Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794 – September 21, 1858) was[1] the tenth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1837 to 1841.
Born in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1794, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819, practicing in Claiborne, Alabama.
All the state banks were closed by Bagby's successor, Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick.
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 of Georgia, died in 1825 and is buried in Claiborne, Alabama.