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| − | | William Wyatt Bibb | + | | [[William Wyatt Bibb]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1817-1820<ref>William Wyatt Bibb was the governor of the Territory of Alabama from 1817-1819.</ref> | | 1817-1820<ref>William Wyatt Bibb was the governor of the Territory of Alabama from 1817-1819.</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Thomas Bibb | + | | [[Thomas Bibb]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1820-1821 | | 1820-1821 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Israel Pickens | + | | [[Israel Pickens]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1821-1825 | | 1821-1825 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | John Murphy | + | | [[John Murphy]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1825-1829 | | 1825-1829 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Gabriel Moore | + | | [[Gabriel Moore]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1829-1831 | | 1829-1831 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Samuel B. Moore | + | | [[Samuel B. Moore]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1831 | | 1831 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | John Gayle | + | | [[John Gayle]] |
| Democrat/Whig | | Democrat/Whig | ||
| 1831-1835 | | 1831-1835 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Clement Comer Clay | + | | [[Clement Comer Clay]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1835-1837 | | 1835-1837 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Hugh McVay | + | | [[Hugh McVay]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1837 | | 1837 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Arthur Pendleton Bagby | + | | [[Arthur Pendleton Bagby]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1837-1841 | | 1837-1841 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Benjamin Fitzpatrick | + | | [[Benjamin Fitzpatrick]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1841-1845 | | 1841-1845 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Josua Lanier Martin | + | | [[Josua Lanier Martin]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1845-1847 | | 1845-1847 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Reuben Chapman | + | | [[Reuben Chapman]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1847-1849 | | 1847-1849 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Henry Watkins Collier | + | | [[Henry Watkins Collier]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1849-1853 | | 1849-1853 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | John Anthony Winston | + | | [[John Anthony Winston]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1853-1857 | | 1853-1857 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Andrew Barry Moore | + | | [[Andrew Barry Moore]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1857-1861 | | 1857-1861 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | John Gill Shorter | + | | [[John Gill Shorter]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1861-1863 | | 1861-1863 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Thomas Hill Watts | + | | [[Thomas Hill Watts]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1863-1865 | | 1863-1865 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Lewis Eliphalet Parsons | + | | [[Lewis Eliphalet Parsons]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1865 | | 1865 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Robert Miller Patton | + | | [[Robert Miller Patton]] |
| Pre-war Whig | | Pre-war Whig | ||
| 1865-1867 | | 1865-1867 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Wager Swayne | + | | [[Wager Swayne]] |
| | | | ||
| 1867-1868 | | 1867-1868 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Willian Hugh Smith | + | | [[Willian Hugh Smith]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1868-1870 | | 1868-1870 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Robert Burns Lindsay | + | | [[Robert Burns Lindsay]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1870-1872 | | 1870-1872 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | David Peter Lewis | + | | [[David Peter Lewis]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1872-1874 | | 1872-1874 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | George Smith Houston | + | | [[George Smith Houston]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1874-1878 | | 1874-1878 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Rufus Wills Cobb | + | | [[Rufus Wills Cobb]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1878-1882 | | 1878-1882 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Edward Asbury O'Neil | + | | [[Edward Asbury O'Neil]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1882-1886 | | 1882-1886 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Thomas Seay | + | | [[Thomas Seay]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1886-1890 | | 1886-1890 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Thomas Goode Jones | + | | [[Thomas Goode Jones]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1890-1894 | | 1890-1894 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | William Calvin Oates | + | | [[William Calvin Oates]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1894-1896 | | 1894-1896 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Joseph Forney Johnston | + | | [[Joseph Forney Johnston]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1896-1900 | | 1896-1900 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | William Dorsey Jelks | + | | [[William Dorsey Jelks]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1900, 1901-1907 | | 1900, 1901-1907 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | William James Sanford | + | | [[William James Sanford]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1900-1901 | | 1900-1901 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Russell McWhorter Cunningham | + | | [[Russell McWhorter Cunningham]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1904-1905 | | 1904-1905 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Braxton Bragg Comer | + | | [[Braxton Bragg Comer]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1907-1911 | | 1907-1911 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Emmet O'Neal | + | | [[Emmet O'Neal]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1911-1915 | | 1911-1915 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Charles Henderson | + | | [[Charles Henderson]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1915-1919 | | 1915-1919 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Thomas Erby Kilby | + | | [[Thomas Erby Kilby]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1919-1923 | | 1919-1923 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | William Woodward Brandon | + | | [[William Woodward Brandon]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1923-1927 | | 1923-1927 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr. | + | | [[Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr.]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1924 | | 1924 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | David Bibb Graves<ref>Bibb Graves was an [[Exalted Cyclops]] of [[Ku Klux Klan]]</ref> | + | | [[David Bibb Graves]]<ref>David Bibb Graves was an [[Exalted Cyclops]] of [[Ku Klux Klan]]</ref> |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| − | | | + | | 1927–1931, 1935-1939 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Benjamin Meek Miller | + | | [[Benjamin Meek Miller]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1931-1935 | | 1931-1935 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Frank Murray Dixon | + | | [[Frank Murray Dixon]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1939-1943 | | 1939-1943 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Chauncey Sparks | + | | [[Chauncey Sparks]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1943-1947 | | 1943-1947 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | James Elisha Folsom, Jr. | + | | [[James Elisha Folsom, Jr.]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| − | | | + | | 1947–1951, 1955-1959 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Seth Gordon Persons | + | | [[Seth Gordon Persons]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1951-1955 | | 1951-1955 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | John Malcolm Patterson | + | | [[John Malcolm Patterson]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1959-1963 | | 1959-1963 | ||
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| [[George Wallace|George Corley Wallace]] | | [[George Wallace|George Corley Wallace]] | ||
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| − | | | + | | 1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983-1987 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Lurleen Burns Wallace | + | | [[Lurleen Burns Wallace]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1967-1968 | | 1967-1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Albert Preston Brewer | + | | [[Albert Preston Brewer]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1968-1971 | | 1968-1971 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Jere Beasley | + | | [[Jere Beasley]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1972 | | 1972 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Forrest Hood (Fob) James, Jr. | + | | [[Forrest Hood (Fob) James, Jr.]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| − | | | + | | 1979–1983, 1995-1999 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Harold Guy Hunt | + | | [[Harold Guy Hunt]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| 1987-1993 | | 1987-1993 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | James Elisha Folsom, Jr. | + | | [[James Elisha Folsom, Jr.]] |
| Democrat | | Democrat | ||
| 1993-1995 | | 1993-1995 | ||
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| 2003-2011 | | 2003-2011 | ||
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| − | | Robert J. Bentley | + | | [[Robert J. Bentley]] |
| Republican | | Republican | ||
| − | | | + | | 2011–2017 |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Kay Ivey]] | ||
| + | | Republican | ||
| + | | 2017–present | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:42, May 28, 2021
A list of governors from the state of Alabama.[1]
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| William Wyatt Bibb | Democrat | 1817-1820[2] |
| Thomas Bibb | Democrat | 1820-1821 |
| Israel Pickens | Democrat | 1821-1825 |
| John Murphy | Democrat | 1825-1829 |
| Gabriel Moore | Democrat | 1829-1831 |
| Samuel B. Moore | Democrat | 1831 |
| John Gayle | Democrat/Whig | 1831-1835 |
| Clement Comer Clay | Democrat | 1835-1837 |
| Hugh McVay | Democrat | 1837 |
| Arthur Pendleton Bagby | Democrat | 1837-1841 |
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Democrat | 1841-1845 |
| Josua Lanier Martin | Democrat | 1845-1847 |
| Reuben Chapman | Democrat | 1847-1849 |
| Henry Watkins Collier | Democrat | 1849-1853 |
| John Anthony Winston | Democrat | 1853-1857 |
| Andrew Barry Moore | Democrat | 1857-1861 |
| John Gill Shorter | Democrat | 1861-1863 |
| Thomas Hill Watts | Democrat | 1863-1865 |
| Lewis Eliphalet Parsons | Democrat | 1865 |
| Robert Miller Patton | Pre-war Whig | 1865-1867 |
| Wager Swayne | 1867-1868 | |
| Willian Hugh Smith | Republican | 1868-1870 |
| Robert Burns Lindsay | Democrat | 1870-1872 |
| David Peter Lewis | Republican | 1872-1874 |
| George Smith Houston | Democrat | 1874-1878 |
| Rufus Wills Cobb | Democrat | 1878-1882 |
| Edward Asbury O'Neil | Democrat | 1882-1886 |
| Thomas Seay | Democrat | 1886-1890 |
| Thomas Goode Jones | Democrat | 1890-1894 |
| William Calvin Oates | Democrat | 1894-1896 |
| Joseph Forney Johnston | Democrat | 1896-1900 |
| William Dorsey Jelks | Democrat | 1900, 1901-1907 |
| William James Sanford | Democrat | 1900-1901 |
| Russell McWhorter Cunningham | Democrat | 1904-1905 |
| Braxton Bragg Comer | Democrat | 1907-1911 |
| Emmet O'Neal | Democrat | 1911-1915 |
| Charles Henderson | Democrat | 1915-1919 |
| Thomas Erby Kilby | Democrat | 1919-1923 |
| William Woodward Brandon | Democrat | 1923-1927 |
| Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr. | Democrat | 1924 |
| David Bibb Graves[3] | Democrat | 1927–1931, 1935-1939 |
| Benjamin Meek Miller | Democrat | 1931-1935 |
| Frank Murray Dixon | Democrat | 1939-1943 |
| Chauncey Sparks | Democrat | 1943-1947 |
| James Elisha Folsom, Jr. | Democrat | 1947–1951, 1955-1959 |
| Seth Gordon Persons | Democrat | 1951-1955 |
| John Malcolm Patterson | Democrat | 1959-1963 |
| George Corley Wallace | Democrat | 1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983-1987 |
| Lurleen Burns Wallace | Democrat | 1967-1968 |
| Albert Preston Brewer | Democrat | 1968-1971 |
| Jere Beasley | Democrat | 1972 |
| Forrest Hood (Fob) James, Jr. | Democrat | 1979–1983, 1995-1999 |
| Harold Guy Hunt | Republican | 1987-1993 |
| James Elisha Folsom, Jr. | Democrat | 1993-1995 |
| Don Siegelman | Democrat | 1999-2003 |
| Bob Riley | Republican | 2003-2011 |
| Robert J. Bentley | Republican | 2011–2017 |
| Kay Ivey | Republican | 2017–present |
Further reading
- Stewart, John Craig. The Governors of Alabama. Gretna, La.: Pelican, 1975. 232 pp.
- Webb, Samuel L. and Armbrester, Margaret E., eds. Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State. Tuscaloosa: U. of Alabama Pr., 2001. 289 pp.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.netstate.com/states/government/al_formergov.htm
- ↑ William Wyatt Bibb was the governor of the Territory of Alabama from 1817-1819.
- ↑ David Bibb Graves was an Exalted Cyclops of Ku Klux Klan
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