1871

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Taul Bradford becomes a Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
 * January 1:
 * Stephen Cleveland becomes Sheriff of Erie County
 * March 4:
 * Benjamin Turner becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Deaths

 * July 15:
 * Thomas Lincoln III - Son of President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1853)
 * September 6:
 * James Ferguson Dowdell - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1818)