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The following is a list of the territorial and state governors of [[Alabama]].
The following is a '''List of Governors of Alabama''':
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==Governor of [[Alabama Territory]]==
[[William Wyatt Bibb]], served [[1817]]-[[1819]]


==Governors of the State==
* [[William Wyatt Bibb]], appointed Governor of [[Alabama Territory]] [[1817]]-[[1819]], elected Governor of the State [[November 8]], 1819–[[July 10]], [[1820]].
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** [[Thomas Bibb]], [[July 10]], 1820–[[November 9]], [[1821]], as President of the Senate, succeeded his brother as Governor at his death.
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* [[Israel Pickens]], November 9, 1821–[[November 25]], [[1825]]
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* [[John Murphy]], November 25, 1825–November 25, [[1829]]
!Name!!Served!!Party
* [[Gabriel Moore]], November 25, 1829–[[March 3]], [[1831]]
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** [[Samuel B. Moore]], March 3 - [[November 26]], 1831, as President of the Senate, succeeded Gabriel Moore as Governor at his election to the U.S. Senate.
|[[William Wyatt Bibb]]<sup>1</sup>
* [[John Gayle]], November 26, 1831–[[November 21]], [[1835]]
|1819&ndash;[[1820]]
* [[Clement Comer Clay]], November 21, 1835–[[July 17]], [[1837]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
** [[Hugh McVay]], July 17 - [[November 21]], 1837, as President of the Senate, succeeded Clement Comer Clay as Governor at his appointment to the U.S. Senate.
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* [[Arthur P. Bagby]], November 21, 1837–[[November 22]], [[1841]]
|[[Thomas Bibb]]<sup>2</sup>
* [[Benjamin Fitzpatrick]], November 22, 1841–[[December 10]], [[1845]]
|1820&ndash;[[1821]]
* [[Joshua L. Martin]], December 10, 1845–[[December 16]], [[1847]]
|Democratic
* [[Reuben Chapman]], December 16, 1847–[[December 17]], [[1849]]
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* [[Henry Collier]], December 17, 1849–[[December 20]], [[1853]]
|[[Israel Pickens]]
* [[John A. Winston]], December 20, 1853–[[December 1]], [[1857]]
|1821&ndash;[[1825]]
* [[Andrew B. Moore]], December 1, 1857–[[December 2]], [[1861]]
|Democratic
* [[John Gill Shorter]], December 2, 1861–December 1, [[1863]]
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* [[Thomas Hill Watts]], December 1, 1863–May [[1865]]
|[[John Murphy (Alabama)|John Murphy]]
** [[Lewis Parsons]], [[June 21]]–[[December 13]], 1865, appointed provisional Governor by United States occupation forces.
|1825&ndash;[[1829]]
* [[Robert Patton]], December 13, 1865–[[July 14]], [[1868]]
|Democratic
** [[Wager Swayne]], 1867&ndash;[[1868]], as Commander of the Union District of Alabama, acted as Military Governor from 1867–[[July 24]], 1868 while Patton filled the office as a figurehead.
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* [[William H. Smith]], July 14, 1868–December, [[1870]]
|[[Gabriel Moore]]
* [[Robert Lindsay]], December, 1870–November 26, [[1872]]
|1829&ndash;[[1831]]
* [[David P. Lewis]], [[November 26]], 1872–[[November 24]], [[1874]]
|Democratic
* [[George Houston]], November 24, 1874–[[November 28]], [[1878]]
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* [[Rufus Cobb]], November 28, 1878–December 1, [[1882]]
|[[Samuel B. Moore]]<sup>3</sup>
* [[Edward O'Neal]], December 1, 1882–December 1, [[1886]]
|1831
* [[Thomas Seay]], December 1, 1886–December 1, [[1890]]
|Democratic
* [[Thomas Jones]], December 1, 1890–December 1, [[1894]]
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* [[William Oates]], December 1, 1894–December 1, [[1896]]
|[[John Gayle]]
* [[Joseph Johnston]], December 1, 1896–December 1, [[1900]]
|1831&ndash;[[1835]]
** [[William Jelks]], December 1900, served as acting Governor while Samford was hospitalized out of state prior to taking office.
|Democratic
* [[William Samford]], December 1900–[[June 11]], [[1901]]
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* William Jelks, June 11, 1901–[[January 14]], [[1907]]
|[[Clement Comer Clay|Clement C. Clay]]
** [[Russell Cunningham]], [[April 25]], [[1904]]–[[1905]], served as acting Governor while Jelks was hospitalized out of state.
|1835&ndash;[[1837]]
* [[B. B. Comer]], January 14, 1907–[[January 17]], [[1911]]
|Democratic
* [[Emmet O'Neal]], January 17, 1911–[[January 18]], [[1915]]
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* [[Charles Henderson]], January 18, 1915–[[January 18]], [[1919]]
|[[Hugh McVay]]<sup>4</sup>
* [[Thomas Kilby]], January 18, 1919–[[January 15]], [[1923]]
|1837
* [[William Brandon]], January 15, 1923–[[January 17]], [[1927]]
|Democratic
** [[Charles McDowell]], [[1924]], served as acting Governor for two days while Brandon was out of state.
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* [[Bibb Graves]], January 17, 1927–[[January 19]], [[1931]]
|[[Arthur P. Bagby]]
* [[Benjamin M. Miller]], January 19, 1931–[[January 14]], [[1935]]
|1837&ndash;[[1841]]
* Bibb Graves, January 14, 1935–January 17, [[1939]]
|Democratic
* [[Frank Dixon]], January 17, 1939–January 19, [[1943]]
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* [[Chauncey Sparks]], January 19, 1943–January 20, [[1947]]
|[[Benjamin Fitzpatrick]]
* [[Jim Folsom Sr]], January 20, 1947–January 15, [[1951]]
|1841&ndash;[[1845]]
* [[Gordon Persons]], January 15, 1951–January 17, [[1955]]
|Democratic
* Jim Folsom Sr, January 17, 1955–[[January 19]], [[1959]]
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* [[John Patterson]], January 19, 1959–[[January 14]], [[1963]]
|[[Joshua L. Martin]]
* [[George Wallace]], January 14, 1963–[[January 16]], [[1967]]
|1845&ndash;[[1847]]
* [[Lurleen Wallace]], January 16, 1967–[[May 7]], [[1968]]
|Democratic
** [[Albert Brewer]], May 7, 1968–January 18, [[1971]], filled the unexpired term of Lurleen Wallace after her death.
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* George Wallace, January 18, 1971–[[January 15]], [[1979]]
|[[Reuben Chapman]]
** [[Jere Beasley]], [[1972]], served as acting Governor while Wallace was hospitalized as a result of an assassination attempt.
|1847&ndash;[[1849]]
* [[Fob James]], January 15, 1979–[[January 17]], [[1983]]
|Democratic
* George Wallace, January 17, 1983–[[January 19]], [[1987]]
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* [[Guy Hunt]], January 19, 1987–[[April 22]], [[1993]]
|[[Henry W. Collier]]
** [[Jim Folsom Jr]], April 22, 1993–January 16, [[1995]], filled the unexpired term of Hunt after his criminal conviction of misuse of campaign funds, since overturned.
|1849&ndash;[[1853]]
* Fob James, January 16, 1995–January [[1999]]
|Democratic
* [[Don Siegelman]], January 1999–[[January 20]], [[2003]]
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* [[Bob Riley]], January 20, 2003–[[January 17]], [[2010]]
|[[John A. Winston]]
* [[Robert Bentley]], January 17, 2010–April 10, 2017
|1853&ndash;[[1857]]
** [[Kay Ivey]], April 10, 2017, filled the unexpired term of Bentley after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to the use of state resources to cover up a sexual affair.
|Democratic
* [[Kay Ivey]], January 22, 2019–present, re-elected in November 2018.
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Andrew B. Moore]]
|1857&ndash;[[1861]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[John Gill Shorter]]
|1861&ndash;[[1863]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Thomas H. Watts]]
|1863&ndash;[[1865]]
|Democratic
|-
|[[Lewis E. Parsons]]<sup>5</sup>
|1865
|Provisional
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Robert M. Patton]]
|1865&ndash;[[1867]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
|[[Wager Swayne]]<sup>6</sup>
|1867&ndash;[[1868]]
|Military
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[William H. Smith]]
|1868&ndash;[[1870]]
|Republican
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Robert B. Lindsay]]
|1870&ndash;[[1872]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[David P. Lewis]]
|1872&ndash;[[1874]]
|Republican
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[George S. Houston]]
|1874&ndash;[[1878]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Rufus Cobb]]
|1878&ndash;[[1882]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Edward A. O'Neal]]
|1882&ndash;[[1886]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Thomas Seay]]
|1886&ndash;[[1890]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Thomas G. Jones]]
|1890&ndash;[[1894]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[William C. Oates]]
|1894&ndash;[[1896]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Joseph F. Johnston]]
|1896&ndash;[[1900]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[William D. Jelks]]<sup>7</sup>
|1900
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[William J. Samford]]
|1900&ndash;[[1901]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[William D. Jelks]]
|1901&ndash;[[1907]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Russell Cunningham]]<sup>8</sup>
|[[1904]]&ndash;[[1905]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[B. B. Comer]]
|1907&ndash;[[1911]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Emmet O'Neal]]
|1911&ndash;[[1915]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Charles Henderson]]
|1915&ndash;[[1919]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Thomas Kilby]]
|1919&ndash;[[1923]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[William W. Brandon]]
|1923&ndash;[[1927]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Charles McDowell]]<sup>9</sup>
|[[1924]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Bibb Graves]]
|1927&ndash;[[1931]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Benjamin M. Miller]]
|1931&ndash;[[1935]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Bibb Graves]]
|1935&ndash;[[1939]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Frank M. Dixon]]
|1939&ndash;[[1943]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Chauncey Sparks]]
|1943&ndash;[[1947]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Jim Folsom|James E. Folsom Sr.]]
|1947&ndash;[[1951]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Gordon Persons]]
|1951&ndash;[[1955]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Jim Folsom|James E. Folsom Sr.]]
|1955&ndash;[[1959]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[John Malcom Patterson|John Patterson]]
|1959&ndash;[[1963]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[George Wallace]]
|1963&ndash;[[1967]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Lurleen Wallace]]<sup>10</sup>
|1967&ndash;[[1968]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Albert Brewer]]
|1968&ndash;[[1971]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[George Wallace]]  
|1971&ndash;[[1979]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Jere Beasley]]<sup>11</sup>
|[[1972]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Fob James|Forrest H. "Fob" James Jr.]]
|1979&ndash;[[1983]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[George Wallace]]
|1983&ndash;[[1987]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[H. Guy Hunt]]
|1987&ndash;[[1993]]
|Republican
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Jim Folsom, Jr.|James E. Folsom Jr.]]<sup>12</sup>
|1993&ndash;[[1995]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Fob James|Forrest H. "Fob" James Jr.]]
|1995&ndash;[[1999]]
|Republican
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Don Siegelman]]
|1999&ndash;[[2003]]
|Democratic
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Bob Riley (Alabama)|Robert R. Riley]]
|2003&mdash;
|Republican
|}


==Notes==
==Notes==
#William Wyatt Bibb was appointed as territorial governor; he was then elected first governor in 1819.
<small>
#William Wyatt Bibb died in 1820, and his brother Thomas Bibb, then president of the state senate, 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.</small>
#In 1831, Governor Moore was elected to the [[United States Senate]], and Samuel Moore, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
#In 1837, Governor Clay was appointed to the [[United States Senate]], and Hugh McVay, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
#Lewis Parsons was appointed provisional governor by the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] occupation.
#Wager Swayne was appointed military governor during [[Reconstruction]].
#William Samford was out of state for 26 days at the beginning of his term seeking medical treatment, so William D. Jelks was acting governor.
#Russell Cunningham was governor for nearly a year when governor William D. Jelks was out of state for medical treatment.
#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.
#Lurleen Wallace, wife of George Wallace, died in 1968. Albert Brewer, the lieutenant governor, filled the unexpired term.
#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.
#H. Guy Hunt was removed from office upon conviction of illegally using campaign and inagural funds to pay personal debts.  Lieutenant Governor [[Jim Folsom, Jr.|James E. Folsom Jr.]] filled the unexpired term. Hunt was later exonerated of all charges.


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.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:William Wyatt Bibb.jpg|[[William Wyatt Bibb|William Bibb]]
Image:Thomas Bibb.jpg|[[Thomas Bibb]]
Image:Arthur Bagby.jpg|[[Arthur Bagby]]
Image:Joshua Martin.jpg|[[Joshua Martin]]
Image:Andrew Moore.jpg|[[Andrew Moore]]
Image:William H Smith.jpg|[[William H. Smith]]
Image:Rufus Cobb.jpg|[[Rufus Cobb]]
Image:Joseph F Johnston.jpg|[[Joseph Johnston]]
Image:William Jelks.jpg|[[William Jelks]]
Image:Russell Cunningham.jpg|[[Russell Cunningham]]
Image:Braxton Bragg Comer.jpg|[[B. B. Comer]]
Image:Emmet O'Neal.jpg|[[Emmet O'Neal]]
Image:William Brandon.jpg|[[William Brandon]]
Image:Bibb Graves.jpg|[[Bibb Graves]]
Image:Frank Dixon.jpg|[[Frank Dixon]]
Image:Chauncey Sparks.jpg|[[Chauncey Sparks]]
File:James Folsom Sr.jpg|[[Jim Folsom Sr]]
Image:Gordon Persons.jpg|[[Gordon Persons]]
File:John Patterson.jpg|[[John Patterson]]
Image:George Wallace.jpg|[[George Wallace]]
Image:Lurleen Wallace portrait.jpg|[[Lurleen Wallace]]
Image:Albert Brewer.jpg|[[Albert Brewer]]
Image:Fob James.jpg|[[Fob James]]
Image:Guy Hunt.jpg|[[Guy Hunt]]
Image:Jim Folsom.jpg|[[Jim Folsom Jr]]
Image:Don Siegelman.jpg|[[Don Siegelman]]
Image:Bob Riley official portrait.jpg|[[Bob Riley]]
Image:Robert Bentley.jpg|[[Robert Bentley]]
File:Kay Ivey.jpg|[[Kay Ivey]]
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
* "List of Governors of Alabama." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 26 Aug 2006, 20:37 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 10 Sep 2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Governors_of_Alabama&oldid=72063588].
* {{Webb & Armbrester-2001}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.archives.state.al.us/govslist.html The Alabama Department of Archives & History's List of Alabama Governors]
* [http://www.archives.alabama.gov/govslist.html Alabama Governors] at archives.alabama.gov


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Latest revision as of 11:32, 27 October 2023

The following is a List of Governors of Alabama:

Notes

  1. 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.

Gallery

References

  • Webb, Samuel L. & Margaret Armbrester, eds. (2001) Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817310820

External links

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