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Revision as of 11:16, 10 September 2006
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.
- Thomas Bibb, 1820–1821, as President of the Senate, succeeded his brother as Governor at his death.
- Israel Pickens, 1821–1825
- John Murphy, |1825–1829
- Gabriel Moore, 1829–1831
- Samuel B. Moore, 1831, as President of the Senate, succeeded Gabriel Moore as Governor at his election to the U. S. Senate.
- John Gayle, 1831–1835
- Clement Comer Clay, 1835–1837
- Hugh McVay, 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
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick, 1841–1845
- Joshua L. Martin, 1845–1847
- Reuben Chapman, 1847–1849
- Henry W. Collier, 1849–1853
- John A. Winston, 1853–1857
- Andrew B. Moore, 1857–1861
- John Gill Shorter, 1861–1863
- Thomas H. Watts, 1863–1865
- Lewis E. Parsons, 1865, appointed provisional Governor by United States occupation forces.
- Robert M. Patton, 1865–1867
- Wager Swayne, 1867–1868, appointed Military Governor during Reconstruction
- William H. Smith, 1868–1870
- Robert B. Lindsay, 1870–1872
- David P. Lewis, 1872–1874
- George S. Houston, 1874–1878
- Rufus Cobb, 1878–1882
- Edward A. O'Neal, 1882–1886
- Thomas Seay, 1886–1890
- Thomas G. Jones, 1890–1894
- William C. Oates, 1894–1896
- Joseph F. Johnston, 1896–1900
- William D. Jelks, 1900, served as acting Governor while Samford was hospitalized out of state prior to taking office.
- William J. Samford, 1900–1901
- William D. Jelks, 1901–1907
- Russell Cunningham, 1904–1905, served as acting Governor while Jelks was hospitalized out of state.
- B. B. Comer, 1907–1911
- Emmet O'Neal, 1911–1915
- Charles Henderson, 1915–1919
- Thomas Kilby, 1919–1923
- William W. Brandon, 1923–1927
- Charles McDowell, 1924, served as acting Governor for two days while Brandon was out of state.
- Bibb Graves, 1927–1931
- Benjamin M. Miller, 1931–1935
- Bibb Graves, 1935–1939
- Frank M. Dixon, 1939–1943
- Chauncey Sparks, 1943–1947
- Jim Folsom, Sr, 1947–1951
- Gordon Persons, 1951–1955
- Jim Folsom, Sr, 1955–1959
- John Patterson, 1959–1963
- George Wallace, 1963–1967
- Lurleen Wallace, 1967–1968
- Albert Brewer, 1968–1971, filled the unexpired term of Lurleen Wallace after her death.
- George Wallace, 1971–1979
- Jere Beasley, 1972, served as acting Governor while Wallace was hospitalized as a result of an assassination attempt.
- Fob James, 1979–1983
- George Wallace, 1983–1987
- Guy Hunt, 1987–1993
- Jim Folsom, Jr, 1993–1995, filled the unexpired term of Hunt after his criminal conviction of misuse of campaign funds, since overturned.
- Fob James, 1995–1999
- Don Siegelman, 1999–2003
- Bob Riley, 2003—
Note
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.