The 1831 Alabama gubernatorial election was an election held on August 1, 1831, to elect the
governor of Alabama.
Jacksonian candidate
John Gayle beat the incumbent Jacksonian governor
Samuel B. Moore 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 that evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Qu ...
candidate Nicholas Davis with 55.01% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
*Nicholas Davis, member of the
Alabama House of Representatives 1819–1820.
*John Gayle, member of the
Alabama House of Representatives 1822–1823 and 1829–1830.
*Samuel B. Moore, governor of Alabama since March 1831.
Results
By county
References
Notes
Alabama gubernatorial elections
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, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
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1831 Alabama elections
August 1831 events
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