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1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

The 1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 4, 1902, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. Democratic primary elections were held on August 25, 1902. This was the first congressional election held in Alabama after the ratification of the 1901 Alabama Constitution. A fully Democratic delegation was elected to the House of Representatives.

The elections coincided with elections for governor, state senate, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.

Party	Candidates	Seats
Democratic	9	68,074	74.41%	9	9
Republican	11	22,978	25.12%	0	0
Republican alone	10	14,934	16.32%	0	0
Rep.–Pop. fusion	1	8,044	8.79%	0	0
Independents	1	239	0.26%	0	0
Socialist	1	195	0.21%	0	0
Write-in	4	0.004%	—	0

Democratic primary elections were held on August 25, 1902. Former congressman Willis Brewer contested incumbent representative C. W. Thompson for the 5th district's Democratic nomination. Thompson won every county in the district with the exception of Lowndes, Brewer's home county. Every other Democratic nominee went unopposed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	7,965	67.37%
	Democratic	3,857	32.63%
11,822	100.00%

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