Swift received 5,297 votes. District 22: J. M. Bonner received 1,018 votes. District 23: W. A. Parrish received 2,842 votes. District 24: A. M. McDowell received 1,281 votes. District 25: Thomas J. Thrower received 4,151 votes. District 26: Thomas S. Frazer received 1,392 votes. District 27: Isham J. Dorsey received 2,063 votes. District 28: Floyd Mooneyham received 6,219 votes. District 30: Edgar P. Russell received 1,382 votes. District 31: W. B. Mixon received 7,439 votes. District 32: H. A. Taylor received 1,616 votes. District 33: C. M. A. Rogers received 5,788 votes. District 34: Grady W. Cook received 4,928 votes. District 35: D. A. Walden received 4,357 votes.
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