- Arthur P. Bagby
Infobox Governor
name = Arthur Pendleton Bagby
order = 10th
office = Governor of Alabama
term_start = 1837
term_end = 1841
lieutenant = None
predecessor =Hugh McVay
successor =Benjamin Fitzpatrick
birth_date = 1794
birth_place =Louisa County, Virginia
death_date = death date|1858|9|21|mf=y
death_place =Mobile, Alabama
party = Democrat
spouse =
profession =
religion =
order4 = U.S. Senator of
office4 = Alabama
term_start4 =November 24 ,1841
term_end4 =June 16 ,1848
lieutenant2 =
predecessor4 =Clement Comer Clay
successor4 =William R. King Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794ndash
September 21 ,1858 ) was the Democratic Governor of theU.S. state ofAlabama from 1837 to 1841. Born inLouisa County, Virginia in 1794, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819, practicing inClaiborne, Alabama . He was a member of theAlabama 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 theAlabama State Senate in 1825. He served in the U.S. Senate fromNovember 21 1841 , when he was elected to fill the vacancy caused byClement C. Clay 's resignation, toJune 16 1848 , when he resigned to become Minister toRussia 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 theannexation of Texas . Bagby died in 1858 inMobile, Alabama , and he is interred in Magnolia Cemetery there.His son,
Arthur P. Bagby, Jr. , was a Confederate general in the Civil War. His first wife, Emily Steele of Georgia, died in 1825, and is buried inClaiborne, Alabama .References
*CongBio|B000030 Retrieved on
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*Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "BAGBY, ARTHUR PENDLETON," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fba5.html (accessed October 18, 2006).External links
*findagrave|6406671 Retrieved on
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* [http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_bagbya.html Alabama Department of Archives and History]
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