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 November 8, 1819– July 15, 1820.
  • Thomas Bibb, July 15, 1820– November 9, 1821, as President of the Senate, succeeded his brother as Governor at his death.
• Israel Pickens, November 9, 1821– November 25, 1825
• John Murphy, November 25, 1825– November 25, 1829
• Gabriel Moore, November 25, 1829– March 3, 1831
  • 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, November 26, 1831– November 21, 1835
• Clement Comer Clay, November 21, 1835– July 17, 1837
  • 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, November 21, 1837– November 22, 1841
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick, November 22, 1841– December 10, 1845
• Joshua L. Martin, December 10, 1845– December 16, 1847
• Reuben Chapman, December 16, 1847– December 17, 1849
• Henry W. Collier, December 17, 1849– December 20, 1853
• John A. Winston, December 20, 1853– December 1, 1857
• Andrew B. Moore, December 1, 1857– December 2, 1861
• John Gill Shorter, December 2, 1861– December 1, 1863
• Thomas H. Watts, December 1, 1863– May 1865
  • Lewis E. Parsons, June 21 - December 20, 1865, appointed provisional Governor by United States occupation forces.
• Robert M. Patton, December 20, 1865– July 14, 1868
  • 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, July 14, 1868– December, 1870
• Robert B. Lindsay, December, 1870– November 26, 1872
• David P. Lewis, November 26, 1872– November 24, 1874
• George S. Houston, November 24, 1874– November 28, 1878
• Rufus Cobb, November 28, 1878– December 1, 1882
• Edward A. O'Neal, December 1, 1882– December 1, 1886
• Thomas Seay, December 1, 1886– December 1, 1890
• Thomas G. Jones, December 1, 1890– December 1, 1894
• William C. Oates, December 1, 1894– December 1, 1896
• Joseph F. Johnston, December 1, 1896– December 1, 1900
  • William D. Jelks, December 1900, served as acting Governor while Samford was hospitalized out of state prior to taking office.
• William J. Samford, December 1900– June 11, 1901
• William D. Jelks, June 11, 1901– January 14, 1907
  • Russell Cunningham, April 25, 1904– 1905, served as acting Governor while Jelks was hospitalized out of state.
• B. B. Comer, January 14, 1907– January 17, 1911
• Emmet O'Neal, January 17, 1911– January 18, 1915
• Charles Henderson, January 18, 1915– January 20, 1919
• Thomas Kilby, January 20, 1919– January 15, 1923
• William W. Brandon, January 15, 1923– January 17, 1927
  • Charles McDowell, 1924, served as acting Governor for two days while Brandon was out of state.
• Bibb Graves, January 17, 1927– January 19, 1931
• Benjamin M. Miller, January 19, 1931– January 14, 1935
• Bibb Graves, January 14, 1935– January 17, 1939
• Frank M. Dixon, January 17, 1939– January 19, 1943
• Chauncey Sparks, January 19, 1943– January 20, 1947
• Jim Folsom, Sr, January 20, 1947– January 15, 1951
• Gordon Persons, January 15, 1951– January 17, 1955
• Jim Folsom, Sr, January 17, 1955– January 19, 1959
• John Patterson, January 19, 1959– January 14, 1963
• George Wallace, January 14, 1963– January 16, 1967
• Lurleen Wallace, January 16, 1967– May 7, 1968
  • Albert Brewer, May 7, 1968– January 18, 1971, filled the unexpired term of Lurleen Wallace after her death.
• 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.
• Fob James, January 15, 1979– January 17, 1983
• George Wallace, January 17, 1983– January 19, 1987
• Guy Hunt, January 19, 1987– April 22, 1993
  • 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, January 16, 1995– January 1999
• Don Siegelman, January 1999– January 20, 2003
• Bob Riley, January 20, 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.

External links

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