Election Name: | 1823 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Country: | Alabama |
Flag Year: | 1819 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1821 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1821 |
Next Election: | 1825 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1825 |
Election Date: | August 4, 1823 |
Nominee1: | Israel Pickens |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 13,069 |
Percentage1: | 55.85% |
Nominee2: | Henry H. Chambers |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 10,331 |
Percentage2: | 44.15% |
Map Size: | 170px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Israel Pickens |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Israel Pickens |
After Party: | National Republican Party |
The 1823 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on August 4, 1823, to elect the governor of Alabama. Democratic-Republican incumbent Israel Pickens defeated fellow Democratic-Republican Henry H. Chambers with 55.85% of the vote. Pickens and Chambers had both contested the 1821 election as Democratic-Republicans as well.
Israel PickensDemocratic-Republican | Henry H. ChambersDemocratic-Republican | Total votes | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | |||||
Autauga | 556 | 81.6% | 125 | 18.4% | 681 | |
Baldwin | 75 | 58.1% | 54 | 41.9% | 129 | |
Bibb | 458 | 68.6% | 210 | 31.4% | 668 | |
Blount | 165 | 31.9% | 353 | 68.1% | 518 | |
Butler | 291 | 96.4% | 11 | 3.6% | 302 | |
Chambers | 513 | 89.8% | 58 | 10.2% | 571 | |
Clarke | 513 | 89.8% | 51 | 10.2% | 564 | |
Conecuh | 479 | 71.9% | 187 | 28.1% | 666 | |
Covington | 75 | 98.7% | 1 | 1.3% | 76 | |
Dallas | 766 | 77.5% | 223 | 22.5% | 989 | |
Franklin | 209 | 72.6% | 79 | 27.4% | 288 | |
Greene | 903 | 92.6% | 72 | 7.4% | 975 | |
Henry | 178 | 60.1% | 118 | 39.9% | 296 | |
Jackson & Decatur | 438 | 36.1% | 776 | 63.9% | 1,214 | |
Jefferson | 434 | 49.2% | 449 | 50.8% | 883 | |
Lauderdale | 463 | 47.0% | 633 | 53.0% | 1,096 | |
Lawrence | 462 | 32.3% | 969 | 67.7% | 1,431 | |
Limestone | 177 | 12.7% | 1,212 | 87.3% | 1,389 | |
Madison | 849 | 35.3% | 1,554 | 64.7% | 2,403 | |
Marengo | 392 | 89.7% | 45 | 10.3% | 437 | |
Marion | 376 | 92.2% | 32 | 7.8% | 408 | |
Mobile | 239 | 65.3% | 127 | 34.7% | 366 | |
Monroe | 829 | 80.5% | 201 | 19.5% | 1,030 | |
Montgomery | 758 | 77.3% | 222 | 22.7% | 980 | |
Morgan | 197 | 21.9% | 704 | 78.1% | 901 | |
Pickens | 178 | 72.1% | 69 | 27.9% | 247 | |
Pike | 79 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 79 | |
Perry | 655 | 95.8% | 29 | 4.2% | 684 | |
St. Clair | 419 | 65.2% | 224 | 34.8% | 643 | |
Shelby | 181 | 35.5% | 329 | 64.5% | 220 | |
Tuscaloosa | 575 | 43.1% | 760 | 56.9% | 1,335 | |
Washington | 254 | 73.6% | 91 | 26.4% | 345 | |
Wilcox | 444 | 88.4% | 58 | 11.6% | 502 | |
Totals | 13,580 | 57.5% | 10,033 | 42.5% | 23,613 |