Arthur P. Bagby

Arthur Pendleton Bagby
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
10thGovernor 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
Personal details
Born	1794 Louisa County, Virginia,US
Died	September 21, 1858 (aged 63–64) Mobile, Alabama,US
Political party	Democratic

Arthur Pendleton Bagby(1794 – September 21, 1858) wasthetenth Governorof theU.S. stateofAlabamafrom 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 Representativesin 1821, 1822, 1824, and 1834–1836, serving as the youngest-ever speaker in 1822 and 1836, and he served in theAlabama State Senatein 1825. A slaveowner, he served in theU.S. Senatefrom 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 toRussiafrom 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 Cemeterythere.

Panic of 1837

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.

Arthur P. Bagby, Jr.

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 Smithin 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.

Sources

• United States Congress."Arthur P. Bagby (id: B000030)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Retrieved on 2008-08-10
• Eicher, John H., andDavid J. Eicher,Civil War High Commands.Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001.ISBN0-8047-3641-3.p. 588.
• Craig H. Roell:Bagby, Arthur Pendletonfrom theHandbook of TexasOnline.Retrieved December 23, 2008.

External links

• United States Congress."Arthur P. Bagby (id: B000030)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• "Arthur P. Bagby".Find a Grave.Retrieved2008-08-10.
• Alabama Department of Archives and HistoryArchived2017-01-03 at theWayback Machine
• Address of His Excellency Governor Bagby, when inducting into office the president of the University of Alabama; together with the address of the president, Rev. Basil Manly. Delivered in the Rotunda, on commencement day, December 6, 1837,Tuscaloosa, Ala., Ferguson & Eaton, Printers, 1838. From the University Libraries Division of Special Collections,The University of Alabama.