John Winston

John Anthony Winston (born September 4, 1812 in Madison County; died December 21, 1871 in Mobile) was the 15th Governor of Alabama, from 1853 to 1857, and the first to have been born in the state.

He was a son of William and Mary Cooper Winston of Tuscumbia. He married his first cousin, Mary Agness Jones on August 7, 1832 in Madison County.

They had one daughter, Mary Agnes. He was sent to Washington D.C. in January 1867, having been elected to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate, but was prevented from taking his seat due to Reconstruction.

Winston died in December 1871 in Mobile and is buried in a family cemetery near Gainesville in Sumter County.