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The following is a '''List of Governors of Alabama''':
The following is a '''List of Governors of Alabama''':


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


==Note==
==Notes==
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>
# 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>
 
==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==
* {{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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