1863 Alabama gubernatorial election

none January 2025 1863 Alabama gubernatorial election Democratic Party (United States) John Gill Shorter Whig Party (United States) Thomas Hill Watts Governor 28,221 presidential Whig Party (United States) Thomas Hill Watts .5 Thomas Hill Watts 1860s.jpg 71.71% Democratic Party (United States) John Gill Shorter .5 John Gill Shorter.jpg 9,664 24.56% 1863 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county (Whig color).svg 170px County resultsWatts: #FED463 50-60% #FE9929 60-70% #EC7014 70-80% #CC4C02 80-90% #8C2D04 >90%Shorter: #8da9e2 50-60% #678cd7 60-70% #4170cd 70-80% #244079 >90% #808080 Returns Rejected August 3, 1863 no 1865 1865 Alabama gubernatorial election 1861 1861 Alabama gubernatorial election The 1863 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 3, 1863Thomas Hill Watts https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-hill-watts/ National Governors Association 11 January 2024 17 January 2011 during the American Civil War in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Whig Thomas Hill Watts won his first term as governor.Watts, Thomas Hill https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/thomas-hill-watts-1863-65/ Encyclopedia of Alabama Alabama Humanities Alliance 11 January 2024 Background Watts and Shorter had faced each other before in the prior 1861 election, and the fervent secessionist Shorter won easily while enthusiasm for the American Civil War was still high.Yearns W. Buck The Confederate Governors 1985 University of Georgia Press 21-30 However, as the war progressed, the economic and military situation deteriorated rapidly, with local anti-Confederate rebellions breaking out across the state, and many civilians facing destitution. Under these conditions, Shorter was defeated in his bid for reelection. Candidates Whig Party Thomas H. Watts, 3rd Confederate States Attorney General Democratic Party John Gill Shorter, Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States; incumbent 17th Governor of AlabamaShorter, John Gill https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-gill-shorter-1861-63/ Encyclopedia of Alabama Alabama Humanities Alliance 11 January 2024 James F. Dowdell, member of the House of Representatives from Alabama, 1853–1859; colonel in the Confederate ArmyDowdell, James Ferguson https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/james-ferguson-dowdell/ Encyclopedia of Alabama Alabama Humanities Alliance 11 January 2024 Election Statewide 1863 Alabama gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 The Official Results by State and County Michael J Dubin 2014 McFarland 9780786456468 Whig Whig Party (United States) Thomas Hill Watts 28,221 71.71 +29.08 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) John Gill Shorter 9,664 24.56 -32.81 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) James F. Dowdell 1,371 3.74 +3.74 39,256 100.00 Whig Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References collapsed Category:Politics of the Confederate States of America Category:1860s Alabama elections Category:1863 in the Confederate States of America Category:1863 United States gubernatorial elections