Arthur P. Bagby
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Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794 – September 21, 1858) was the tenth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1837 to 1841.[1] He was a Democrat.
Biography
Born in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1794, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819, practicing in Claiborne, Alabama.
Political career
State House and Senate
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.
Panic of 1837 and Governorship
During Bagby's administration, the country was plagued by economic depression due to the Panic of 1837. Bagby introduced measures to assist the state banks, but the state legislature rejected most measures. All the state banks were closed by Bagby's successor, Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick.[2]
US Senate
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.
During his time in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Territories, and the Committee on Indian Affairs, and a member of the Committee on Claims. As a Senator, he supported the annexation of Texas.
Minister of Russia
He then resigned to become Minister to Russia from 1848 to 1849.
Personal life
Bagby's first wife, Emily Steele of Georgia, died in 1825 and is buried in Claiborne, Alabama. Bagby died in 1858 in Mobile, Alabama and he was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
References
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Sources
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- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. Template:ISBN. p. 588.
- Craig H. Roell: Bagby, Arthur Pendleton from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
External links
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- Alabama Department of Archives and History Template:Webarchive
- Address of His Excellency Governor Bagby, when inducting into office the president of the University of Alabama; together with the address of the president, Rev. Basil Manly. Delivered in the Rotunda, on commencement day, December 6, 1837, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Ferguson & Eaton, Printers, 1838. From the University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama.
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