| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1819-1820 |
William Wyatt Bibb |
Democrat |
Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on October 2, 1781. Governor of Alabama Territory before being elected
the
first Governor of the State of Alabama. Died, while still in office, of internal injuries after a fall from
his horse on July 10, 1820 near Coosada Station, Elmore County, Alabama. Interment at the family cemetery,
Coosada Station, Elmore County, Alabama. Bibb counties in Alabama and Georgia are named for him.
Congressional biography. |
| 1820-1821 |
Thomas Bibb |
Democrat |
Brother of William Wyatt Bibb, born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1783. President of the Senate, he
became governor upon the death of his brother Governor William Bibb on July 10, 1820. Died on September 20,
1839. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama. |
| 1821-1825 |
Israel Pickens |
Democrat |
Born near Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina on January 30, 1780. Died near Matanzas, Cuba, on April 24,
1827. Original interment at a family cemetery, Hale County, Alabama. Reinterment at City Cemetery,
Greensboro, Greensboro, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1825-1829 |
John Murphy |
Democrat |
Born in 1786 in Columbia, Robeson County, North Carolina. Died near Gosport, Clarke County, Alabama on
September 21, 1841. Interment at his plantation near Gosport, Clarke County, Alabama.
Congressional
biography. |
| 1829-1831 |
Gabriel Moore |
Democrat |
Born around 1785 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Died in Caddo, Stephens County, Texas, June 9, 1845. Interment at
a private or family graveyard, Harrison County, Texas.
Congressional biography. |
| 1831 |
Samuel B. Moore |
Democrat |
Born in 1789. Died on November 7, 1846. President of the Senate, Samuel Moore became governor, on March 30, 1931,
upon Governor Gabriel Moore's election to the U.S. Senate. Interment at Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton,
Alabama. |
| 1831-1835 |
John Gayle |
Democrat/Whig |
Born on September 11, 1792, in Sumter District, South Carolina. Died near Mobile, Alabama, on July 21, 1859.
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1835-1837 |
Clement Comer Clay |
Democrat |
Born in Halifax County, Virginia, on December 17, 1789. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, on
September 7, 1866. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1837 |
Hugh McVay |
Democrat |
Born in 1788 in South Carolina. President of the Senate, Hugh McVay became governor, on July 31, 1837, upon
Governor Clay's appointment to the U.S. Senate. Died on May 9, 1851. Interment at Moore-McVay Cemetery, Mars
Hill, Alabama. |
| 1837-1841 |
Arthur Pendleton Bagby |
Democrat |
Born in 1794 in Louisa County, Virginia. Died of Yellow Fever in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, on September 21,
1858. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1841-1845 |
Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
Democrat |
Born in Greene County, Georgia, on June 30, 1802. Died on his plantation near Wetumpka, Autauga County, Alabama,
on November 21, 1869. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1845-1847 |
Joshua Lanier Martin |
Democrat |
Born in Blount County, Tennessee, on December 5, 1799. Died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, on November
2, 1856. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1847-1849 |
Reuben Chapman |
Democrat |
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, on July 15, 1799. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
on May 16, 1882. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1849-1853 |
Henry Watkins Collier |
Democrat |
Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, on January 17, 1801. Died, of "cholera morbus" (gastroenteritis), in Bailey
Springs, Lauderdale County, Alabama, on August 28, 1855. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. |
| 1853-1857 |
John Anthony Winston |
Democrat |
Born on September 4, 1812 in Madison County, Alabama. Died in Mobile, Alabama, on December 21, 1871. Interment
at a private or family cemetery, Sumter County, Alabama. Winston County, Alabama is named for him. |
| 1857-1861 |
Andrew Barry Moore |
Democrat |
Born on March 7, 1807 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. Died on April 5, 1873. Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, near Marion, Perry County, Alabama. |
| 1861-1863 |
John Gill Shorter |
Democrat |
Born in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia, on April 23, 1818. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, on May
29, 1872. Interment at Shorter Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama. |
| 1863-1865 |
Thomas Hill Watts |
Democrat |
Born near Greenville, Butler County, Alabama, on January 3, 1819. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama,
on September 16, 1892. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1865 |
Lewis Eliphalet Parsons |
Democrat |
Born on April 28, 1817. After the Civil War, Parsons was appointed provisional governor of Alabama by President
Andrew Johnson on June 21, 1865. Died on June 8, 1895. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama. |
| 1865-1867 |
Robert Miller Patton |
Pre-War Whig |
Born on July 10, 1809, in Russell County, Virginia. Died on February 28, 1885, at Sweet Water near Florence,
Alabama. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama. |
| 1867-1868 |
Wager Swayne |
|
Born in Columbus, Ohio, on November 10, 1834. Appointed Military governor by President Andrew Johnson. Died in
New York City on December 18, 1902. |
| 1868-1870 |
William Hugh Smith |
Republican |
Born in Fayette County, Georgia, on April 28, 1826. Died in Birmingham, Alabama on January 1, 1899. Interment at
Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. |
| 1870-1872 |
Robert Burns Lindsay |
Democrat |
Born in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, July 4, 1824. Died on February 13, 1902. Interment at Winston Family
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Alabama. |
| 1872-1874 |
David Peter Lewis |
Republican |
Born in Charlotte County, Virginia, in 1820. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, on July 3, 1884.
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama. |
| 1874-1878 |
George Smith Houston |
Democrat |
Born on January 17, 1811, near Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee. Died on December 31, 1879 in Athens,
Alabama. Interment at Athens City Cemetery, Athens, Alabama. Houston County, Alabama is named for him.
Congressional biography. |
| 1878-1882 |
Rufus Wills Cobb |
Democrat |
Born on February 25, 1829, in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama. Died on November 26, 1913, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. |
| 1882-1886 |
Edward Asbury O'Neal |
Democrat |
Born on September 20, 1818, in Madison County, Alabama. Died on November 20, 1890 in Florence, Lauderdale County,
Alabama. Interment at City Cemetery, Florence, Alabama. |
| 1886-1890 |
Thomas Seay |
Democrat |
Born on November 20, 1846, near Erie in present day Hale County. Died on March 30, 1896 in Greensboro, Alabama.
Interment at City Cemetery, Greensboro, Alabama.>
|
| 1890-1894 |
Thomas Goode Jones |
Democrat |
Born in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, on November 26, 1844. Died in Montgomery, Alabama on April 28, 1914. Interment at
Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1894-1896 |
William Calvin Oates |
Democrat |
Born at Oates Cross Roads, near Troy, Pike County, Alabama on November 30, 1833/1835. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Alabama, on September 9, 1910. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1896-1900 |
Joseph Forney Johnston |
Democrat |
Born at "Mount Welcome," Lincoln County, North Carolina, on March 23, 1843. Died in Washington, D.C., on August 8,
1913. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1900 |
William Dorsey Jelks |
Democrat |
* President of the Senate, William Jelks became acting governor when Governor William Samford sought medical
treatment out-of-state during the initial days of his administration which began on December 1, 1900. Born in
Warrior Stand, then in Russell County, now in Macon County, Alabama, on November 7, 1855. Died on December 14,
1931. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama. |
| 1900-1901 |
William James Samford |
Democrat |
Born in Greenville, Georgia, on September 16, 1844. Died in office on June 11, 1901. Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Alabama. |
| 1901-1907 |
William Dorsey Jelks |
Democrat |
Born in Warrior Stand, then in Russell County, now in Macon County, Alabama, on November 7, 1855. President of
Senate, William Jelks became governor upon the death, June 11, 1901, of Governor Samford: subsequently he was
elected to a four-year term as governor. Died on December 14, 1931. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula
Alabama. |
| 1904-1905 |
Russell McWhorter Cunningham |
Democrat |
* Lieutenant Governor Russell Cunningham became acting governor during Governor Jelks' illness April 25,
1904-March 5, 1905. Born on August 25, 1855, at Mt. Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama. Died in Birmingham, Alabama
on June 6, 1921. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. |
| 1907-1911 |
Braxton Bragg Comer |
Democrat |
Born in Old Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama, on November 7, 1848. Died on August 15, 1927 in
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.
Congressional biography. |
| 1911-1915 |
Emmet O'Neal |
Democrat |
Born September 23, 1853, in Florence, Alabama. Died on September 7, 1922. Interment at City Cemetery, Florence,
Alabama. |
| 1915-1919 |
Charles Henderson |
Democrat |
Born in Pike County, Alabama, on April 26, 1860. Died on January 7, 1937. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy,
Alabama. |
| 1919-1923 |
Thomas Erby Kilby |
Democrat |
Born in Lebanon, Tennessee, on July 9, 1865. Died in Anniston, Alabama, on October 22, 1943. Interment at Highland
Cemetery Annex, Anniston, Alabama. |
| 1923-1927 |
William Woodward Brandon |
Democrat |
Born in Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, on June 5, 1868. Died on December 7, 1934 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Interment at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. |
| 1924 |
Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr. |
Democrat |
* Lieutenant Governor Charles McDowell became acting governor when Goveror Brandon spent 21 days in New York City
chairing the state delegation to the 1924 Democratic Convention. Born on October 17, 1871, in Eufaula, Barbour
County. Died ???? Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama. |
| 1927-1931 |
David Bibb Graves |
Democrat |
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Alabama, on April 1, 1873. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, on
March 14, 1942. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1931-1935 |
Benjamin Meek Miller |
Democrat |
Born in Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama, on March 3, 1864. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, on February 6,
1944. Interment at Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama. |
| 1935-1939 |
David Bibb Graves |
Democrat |
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Alabama, on April 1, 1873. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, on
March 14, 1942. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1939-1943 |
Frank Murray Dixon |
Democrat |
Born in Oakland, Alameda County, California, on July 25, 1892. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, on
October 11, 1965. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. |
| 1943-1947 |
Chauncey Sparks |
Democrat |
Born in Barbour County, Alabama, on October 8, 1884. Died in Eufaula, Alabama, on November 6, 1968. Interment at
Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama. |
| 1947-1951 |
James Elisha Folsom, Sr. |
Democrat |
Born in Coffee County, Alabama, on October 9, 1908. Died, of a heart attack, in Cullman Alabama, on November 21,
1987. Interment at Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Alabama. |
| 1951-1955 |
Seth Gordon Persons |
Democrat |
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, on February 5, 1902. Died, of a stroke, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Alabama, on May 29, 1965. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1955-1959 |
James Elisha Folsom, Sr. |
Democrat |
Born in Coffee County, Alabama, on October 9, 1908. Died, of a heart attack, in Cullman Alabama, on November 21,
1987. Interment at Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Alabama. |
| 1959-1963 |
John Malcolm Patterson |
Democrat |
Born in Goldville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, on September 27, 1921. |
| 1963-1967 |
George Corley Wallace |
Democrat |
Born in Clio, Barbour County, Alabama, on August 25, 1919. Died in Jackson Hospital, Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Alabama, on September 13, 1998. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1967-1968 |
Lurleen Burns Wallace |
Democrat |
Born on September 19, 1926, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Died on May 7, 1968. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery,
Montgomery, Alabama. Lake Lurleen in central Alabama is named in her memory. |
| 1968-1971 |
Albert Preston Brewer |
Democrat |
* Lieutenant Governor Albert Brewer became acting governor for a portion of one day as Governor Lurleen Wallace
received medical treatment out-of-state for more than 20 days. He became governor upon the death of Lurleen
Wallace on May 7, 1968. Born in Bethel Springs, McNairy County, Tennessee, on October 26, 1928. |
| 1971-1979 |
George Corley Wallace |
Democrat |
Born in Clio, Barbour County, Alabama, on August 25, 1919. Died in Jackson Hospital, Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Alabama, on September 13, 1998. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1972 |
Jere Beasley |
Democrat |
* Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley became acting governor, from June 5-July 7,1972 while Governor George Wallace
was in a Maryland hospital recovering from an assassination attempt. Born on December 12, 1935 in Tyler, Texas. |
| 1979-1983 |
Forrest Hood (Fob) James, Jr. |
Democrat |
Born in Lanett, Chambers County, Alabama, on September 15, 1934. |
| 1983-1987 |
George Corley Wallace |
Democrat |
Born in Clio, Barbour County, Alabama, on August 25, 1919. Died in Jackson Hospital, Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Alabama, on September 13, 1998. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 1987-1993 |
Harold Guy Hunt |
Republican |
Born in Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama, on June 17, 1933. Convicted in 1993 of misusing campaign and
inaugural funds to pay personal debts and removed from office as Governor. |
| 1993-1995 |
James Elisha Folsom, Jr. |
Democrat |
* Governor Jim Folsom, Jr. became governor, on April 22,1993, upon conviction of Guy Hunt for ethics violations.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, on May 14, 1948. |
| 1995-1999 |
Forrest Hood (Fob) James, Jr. |
Democrat |
Born in Lanett, Chambers County, Alabama, on September 15, 1934. |
| 1999-2003 |
Don Siegelman |
Democrat |
Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, on February 24, 1946. |
| 2003-2011 |
Robert Renfroe "Bob" Riley |
Republican |
Born in Ashland, Clay County, Alabama, on October 03, 1944. |
| 2011-2017 |
Robert J. Bentley |
Republican |
Born on February 3, 1943 in Columbiana, AL. Governor Bentley resigned in 2017 following charges related to campaign finance and a sex scandal |
| * According to the 1901 Constitution, if the governor is out of the state more than 20 days, the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor. |
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Source: Alabama Department of Archives & History, (http://www.archives.state.al.us/govslist.html), November 12, 2004
Source: The Political Graveyard, (http://www.politicalgraveyard.com), November 15, 2004 |
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