1837 Alabama gubernatorial election

1837 Alabama gubernatorial election
August 7, 1837
	County results; Bagby: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Oliver: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Unknown/No Vote:
Governor before election; Hugh McVay; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Arthur P. Bagby; Democratic

The 1837 Alabama gubernatorial election was an election held on August 7, 1837, to elect the governor of Alabama. Democratic candidate Arthur P. Bagby beat Anti-Van Buren candidate Samuel W. Oliver with 54.79% of the vote.

General election

Arthur P. Bagby, Member of the Alabama House of Representatives 1834–1836.^[1]
Samuel W. Oliver, Member of the Alabama House of Representatives, Speaker of the House 1832–1835.^[2]

1837 Alabama gubernatorial election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Arthur P. Bagby	24,419	54.79%	−10.65%
	Anti-Van Buren Democrat	Samuel W. Oliver	20,152	45.21%	+45.21%
Total votes			44,571	100%	N/A
	Democratic hold

↑ "BAGBY, Arthur Pendleton (1794-1858)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
↑ Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1897. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1898. p. 1009.
↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. p. 4. ISBN 9780786414390.