1821 Alabama gubernatorial election

Last updated

1821 Alabama gubernatorial election
Flag of Alabama.svg
  1819 August 6, 1821 1823  
  Pickensisrael.jpg Henry H. Chambers.jpg
Nominee Israel Pickens Henry H. Chambers
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote9,6167,129
Percentage57.43%42.57%

1821 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Pickens:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Chambers:     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%
Unknown/No Vote:     

Governor before election

Thomas Bibb
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Israel Pickens
Democratic-Republican

The 1821 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1821, to elect the third governor of Alabama. Democratic-Republican candidate Israel Pickens defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Henry H. Chambers with 57.43% of the vote.

Contents

General election

During the election campaign, it was alleged that Pickens had defrauded a woman in North Carolina while acting as her lawyer in a suit in Pennsylvania; the claim was refuted by accounts in letters to the Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer . [1]

Candidates

Results

1821 Alabama gubernatorial election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic-Republican Israel Pickens 9,616 57.43%
Democratic-Republican Henry H. Chambers 7,12942.57%
Majority 2,48714.85%
Turnout 16,745

By county

County results
CountyIsrael Pickens

Democratic-Republican

Henry Chambers

Democratic-Republican

Total votes
#%#%
Autagua 33064.1%18535.9%515
Baldwin 9851.5%9648.5%194
Bibb 21542.8%28757.2%502
Blount & Jefferson 51047.4%56652.6%1,076
Butler & Conecuh 56993.6%396.4%608
Clarke 56993.1%426.9%611
Dallas 45453.6%39346.4%847
Franklin 32956.5%25343.5%612
Greene & Marengo 71389.2%8610.8%799
Jackson 39238.5%62561.5%1,017
Lauderdale 30854.4%25845.6%566
Lawrence 51651.8%48148.2%997
Limestone 16916.0%88684.0%1,055
Madison 94844.8%1,16855.2%2,116
Marion 15890.8%169.2%174
Mobile 8948.9%9351.1%182
Monroe 93189.8%10610.2%1,037
Montgomery 53171.1%21628.9%747
Morgan 40852.7%31647.3%724
Perry 31484.9%5615.1%370
St. Clair 35968.5%16531.5%524
Shelby 5919.0%25181.0%310
Tuscaloosa 71665.5%37734.5%1,093
Washington 24552.5%22247.5%467
Totals [a] 9,61657.4%7,12942.6%16,745

Notes

  1. Dubin notes that three newly created counties (Henry, Pickens, and Wilcox) do not have any returned ballots. It is possible that those returns were included in the returns of their neighboring counties. [2]

References

  1. "For the Press". Cahawba Press and Alabama State Intelligencer. July 30, 1821. p. 3. Archived from the original on September 6, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. p. 1. ISBN   9780786414390.