1835 Alabama gubernatorial election

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1835 Alabama gubernatorial election
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  1833 August 3, 1835 1837  
  Clement Comer Clay.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Clement C. Clay Enoch Parsons
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote23,27912,209
Percentage65.44%34.32%

1835 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Clay:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Parsons:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
Unknown/No Vote:     

Governor before election

John Gayle
Democratic

Elected Governor

Clement C. Clay
Democratic

The 1835 Alabama gubernatorial election was an election held on August 3, 1835, to elect the governor of Alabama. Democratic candidate Clement Comer Clay beat Whig candidate Enoch Parsons with 65.44% of the vote.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

1835 Alabama gubernatorial election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Clement Comer Clay 23,279 65.44% -34.56%
Whig Enoch Parsons 12,20934.32%+34.32%
Independent Write-ins 720.23%+0.23%
Majority11,07031.12%

By county

County results [3] [lower-alpha 1]
CountyClement C. Clay

Democratic

Enoch Parsons

Whig

Total Votes
#%#%
Autauga 63153.10%55746.90%1,188
Baldwin 17387.80%2412.20%197
Barbour 34758.40%24741.60%594
Benton 77193.20%566.80%827
Bibb 64979.00%17221.00%821
Blount 98996.60%353.40%1,024
Butler 12224.40%37875.60%500
Chambers 25065.60%13134.40%381
Clarke 42067.90%19932.10%619
Conecuh 17142.60%23457.40%405
Coosa ----------
Covington 9073.80%3226.20%122
Dale ----------
Dallas 70544.70%87155.30%1,576
Fayette 59092.00%518.00%641
Franklin 65448.90%68451.10%1,338
Greene 67645.60%80754.40%1,483
Henry 28755.80%22744.20%514
Jackson 2,42792.90%1817.10%2,608
Jefferson 65778.10%17421.90%831
Lauderdale 1,16471.80%45828.20%1,622
Lawrence 92062.30%55737.70%1,477
Limestone 81248.80%85351.20%1,665
Lowndes 39947.30%44452.70%843
Macon 5938.30%9561.70%154
Madison 1,98482.90%41017.10%2,394
Marengo 35935.10%66464.90%1,023
Marion 37474.50%13825.50%512
Mobile 42448.80%44451.20%868
Monroe 36556.80%21032.70%575
Montgomery 87753.90%75146.10%1,628
Morgan 98675.30%32424.70%1,310
Perry 42535.90%75864.10%1,183
Pickens 72856.80%55443.20%1,282
Pike 42962.40%15837.60%587
Randolph 83100.00%00.00%83
Russell 4134.20%7965.80%120
St. Clair 94490.00%10510.00%1,049
Shelby 31447.80%34352.20%657
Sumter 65261.90%40138.10%1,053
Talladega 75786.70%11613.30%873
Tallapoosa 11343.80%14556.20%258
Tuscaloosa 1,10670.30%46829.70%1,574
Walker 36791.10%368.90%403
Washington 9431.10%20467.50%298
Wilcox 27638.40%44361.60%719
Total23,27965.60%12,20934.40%35,488

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References

  1. "Gov. Clement Comer Clay". National Governor's Association. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. Mark Allen Baker (2014). "8. The Parsons Family of Lyme and Middletown". Connecticut Families of the Revolution: American Forebears from Burr to Wolcott. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9781625851963.
  3. 1 2 Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. p. 3. ISBN   9780786414390.

Notes

  1. Dubin could not locate returns for Coosa and Dale counties. A total of 72 scattered write-in votes were reported.