The 1831 Alabama gubernatorial election was an election held on August 1, 1831, to elect the

governor of Alabama A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...

. Jacksonian candidate John Gayle beat the incumbent Jacksonian governor

Samuel B. Moore Samuel B. Moore (1789 – November 7, 1846) was the List of Governors of Alabama, sixth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from March 3 to November 26, 1831. He was president of the Alabama Senate when Governor Gabriel Moore was elected ...

and

National Republican The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States which evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John ...

candidate Nicholas Davis with 55.01% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

*Nicholas Davis, member of the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...

1819–1820. *John Gayle, member of the

1822–1823 and 1829–1830. *Samuel B. Moore, governor of Alabama since March 1831.

Results

By county

References

Notes

Alabama gubernatorial elections

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

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