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The 1859 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 1, 1859, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democrat Andrew B. Moore won his second term as governor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Andrew B. Moore (incumbent) | 52,786 | 72.777 | |
| Southern Rights Democrat | William F. Samford | 19,745 | 27.223 | |
| Total votes | 72,531 | 100.00 | ||
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| County | Andrew B. Moore | William F. Samford | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Autauga | 665 | 57.776 | 486 | 42.224 |
| Baldwin | 284 | 71.898 | 111 | 28.101 |
| Barbour | 1,006 | 58.693 | 708 | 41.307 |
| Bibb | 847 | 86.428 | 133 | 13.571 |
| Blount | 444 | 40.363 | 656 | 59.636 |
| Butler | 927 | 57.151 | 695 | 42.848 |
| Calhoun | 2,291 | 95.221 | 115 | 4.779 |
| Chambers | 1,040 | 51.536 | 978 | 48.464 |
| Cherokee | 1,776 | 91.973 | 155 | 8.027 |
| Clarke | 912 | 89.588 | 106 | 10.412 |
| Coffee | 715 | 70.932 | 293 | 29.068 |
| Conecuh | 534 | 66.666 | 267 | 33.333 |
| Coosa | 1,311 | 60.779 | 846 | 39.221 |
| Covington | 286 | 49.567 | 291 | 50.433 |
| Dale | 779 | 59.060 | 540 | 40.940 |
| Dallas | 913 | 76.338 | 283 | 23.662 |
| DeKalb | 1,412 | 97.988 | 29 | 2.012 |
| Fayette | 1,089 | 75.311 | 357 | 24.689 |
| Franklin | 1,424 | 79.776 | 361 | 20.224 |
| Greene | 1,013 | 100.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry | 638 | 54.623 | 530 | 45.377 |
| Jackson | 1,948 | 96.245 | 76 | 3.755 |
| Jefferson | 1,070 | 79.260 | 280 | 20.740 |
| Lauderdale | 1,174 | 93.397 | 83 | 6.603 |
| Lawrence | 783 | 86.520 | 122 | 13.480 |
| Limestone | 746 | 86.744 | 114 | 13.256 |
| Lowndes | 786 | 55.904 | 620 | 44.096 |
| Macon | 1,043 | 48.086 | 1,126 | 51.914 |
| Madison | 1,511 | 98.117 | 29 | 1.883 |
| Marengo | 815 | 75.955 | 258 | 24.045 |
| Marion | 921 | 87.714 | 129 | 12.286 |
| Marshall | 1,078 | 92.058 | 93 | 7.942 |
| Mobile | 2,047 | 61.343 | 1,290 | 38.657 |
| Monroe | 599 | 73.049 | 221 | 26.951 |
| Montgomery | 1,225 | 50.143 | 1,218 | 49.857 |
| Morgan | 1,061 | 86.120 | 171 | 13.880 |
| Perry | 1,170 | 92.636 | 93 | 7.364 |
| Pickens | 1,267 | 90.114 | 139 | 9.886 |
| Pike | 1,383 | 60.818 | 891 | 39.182 |
| Randolph | 1,423 | 74.269 | 493 | 25.731 |
| Russell | 960 | 51.696 | 897 | 48.304 |
| Shelby | 1,164 | 87.849 | 161 | 12.151 |
| St. Clair | 1,160 | 92.874 | 89 | 7.126 |
| Sumter | 620 | 84.469 | 114 | 15.531 |
| Talladega | 1,380 | 72.289 | 529 | 27.711 |
| Tallapoosa | 1,644 | 55.729 | 1,306 | 44.271 |
| Tuscaloosa | 1,185 | 72.212 | 456 | 27.788 |
| Walker | 439 | 63.623 | 251 | 36.377 |
| Washington | 230 | 83.941 | 44 | 16.059 |
| Wilcox | 632 | 77.642 | 182 | 22.358 |
| Winston | 266 | 74.510 | 91 | 25.490 |
| Total | 52,786 | 72.777 | 19,745 | 27.223 |
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