1861 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 1861 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 5, 1861, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democrat John Gill Shorter won his first term as governor.

Candidates

[Democratic [Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]

John Gill Shorter, deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

Whig Party">Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party

Thomas H. Watts, 3rd Confederate States Attorney General