Arthur P. Bagby
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10th Governor of Alabama
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| In office 1837 – 1841 |
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| Lieutenant(s) | None |
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| Preceded by | Hugh McVay |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
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U.S. Senator of Alabama
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| In office November 24, 1841 – June 16, 1848 |
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| Preceded by | Clement Comer Clay |
| Succeeded by | William R. King |
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| Born | 1794 Louisa County, Virginia |
| Died | September 21, 1858 Mobile, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794 – September 21, 1858) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1837 to 1841. Born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1794, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819, practicing in Claiborne, Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives in 1821, 1822, 1824, and 1834-1836, serving as the youngest-ever speaker in 1822 and 1836, and he served in the Alabama State Senate in 1825. He served in the U.S. Senate from November 21, 1841, when he was elected to fill the vacancy caused by Clement C. Clay's resignation, to June 16, 1848, when he resigned to become Minister to Russia from 1848 to 1849. During his time in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Territories, the Committee on Claims, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. As a Senator, he supported the annexation of Texas. Bagby died in 1858 in Mobile, Alabama, and he is interred in Magnolia Cemetery there.
His son, Arthur P. Bagby, Jr., was a Confederate general in the Civil War.
[edit] Sources
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "BAGBY, ARTHUR PENDLETON," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fba5.html (accessed October 18, 2006).
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| Preceded by Hugh McVay |
Governor of Alabama 1837 – 1841 |
Succeeded by Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
| Preceded by Clement C. Clay |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Alabama November 24, 1841 – June 16, 1848 Served alongside: William R. King and Dixon H. Lewis |
Succeeded by William R. King |
| Preceded by Ralph I. Ingersoll |
United States Ambassador to Russia June 15, 1848 – May 14, 1849 |
Succeeded by Neill S. Brown |
| Governors of Alabama |  |
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| W. Bibb • T. Bibb • Pickens • Murphy • G. Moore • S. Moore • Gayle • Clay • McVay • Bagby • Fitzpatrick • Martin • Chapman • Collier • Winston • A. Moore • Shorter • Watts • Parsons • Patton • Swayne • Smith • Lindsay • Lewis • Houston • Cobb • E.A. O'Neal • Seay • T. Jones • Oates • Johnston • Jelks • Samford • Jelks • Cunningham • Jelks • Comer • E. O'Neal • Henderson • Kilby • Brandon • McDowell • Brandon • Graves • Miller • Graves • Dixon • Sparks • Folsom Sr. • Persons • Folsom Sr. • Patterson • G. Wallace • L. Wallace • Brewer • G. Wallace • Beasley • G. Wallace • James • G. Wallace • Hunt • Folsom Jr. • James • Siegelman • Riley |
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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