John Gayle (Alabama politician)

John Gayle
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 byZachary Taylor
Preceded byWilliam Crawford
Succeeded byWilliam Giles Jones
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Preceded byEdmund Strother Dargan
Succeeded byWilliam J. Alston
7th Governor of Alabama
In office
November 26, 1831 – November 21, 1835
Preceded bySamuel B. Moore
Succeeded byClement Comer Clay
Personal details
BornJohn Gayle
(1792-09-11)September 11, 1792
DiedJuly 21, 1859(1859-07-21) (aged 66)
Resting placeMagnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)
PartyWhig
EducationUniversity of South Carolina
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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.