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Arthur Pendleton Bagby | |
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| U.S. Minister to Russia | |
| In office January 14, 1849 – May 14, 1849 | |
| President | James K. Polk Zachary Taylor |
| Preceded by | Ralph I. Ingersoll |
| Succeeded by | Neill S. Brown |
| 10th Governor of Alabama | |
| In office November 30, 1837 – November 22, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh McVay |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
| Member of theAlabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1821–1822 1824 1834–1836 | |
| Member of theAlabama Senate | |
| In office 1825 | |
| United States Senator fromAlabama | |
| In office November 24, 1841 – June 16, 1848 | |
| Preceded by | Clement Comer Clay |
| Succeeded by | William R. King |
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| Born | 1794 Louisa County, Virginia, US |
| Died | September 21, 1858 (aged 63–64) Mobile, Alabama, US |
| Resting place | Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794 – September 21, 1858) was[1] thetenth 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. A slaveowner, he served in theU.S. Senate from November 21, 1841, when he was elected to fill the vacancy caused byClement C. Clay's resignation, to June 16, 1848, when he resigned to become Minister toRussia from 1848 to 1849.
During his time in the Senate, he was chairman of theCommittee on Territories, theCommittee on Claims, and theCommittee on Indian Affairs. As a Senator, he supported theannexation of Texas. Bagby died in 1858 inMobile, Alabama, and he is interred inMagnolia Cemetery there.
During Bagby's administration, the country was plagued by economic depression due to thePanic 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, GovernorBenjamin Fitzpatrick.[2]
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His son,Arthur P. Bagby, Jr., was a Confederate colonel in theCivil War, who was assigned to command as a brigadier general on April 13, 1864, to rank from March 17, 1864, and as a major general on May 16, 1865, to rank from May 10, 1865, byGeneralEdmund Kirby Smith in theTrans-Mississippi Department. Neither appointment was confirmed by the Confederate Senate, which had held its final session before the major general assignment.
Bagby's first wife, Emily Steele ofGeorgia, died in 1825 and is buried inClaiborne, Alabama.
"Bagby, Arthur Pendleton".The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. 1906. p. 181.| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forGovernor of Alabama 1837,1839 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Governor of Alabama 1837–1841 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Alabama November 24, 1841 – June 16, 1848 Served alongside:William R. King andDixon H. Lewis | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | United States Ambassador to Russia June 15, 1848 – May 14, 1849 | Succeeded by |
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