1821 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 1821 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1821, to elect the third governor of Alabama. Democratic-Republican candidate Israel Pickens defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Henry H. Chambers with 57.43% of the vote.

1821 Alabama gubernatorial election

← 1819 August 6, 1821 1823 →

Nominee Israel Pickens Henry H. Chambers Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 9,616 7,129 Percentage 57.43% 42.57%

County results Pickens:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Chambers:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90% Unknown/No Vote:

Governor before election Thomas Bibb Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Israel Pickens Democratic-Republican

General election

Candidates

• Israel Pickens, US Representative for North Carolina 1811–1817
• Henry H. Chambers, Delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention and Alabama House member in 1820

Results

1821 Alabama gubernatorial election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Israel Pickens	9,616	57.43%
	Democratic-Republican	Henry H. Chambers	7,129	42.57%
Majority			2,487	14.85%
Turnout			16,745

County Results

County results

County	Israel Pickens Democratic-Republican		Henry Chambers Democratic-Republican		Total votes
	#	%	#	%
Autagua	330	64.1%	185	35.9%	515
Baldwin	98	51.5%	96	48.5%	194
Bibb	215	42.8%	287	57.2%	502
Blount & Jefferson	510	47.4%	566	52.6%	1,076
Butler & Conecuh	569	93.6%	39	6.4%	608
Clarke	569	93.1%	42	6.9%	611
Dallas	454	53.6%	393	46.4%	847
Franklin	329	56.5%	253	43.5%	612
Greene & Marengo	713	89.2%	86	10.8%	799
Jackson	392	38.5%	625	61.5%	1,017
Lauderdale	308	54.4%	258	45.6%	566
Lawrence	516	51.8%	481	48.2%	997
Limestone	169	16.0%	886	84.0%	1,055
Madison	948	44.8%	1,168	55.2%	2,116
Marion	158	90.8%	16	9.2%	174
Mobile	89	48.9%	93	51.1%	182
Monroe	931	89.8%	106	10.2%	1,037
Montgomery	531	71.1%	216	28.9%	747
Morgan	408	52.7%	316	47.3%	724
Perry	314	84.9%	56	15.1%	370
St. Clair	359	68.5%	165	31.5%	524
Shelby	59	19.0%	251	81.0%	310
Tuscaloosa	716	65.5%	377	34.5%	1,093
Washington	245	52.5%	222	47.5%	467
Totals[a]	9,616	57.4%	7,129	42.6%	16,745

Notes

1. Dubin notes that three newly created counties (Henry, Pickens, and Wilcox) do not have any returned ballots. It is possible that those returns were included in the returns of their neighboring counties.^[1]