John Gayle (Alabama politician)
John Gayle | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| In office March 13, 1849 – July 21, 1859 | |
| Appointed by | Zachary Taylor |
| Preceded by | William Crawford |
| Succeeded by | William Giles Jones |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Strother Dargan |
| Succeeded by | William J. Alston |
| 7th Governor of Alabama | |
| In office November 26, 1831 – November 21, 1835 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel B. Moore |
| Succeeded by | Clement Comer Clay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Gayle September 11, 1792 |
| Died | July 21, 1859 (aged 66) |
| Resting place | Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama) |
| Party | Whig |
| Education | University of South Carolina read law |
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John Gayle (September 11, 1792 – July 21, 1859) was the seventh governor of Alabama, a United States representative from Alabama, a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.