user: Question: How many people on this list are named Thomas Abernethy?
Columns: ['District', 'Incumbent', 'Party', 'First elected', 'Result', 'Candidates']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['Mississippi 1', 'John E. Rankin', 'Democratic', 1920.0, 'Re-elected', 'John E. Rankin (D) Unopposed']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Candidates") FROM "Table" WHERE "Incumbent" = 'Thomas Abernethy';