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Elections in Alabama |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Clement Comer Clay | 23,279 | 65.44% | −34.56% | |
Whig | Enoch Parsons | 12,209 | 34.32% | +34.32% | |
Independent | Write-ins | 72 | 0.23% | +0.23% | |
Majority | 11,070 | 31.12% |
County | Clement C. Clay Democratic | Enoch Parsons Whig | Total Votes | ||
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# | % | # | % | ||
Autauga | 631 | 53.10% | 557 | 46.90% | 1,188 |
Baldwin | 173 | 87.80% | 24 | 12.20% | 197 |
Barbour | 347 | 58.40% | 247 | 41.60% | 594 |
Benton | 771 | 93.20% | 56 | 6.80% | 827 |
Bibb | 649 | 79.00% | 172 | 21.00% | 821 |
Blount | 989 | 96.60% | 35 | 3.40% | 1,024 |
Butler | 122 | 24.40% | 378 | 75.60% | 500 |
Chambers | 250 | 65.60% | 131 | 34.40% | 381 |
Clarke | 420 | 67.90% | 199 | 32.10% | 619 |
Conecuh | 171 | 42.60% | 234 | 57.40% | 405 |
Coosa | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Covington | 90 | 73.80% | 32 | 26.20% | 122 |
Dale | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Dallas | 705 | 44.70% | 871 | 55.30% | 1,576 |
Fayette | 590 | 92.00% | 51 | 8.00% | 641 |
Franklin | 654 | 48.90% | 684 | 51.10% | 1,338 |
Greene | 676 | 45.60% | 807 | 54.40% | 1,483 |
Henry | 287 | 55.80% | 227 | 44.20% | 514 |
Jackson | 2,427 | 92.90% | 181 | 7.10% | 2,608 |
Jefferson | 657 | 78.10% | 174 | 21.90% | 831 |
Lauderdale | 1,164 | 71.80% | 458 | 28.20% | 1,622 |
Lawrence | 920 | 62.30% | 557 | 37.70% | 1,477 |
Limestone | 812 | 48.80% | 853 | 51.20% | 1,665 |
Lowndes | 399 | 47.30% | 444 | 52.70% | 843 |
Macon | 59 | 38.30% | 95 | 61.70% | 154 |
Madison | 1,984 | 82.90% | 410 | 17.10% | 2,394 |
Marengo | 359 | 35.10% | 664 | 64.90% | 1,023 |
Marion | 374 | 74.50% | 138 | 25.50% | 512 |
Mobile | 424 | 48.80% | 444 | 51.20% | 868 |
Monroe | 365 | 56.80% | 210 | 32.70% | 575 |
Montgomery | 877 | 53.90% | 751 | 46.10% | 1,628 |
Morgan | 986 | 75.30% | 324 | 24.70% | 1,310 |
Perry | 425 | 35.90% | 758 | 64.10% | 1,183 |
Pickens | 728 | 56.80% | 554 | 43.20% | 1,282 |
Pike | 429 | 62.40% | 158 | 37.60% | 587 |
Randolph | 83 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 |
Russell | 41 | 34.20% | 79 | 65.80% | 120 |
St. Clair | 944 | 90.00% | 105 | 10.00% | 1,049 |
Shelby | 314 | 47.80% | 343 | 52.20% | 657 |
Sumter | 652 | 61.90% | 401 | 38.10% | 1,053 |
Talladega | 757 | 86.70% | 116 | 13.30% | 873 |
Tallapoosa | 113 | 43.80% | 145 | 56.20% | 258 |
Tuscaloosa | 1,106 | 70.30% | 468 | 29.70% | 1,574 |
Walker | 367 | 91.10% | 36 | 8.90% | 403 |
Washington | 94 | 31.10% | 204 | 67.50% | 298 |
Wilcox | 276 | 38.40% | 443 | 61.60% | 719 |
Total | 23,279 | 65.60% | 12,209 | 34.40% | 35,488 |
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