1902 Alabama House of Representatives election

1902 Alabama House of Representatives election
November 4, 1902
All 105 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives
54 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Alfred M. Tunstall —
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since March 1901 —
Leader's seat Hale Co. —
Last election 86 seats 5 seats
Seats won 102 2
Seat change 16 3
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Populist Independent
Last election 7 seats 2 seats
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 6 2
Results:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Populist gain
Black outlined circles denote newly allocated seats.
Speaker before election

Alfred M. Tunstall
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Alfred M. Tunstall
Democratic

The 1902 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 1902, to elect 105 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. This was the first state house election held in Alabama after the ratification of the 1901 Alabama Constitution. The constitution increased the size of the state house from 100 members to 105, allocating an additional seat each to Butler, Elmore, Etowah, Jefferson, and Walker counties.

Of the 105 members elected, 102 were Democrats, two were Republicans, and one was a Populist. The previous legislature elected in 1900 had seven Populists, five Republicans, and two independents. Alfred M. Tunstall was re-elected Speaker of the House on January 14, 1903. Tunstall became speaker in March 1901 following the death of incumbent speaker Francis L. Pettus.

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