List Of Governors Of Alabama

The following is a list of the territorial and state governors of Alabama.
   

Governor of Alabama Territory

William Wyatt Bibb, served 1817-1819
   

Governors of the State


ame!!Served!!Party!!Note
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Wyatt-Bibb" title="William Wyatt Bibb">William Wyatt Bibb1 1819-1820 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Bibb" title="Thomas Bibb">Thomas Bibb2 1820-1821 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Israel-Pickens" title="Israel Pickens">Israel Pickens 1821-1825 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Murphy-(Alabama)" title="John Murphy (Alabama)">John Murphy 1825-1829 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Gabriel-Moore" title="Gabriel Moore">Gabriel Moore 1829-1831 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Samuel-B.-Moore" title="Samuel B. Moore">Samuel B. Moore3 1831 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Gayle" title="John Gayle">John Gayle 1831-1835 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Clement-C.-Clay" title="Clement C. Clay">Clement C. Clay 1835-1837 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Hugh-McVay" title="Hugh McVay">Hugh McVay4 1837 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Arthur-P.-Bagby" title="Arthur P. Bagby">Arthur P. Bagby 1837-1841 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Benjamin-Fitzpatrick" title="Benjamin Fitzpatrick">Benjamin Fitzpatrick 1841-1845 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Joshua-L.-Martin" title="Joshua L. Martin">Joshua L. Martin 1845-1847 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Reuben-Chapman" title="Reuben Chapman">Reuben Chapman 1847-1849 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-W.-Collier" title="Henry W. Collier">Henry W. Collier 1849-1853 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/John-A.-Winston" title="John A. Winston">John A. Winston 1853-1857 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Andrew-B.-Moore" title="Andrew B. Moore">Andrew B. Moore 1857-1861 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Gill-Shorter" title="John Gill Shorter">John Gill Shorter 1861-1863 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-H.-Watts" title="Thomas H. Watts">Thomas H. Watts 1863-1865 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Lewis-E.-Parsons" title="Lewis E. Parsons">Lewis E. Parsons5 1865 Provisional
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-M.-Patton" title="Robert M. Patton">Robert M. Patton 1865-1867 Republican
a href="/encyclopedia/Wager-Swayne" title="Wager Swayne">Wager Swayne6 1867-1868 Military
a href="/encyclopedia/William-H.-Smith" title="William H. Smith">William H. Smith 1868-1870 Republican
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-B.-Lindsay" title="Robert B. Lindsay">Robert B. Lindsay 1870-1872 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/David-P.-Lewis" title="David P. Lewis">David P. Lewis 1872-1874 Republican
a href="/encyclopedia/George-S.-Houston" title="George S. Houston">George S. Houston 1874-1878 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Rufus-W.-Cobb" title="Rufus W. Cobb">Rufus W. Cobb 1878-1882 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-A.-O'Neal" title="Edward A. O'Neal">Edward A. O'Neal 1882-1886 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Seay" title="Thomas Seay">Thomas Seay 1886-1890 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-G.-Jones" title="Thomas G. Jones">Thomas G. Jones 1890-1894 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/William-C.-Oates" title="William C. Oates">William C. Oates 1894-1896 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Joseph-F.-Johnston" title="Joseph F. Johnston">Joseph F. Johnston 1896-1900 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/William-D.-Jelks" title="William D. Jelks">William D. Jelks7 1900 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/William-J.-Samford" title="William J. Samford">William J. Samford 1900-1901 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/William-D.-Jelks" title="William D. Jelks">William D. Jelks 1901-1907 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Russell-Cunningham" title="Russell Cunningham">Russell Cunningham8 1904-1905 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/B.-B.-Comer" title="B. B. Comer">B. B. Comer 1907-1911 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Emmet-O'Neal" title="Emmet O'Neal">Emmet O'Neal 1911-1915 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-Henderson" title="Charles Henderson">Charles Henderson 1915-1919 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Kilby" title="Thomas Kilby">Thomas Kilby 1919-1923 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/William-W.-Brandon" title="William W. Brandon">William W. Brandon 1923-1927 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-McDowell" title="Charles McDowell">Charles McDowell9 1924 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Bibb-Graves" title="Bibb Graves">Bibb Graves 1927-1931 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Benjamin-M.-Miller" title="Benjamin M. Miller">Benjamin M. Miller 1931-1935 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Bibb-Graves" title="Bibb Graves">Bibb Graves 1935-1939 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Frank-M.-Dixon" title="Frank M. Dixon">Frank M. Dixon 1939-1943 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Chauncey-Sparks" title="Chauncey Sparks">Chauncey Sparks 1943-1947 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Jim-Folsom" title="Jim Folsom">James E. Folsom Sr. 1947-1951 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Gordon-Persons" title="Gordon Persons">Gordon Persons 1951-1955 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Jim-Folsom" title="Jim Folsom">James E. Folsom Sr. 1955-1959 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Patterson" title="John Patterson">John Patterson 1959-1963 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace 1963-1967 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Lurleen-Wallace" title="Lurleen Wallace">Lurleen Wallace10 1967-1968 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Albert-Brewer" title="Albert Brewer">Albert Brewer 1968-1971 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace 1971-1979 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Jere-Beasley" title="Jere Beasley">Jere Beasley11 1972 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Fob-James" title="Fob James">Forrest H. "Fob" James Jr. 1979-1983 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace 1983-1987 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/H.-Guy-Hunt" title="H. Guy Hunt">H. Guy Hunt 1987-1993 Republican
a href="/encyclopedia/Jim-Folsom,-Jr." title="Jim Folsom, Jr.">James E. Folsom Jr.12 1993-1995 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Fob-James" title="Fob James">Forrest H. "Fob" James Jr. 1995-1999 Republican
a href="/encyclopedia/Don-Siegelman" title="Don Siegelman">Don Siegelman 1999-2003 Democratic
a href="/encyclopedia/Bob-Riley-(Alabama)" title="Bob Riley (Alabama)">Robert R. Riley 2003- Republican

Notes

  1. William Wyatt Bibb was appointed as territorial governor; he was then elected first governor in 1819.
  2. William Wyatt Bibb died in 1820, and his brother Thomas Bibb, then president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
  3. In 1831, Governor Moore was elected to the United States Senate, and Samuel Moore, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
  4. In 1837, Governor Clay was appointed to the United States Senate, and Hugh McVay, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
  5. Lewis Parsons was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.
  6. Wager Swayne was appointed military governor during Reconstruction.
  7. William Sanford was out of state for 26 days at the beginning of his term seeking medical treatment, so William D. Jelks was acting governor.
  8. Russell Cunningham was governor for nearly a year when governor William D. Jelks was out of state for medical treatment.
  9. William W. Brandon was out of state for 21 days in 1924, and since the state constitution require the lieutenant governor to act as governor if the governor is out of the state for 20 days, Charles McDowell served two days as governor.
  10. Lurleen Wallace, wife of George Wallace, died in 1968. Albert Brewer, the lieutenant governor, filled the unexpired term.
  11. While campaigning for President of the United States in 1972, George Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt. After a few months of recovery in a Maryland hospital, Wallace resumed his duties as governor. Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley served as governor for a month after Wallace had been out of the state for more than 20 days, as per the constitution.
  12. H. Guy Hunt was removed from office upon conviction of illegally using campaign and inagural funds to pay personal debts. Lieutenant Governor James E. Folsom Jr. filled the unexpired term.
Until 1845, the term of state officials was one year, from then until 1901 it was two years, and since 1901 it has been four years.

External link

The Alabama Department of Archives & History's List of Alabama Governors
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