Arthur P. Bagby

Arthur Pendleton Bagby (* 1794 in Louisa County, Virginia; † September 21, 1858 in Mobile, Alabama ) was a Democratic politician in the United States. He was a U.S. Senator and the 10th Governor of Alabama.

Early years

Arthur Bagby, son of Captain James Bagby and Mary Jones, received a liberal education and settled down in 1818 in Alabama. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819. Later he worked as a trial lawyer. He decided to pursue a career in politics, and was elected in the years 1821, 1822 and 1824 and from 1834 to 1836 in the House of Representatives from Alabama. He held the office of Speaker twice, he 1822 and 1836. Moreover, in 1825 was in the Senate from Alabama.

Policy

Bagby was elected as the successor of Hugh McVay on 7 August 1837 10th Governor of Alabama. His swearing-in ceremony was held on 30 November 1837. His tenure was marked by major financial problems, a disastrous drought, and the Panic of 1837, which paralyzed Alabama's economy. Furthermore, the Supreme Court was reorganized, the debtors' prison was abolished and the Judson College was opened. It also has two different Indian problems were solved: The Cherokee were relocated from Alabama to their new home in the west and the Choctaw were their land east of the Mississippi to Alabama from what retaliatory measures and attacks on the white settlers in southern Alabama to be. Bagby was re-elected on August 5, 1839 for a second term. He resigned on November 22, 1841 from his office as governor, to enter the U.S. Senate, where he served until 1846 then.

Further CV

He was also a 1846-1849 Envoy of the United States in Russia. Then he returned to Alabama, where he was appointed in 1852 in the Committee for establishing the State laws. In 1856 he ended his political activities and moved to Mobile, where he died on 21 September 1858 yellow fever. He was buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile. He was twice married: by Emily Steele and Anne Elizabeth Connell. The result of these compounds were nine children.