Due to the death of the Democratic-Republican Clark candidate Matthew Talbot, Jacksonian Troup candidate John Forsyth won in a landslide against a divided opposition.

[1][2] The first political divisions in the state fell along the lines of personal support for outstanding leaders in their struggle for power.

[2][4] At the same time, Duncan G. Campbell, one of the U.S. commissioners responsible for the Treaty of Indian Springs, was brought forward by his friends for the race but later dropped out.

[3] Other candidates who attempted to run included Freeman Walker, McDonald, and Alfred Cuthbert.

In its ashes rose the Union party, a product of the forces of liberal democracy that brought white manhood suffrage and popular elections in the 1800s.