List of Governors of Alabama

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The following is a list of the territorial and state governors of Alabama.

Contents 1 Governor of Alabama Territory 2 Governors of the State 3 Notes 4 Living former Governors 5 External links

[edit] Governor of Alabama Territory

William Wyatt Bibb, served 1817-1819

[edit] Governors of the State

Name	Served	Party
William Wyatt Bibb[1]	1819–1820	Democratic
Thomas Bibb[2]	1820–1821	Democratic
Israel Pickens	1821–1825	Democratic
John Murphy	1825–1829	Democratic
Gabriel Moore	1829–1831	Democratic
Samuel B. Moore[3]	1831	Democratic
John Gayle	1831–1835	Democratic
Clement C. Clay	1835–1837	Democratic
Hugh McVay[4]	1837	Democratic
Arthur P. Bagby	1837–1841	Democratic
Benjamin Fitzpatrick	1841–1845	Democratic
Joshua L. Martin	1845–1847	Democratic
Reuben Chapman	1847–1849	Democratic
Henry W. Collier	1849–1853	Democratic
John A. Winston	1853–1857	Democratic
Andrew B. Moore	1857–1861	Democratic
John Gill Shorter	1861–1863	Democratic
Thomas H. Watts	1863–1865	Democratic
Lewis E. Parsons[5]	1865	Provisional
Robert M. Patton	1865–1867	Republican
Wager Swayne[6]	1867–1868	Military
William H. Smith	1868–1870	Republican
Robert B. Lindsay	1870–1872	Democratic
David P. Lewis	1872–1874	Republican
George S. Houston	1874–1878	Democratic
Rufus W. Cobb	1878–1882	Democratic
Edward A. O'Neal	1882–1886	Democratic
Thomas Seay	1886–1890	Democratic
Thomas G. Jones	1890–1894	Democratic
William C. Oates	1894–1896	Democratic
Joseph F. Johnston	1896–1900	Democratic
William D. Jelks[7]	1900	Democratic
William J. Samford	1900–1901	Democratic
William D. Jelks	1901–1907	Democratic
Russell Cunningham[8]	1904–1905	Democratic
B. B. Comer	1907–1911	Democratic
Emmet O'Neal	1911–1915	Democratic
Charles Henderson	1915–1919	Democratic
Thomas Kilby	1919–1923	Democratic
William W. Brandon	1923–1927	Democratic
Charles McDowell[9]	1924	Democratic
Bibb Graves	1927–1931	Democratic
Benjamin M. Miller	1931–1935	Democratic
Bibb Graves	1935–1939	Democratic
Frank M. Dixon	1939–1943	Democratic
Chauncey Sparks	1943–1947	Democratic
James E. Folsom Sr.	1947–1951	Democratic
Gordon Persons	1951–1955	Democratic
James E. Folsom Sr.	1955–1959	Democratic
John Patterson	1959–1963	Democratic
George Wallace	1963–1967	Democratic
Lurleen Wallace[10]	1967–1968	Democratic
Albert Brewer	1968–1971	Democratic
George Wallace	1971–1979	Democratic
Jere Beasley[11]	1972	Democratic
Forrest H. "Fob" James Jr.	1979–1983	Democratic
George Wallace	1983–1987	Democratic
H. Guy Hunt	1987–1993	Republican
James E. Folsom Jr.[12]	1993–1995	Democratic
Forrest H. "Fob" James Jr.	1995–1999	Republican
Don Siegelman	1999–2003	Democratic
Robert R. Riley	2003—	Republican

[edit] Notes

1. ^ William Wyatt Bibb was appointed as territorial governor; he was then elected first governor in 1819.
2. ^ William Wyatt Bibb died in 1820, and his brother Thomas Bibb, then president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
3. ^ In 1831, Governor Moore was elected to the United States Senate, and Samuel Moore, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
4. ^ In 1837, Governor Clay was appointed to the United States Senate, and Hugh McVay, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
5. ^ Lewis Parsons was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.
6. ^ Wager Swayne was appointed military governor during Reconstruction.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ Russell Cunningham was governor for nearly a year when governor William D. Jelks was out of state for medical treatment.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ Lurleen Wallace, wife of George Wallace, died in 1968. Albert Brewer, the lieutenant governor, filled the unexpired term.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ H. Guy Hunt was removed from office upon conviction of illegally using campaign and inaugural funds to pay personal debts. Lieutenant Governor 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.

[edit] Living former Governors

1. John Malcolm Patterson
2. Albert Brewer
3. Fob James
4. H. Guy Hunt
5. Jim Folsom, Jr.
6. Don Siegelman

[edit] External links

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

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