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 10, 1820.
- Thomas Bibb, July 10, 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— January 17, 2010
Robert Bentley, January 17, 2010—