1861 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 1861 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 5, 1861, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democrat John Gill Shorter won his first term as governor.

Candidates

Democratic Party

• John Gill Shorter, deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

Whig Party

• Thomas H. Watts, 3rd Confederate States Attorney General

Election

Statewide

References