1926 Alabama House of Representatives election
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 106 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives 54 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Results: Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican hold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elections in Alabama |
|---|
 |
 Government |
The 1926 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 1926, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. 104 Democrats and 2 Republicans were elected to the 1927 House.[1]
On December 28, 1926, J. Lee Long of Butler County was elected Speaker of the House on the tenth ballot.[2]
General election results
[edit]Counties not listed were won by Democrats in both the 1922 and 1926 elections:[3][4]
- Chilton: Republican Percy M. Pitts was elected. Republican W. M. Wyatt won this seat in 1922. Republican hold.
- DeKalb: Democrat John T. Bartlett was elected. Republican John P. Hawkins won this seat in 1922. Democratic gain.
- Winston: Republican R. M. Rivers was elected. Republican J. A. Posey won this seat in 1922. Republican hold.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Two Republicans will serve in legislature". The Tuskegee News. 30 December 1926. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "J. Lee Long Is Chosen Speaker Of House On Tenth Ballot Today". The Anniston Star. 28 December 1926. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1927. 1927. pp. 417–421. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "The next legislature". The Montgomery Times. 22 December 1922. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
