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1835 Alabama gubernatorial election

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1835 Alabama gubernatorial election

← 1833 August 3, 1835 1837 →
 
Nominee Clement C. Clay Enoch Parsons
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 23,279 12,209
Percentage 65.44% 34.32%

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.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1835 Alabama gubernatorial election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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%

By county

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County results[3][a]
County Clement C. Clay

Democratic

Enoch Parsons

Whig

Total Votes
# % # %
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

References

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  1. ^ "Gov. Clement Comer Clay". National Governor's Association. January 17, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  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. ^ a b 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

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