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===State of Alabama=== [[File:Seal of the Governor-Elect of Alabama.svg|thumb|right|150px|Seal for use by the [[President-elect|governor-elect]]]] [[File:Flag of the Governor of Alabama (1868β1939).svg|thumb|right|150px|[[Flags of governors of the U.S. states|Governor's flag]] before 1939]] Alabama was [[Admission to the Union|admitted to the Union]] on December 14, 1819.<ref>{{usstat|3|489}}, {{usstat|3|608}}</ref> It seceded from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] on January 11, 1861,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States |url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091739/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |publisher=[[University of Houston]]}}</ref> and was a founding member of the [[Confederate States of America]] on February 4, 1861.<ref>[http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html#p1 Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820151934/http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/19conf/19conf.html |date=August 20, 2016 }}, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> Following the end of the [[American Civil War]], Alabama during [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]] was part of the [[Third Military District]], which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Alabama was readmitted to the Union on July 14, 1868.<ref>Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: {{usstat|15|73}}. Proclamation of Alabama's ratification: {{usstat|15|704}}.</ref> The first [[Constitution of Alabama|Alabama Constitution]], ratified in 1819, provided that a governor be elected every two years, limited to serve no more than 4 out of every 6 years. This limit remained in place until the constitution of 1868, which simply allowed governors to serve terms of two years. The current constitution of 1901 increased terms to four years, but prohibited governors from succeeding themselves. An amendment in 1968 allowed governors to succeed themselves once; a governor serving two consecutive terms can run again after waiting out the next term.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=28}} The constitution had no set date for the commencement of a governor's term until 1901, when it was set at the first Monday after the second Tuesday in the January following an election. However, the [[Supreme Court of Alabama|Alabama Supreme Court]] ruled in 1911 that a governor's term ends at midnight at the end of Monday, and the next governor's term begins the next day, regardless of if they were sworn in on Monday.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=28}}<ref name="oberhaus" /> The office of [[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama|lieutenant governor]] was created in 1868, abolished in 1875, and recreated in 1901. According to the current constitution, should the governor be out of the state for more than 20 days, the lieutenant governor becomes [[acting governor]], and if the office of governor becomes vacant the lieutenant governor ascends to the governorship.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=29β30}} The governor and the lieutenant governor are elected at the same time but not on the same ticket. Alabama was a strongly [[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]] state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] and Democratic parties. It had two [[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]] governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 112 years passed before voters chose another Republican. Since 2002, the state has continuously elected Republicans to the governorship. {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:center;" |+ Governors of the State of Alabama !scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}} !scope="colgroup" colspan="4"|Governor !scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col"|Party !scope="col"|Election !scope="colgroup" colspan=2|[[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama|Lt. Governor]]{{efn|The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1868, abolished in 1875, and recreated in 1901.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=29β30}}}}{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}<ref name="adah-lt" /> |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|1 |data-sort-value="Bibb, William"|[[File:William Wyatt Bibb.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}; border-bottom: none;"| |'''[[William Wyatt Bibb]]'''<br>{{Small|(1781β1820)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=5}}{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=1β2}}<ref name="nga-bibb-william" /><ref name="al-bibb-william" /> |{{dts|November 9, 1819}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1st sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1819/HJ_1819/page/n57 59], accessed September 25, 2023</ref><br />–<br />July 10, 1820<br />{{small|(died in office)}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=1}} |[[1819 Alabama gubernatorial election|1819]] |colspan="2" rowspan="30" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Office did not exist'' |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|2 |data-sort-value="Bibb, Thomas"|[[File:Governor Thomas Bibb.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Thomas Bibb]]'''<br>{{Small|(1783β1839)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=5β6}}<ref name="nga-bibb-thomas">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Bibb |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-bibb/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-bibb-thomas">{{Cite web |last=Dupre |first=Daniel S. |date=May 27, 2021 |title=Thomas Bibb (1820-21) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1531 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|July 10, 1820}}{{efn|William Wyatt Bibb died on July 10, 1820.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 16, 1820 |title=Died |work=Hillsborough Recorder |location=[[Hillsborough, North Carolina]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/33761662/william_w_bibb_died/ |access-date=July 11, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Multiple sources state that Thomas Bibb did not succeed him until either July 15{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=2}} or July 25.<ref name="adah" /> It is unknown if this was the formal inauguration, or if a vacancy existed in the office; it is assumed that succession was automatic, as per the constitution, and that Thomas Bibb's term began on July 10.}}<br />–<br />November 9, 1821<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="al-bibb-thomas" /> |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />president of<br />the Senate}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|3 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Pickens, Israel"|[[File:Pickensisrael.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Israel Pickens]]'''<br>{{Small|(1780β1827)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=6β7}}<ref name="nga-pickens">{{Cite web |title=Israel Pickens |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/israel-pickens/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-pickens">{{Cite web |last=Dupre |first=Daniel S. |date=June 9, 2021 |title=Israel Pickens (1821-25) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1912 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 9, 1821}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 3rd sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1821/HJ_1821_11_12/page/n27 29], accessed July 27, 2023</ref><br />–<br />November 25, 1825<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1819 constitution, governors were limited to no more than four years out of every term of six years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1819 Ala. Const. art. IV, Β§ 4 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27AL%27&CID=116&art=4&sec=4&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br />Republican]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=1}} |[[1821 Alabama gubernatorial election|1821]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1823 Alabama gubernatorial election|1823]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|4 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Murphy, John"|[[File:John murphy.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}; border-top: none; padding: .2em .2em !important;"| |rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}; border-bottom: none; padding: .2em .2em !important;"| |rowspan="2"|'''[[John Murphy (Alabama politician)|John Murphy]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|d.|died in}} 1841)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=7}}<ref name="nga-murphy">{{Cite web |title=John Murphy |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-murphy/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-murphy">{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Hugh C. |date=June 7, 2021 |title=John Murphy (1825-29) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1466 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 25, 1825}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 7th sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1825-1826/HJ_1825_1826/page/n23/ 24], accessed July 27, 2023</ref><br />–<br />November 21, 1829<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Jackson<br />Democrat]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=2}} |[[1825 Alabama gubernatorial election|1825]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1827 Alabama gubernatorial election|1827]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|5 |data-sort-value="Moore, Gabriel"|[[File:Gabrielmoore.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Gabriel Moore]]'''<br>{{Small|(1785β1844)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=8}}<ref name="nga-moore-gabriel">{{Cite web |title=Gabriel Moore |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/gabriel-moore/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-moore-gabriel">{{Cite web |last=Amos Doss |first=Harriet E. |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Gabriel Moore (1829-31) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2004 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|November 21, 1829}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 11th sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1829-1830/HJ_1829_1830/page/n31 33], accessed July 27, 2023</ref><br />–<br />March 3, 1831<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Moore resigned, having been [[1831 United States Senate election in Alabama|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="nga-moore-gabriel" />}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Jackson<br />Democrat]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=2}} |[[1829 Alabama gubernatorial election|1829]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|6 |data-sort-value="Moore, Samuel"|[[File:No image.svg|75px]] |'''[[Samuel B. Moore]]'''<br>{{Small|(1789β1846)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=8β9}}<ref name="nga-moore-samuel">{{Cite web |title=Samuel B. Moore |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-b-moore/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-moore-samuel">{{Cite web |last=McDaniel |first=Mary Jane |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Samuel B. Moore (1831) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1532 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|March 3, 1831}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1831-03-31 |title=none | quote=On the 3d instant, Gabriel Moore, Governor of the State of Alabama and United States' Senator elect, resigned his office as Governor into the hands of Samuel B. Moore, of Jackson County, President of the Senate... |page=3 |work=The North-Carolina Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-north-carolina-star-samuel-moore-suc/128974801/ |access-date=2023-07-27}}</ref><br />–<br />November 26, 1831<br />{{small|(lost election)}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Jackson<br />Democrat]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />president of<br />the Senate}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|7 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Gayle, John"|[[File:John Gayle Portrait.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[John Gayle (Alabama politician)|John Gayle]]'''<br>{{Small|(1792β1859)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=9β10}}<ref name="nga-gayle">{{Cite web |title=John Gayle |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-gayle/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-gayle">{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Sarah Woolfoolk |date=June 1, 2021 |title=John Gayle (1831-35) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1167 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 26, 1831}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 13th sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1831-1832/HJ_1831_1832/page/n37/ 38], accessed July 27, 2023</ref><br />–<br />November 21, 1835<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |[[Democratic-Republican Party|Jackson<br />Democrat]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=3}} |[[1831 Alabama gubernatorial election|1831]] |- style="height:2em;" |colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}; border-top: none;"| |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=3}} |[[1833 Alabama gubernatorial election|1833]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|8 |data-sort-value="Clay, Clement"|[[File:Clement Comer Clay.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Clement Comer Clay]]'''<br>{{Small|(1789β1866)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=10}}<ref name="nga-clay">{{Cite web |title=Clement Comer Clay |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/clement-comer-clay/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-clay">{{Cite web |last=Thornton, J. Mills |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Clement Comer Clay (1835-37) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1496 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|November 21, 1835}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 17th sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1835-1836/HJ_1835_1836/page/n29 30], accessed July 27, 2023</ref><br />–<br />July 17, 1837{{efn|Sources disagree on the exact date McVay succeeded Clay, with the [[Alabama Department of Archives and History]] and [[National Governors Association]] mentioning both July 16, 1837, and July 17, though July 17 is used more prominently. However, the earliest contemporary news report of Clay's resignation is August 6.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1837-08-15 |title=By the Southern Express |page=2 |work=New York Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117223611/mcvay-becomes-acting-governor/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Clay did not take office in the Senate until September 4.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 25th Cong., 1st sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsj&fileName=027/llsj027.db&recNum=4 5], accessed September 25, 2023.</ref>|name=date-1837-07}}<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Clay resigned, having been [[1837 United States Senate special election in Alabama|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="nga-clay" />}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=3}} |[[1835 Alabama gubernatorial election|1835]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|9 |data-sort-value="McVay, Hugh"|[[File:Hugh McVay.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Hugh McVay]]'''<br>{{Small|(1766β1851)}}<br />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=10β11}}<ref name="nga-mcvay">{{Cite web |title=Hugh McVay |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/hugh-mcvay/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-mcvay">{{Cite web |last=McDaniel |first=Mary Jane |date=June 4, 2021 |title=Hugh McVay (1837) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1462 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|July 17, 1837}}{{efn|name=date-1837-07}}<br />–<br />November 21, 1837<br />{{small|(successor took office)}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />president of<br />the Senate}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|10 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bagby, Arthur"|[[File:Arthur bagby.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Arthur P. Bagby]]'''<br>{{Small|(1794β1858)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=11}}<ref name="nga-bagby">{{Cite web |title=Athur Pendleton Bagby |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/arthur-pendleton-bagby/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-bagby">{{Cite web |last=McDaniel |first=Mary Jane |date=August 20, 2018 |title=Arthur P. Bagby (1837-41) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1446 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 21, 1837}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1837 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-senate-journal-1837/SJ_1837_11_12/page/n33/ 36], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />November 22, 1841<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=4}} |[[1837 Alabama gubernatorial election|1837]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1839 Alabama gubernatorial election|1839]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|11 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Fitzpatrick, Benjamin"|[[File:Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Ala - NARA - 528657.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Benjamin Fitzpatrick]]'''<br>{{Small|(1802β1869)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=12}}<ref name="nga-fitzpatrick">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Fitzpatrick |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-fitzpatrick/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-fitzpatrick">{{Cite web |last=Thornton |first=J. Mills |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1841-45) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1404 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 22, 1841}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1841 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1841/HJ_1841_11_12/page/n99/ 101], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 9, 1845<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|pp=4β5}} |[[1841 Alabama gubernatorial election|1841]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1843 Alabama gubernatorial election|1843]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|12 |data-sort-value="Martin, Joshua"|[[File:Gov. Joshua L. Martin.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (United States)}};"| |'''[[Joshua L. Martin]]'''<br>{{Small|(1799β1856)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=12β13}}<ref name="nga-martin">{{Cite web |title=Joshua Lanier Martin |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joshua-lanier-martin/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-martin">{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Hugh C. |date=June 4, 2021 |title=Joshua L. Martin (1845-47) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2005 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 9, 1845}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1845 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1845-1846/HJ_1845_1846/page/n55/ 57], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 16, 1847<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|One contemporary source states Martin withdrew in the final days of the election,<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1847 |title=none | quote=Gov. Martin, the Independent Democratic candidate for Governor of Alabama, has retired from the contest... |work=Washington Telegraph |location=[[Washington, Arkansas]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/33796112/martin_withdraws_from_1847_election/ |access-date=July 12, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> but the major sources state he simply did not run.}} |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]{{efn|Sources sometimes label Martin as an "Independent Democrat".{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}}{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=5}}}} |[[1845 Alabama gubernatorial election|1845]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|13 |data-sort-value="Chapman, Reuben"|[[File:Governor Reuben Chapman.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="8" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[Reuben Chapman]]'''<br>{{Small|(1799β1882)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=13β14}}<ref name="nga-chapman">{{Cite web |title=Reuben Chapman |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/reuben-chapman/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-chapman">{{Cite web |last=Mayfield |first=John |date=May 27, 2021 |title=Reuben Chapman (1847-49) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 16, 1847}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1847–1848 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1847-1848/HJ_1847_1848/page/n67/ 69], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 17, 1849<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1849-06-22 |title=Nomination for Governor |pages=2 |work=Daily State Guard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-state-guard-nomination-for-governo/136767506/ |access-date=2023-12-13}}</ref> |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=5}} |[[1847 Alabama gubernatorial election|1847]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|14 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Collier, Henry"|[[File:Governor Henry Watkins Collier.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Henry W. Collier]]'''<br>{{Small|(1801β1855)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=14}}<ref name="nga-collier">{{Cite web |title=Henry Watkins Collier |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-watkins-collier/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-collier">{{Cite web |last=Atkins |first=Leah Rawls |date=December 13, 2017 |title=Henry W. Collier (1849-53) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1467 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 17, 1849}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1849–1850 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1849-1850/HJ_1849_1850/page/n195/ 196], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 20, 1853<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=6}} |[[1849 Alabama gubernatorial election|1849]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1851 Alabama gubernatorial election|1851]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|15 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Winston, John"|[[File:John A. Winston.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[John A. Winston]]'''<br>{{Small|(1812β1871)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=14β15}}<ref name="nga-winston">{{Cite web |title=John Anthony Winston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-anthony-winston/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-winston">{{Cite web |last=Barney |first=William L. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=John A. Winston (1853-57) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1621 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 20, 1853}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1853–1854 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1853-1854/HJ_1853_1854/page/n221/ 220], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1857<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|pp=7β8}} |[[1853 Alabama gubernatorial election|1853]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1855 Alabama gubernatorial election|1855]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|16 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Moore, Andrew"|[[File:Andrew B. Moore.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Andrew B. Moore]]'''<br>{{Small|(1807β1873)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=15β16}}<ref name="nga-moore-andrew">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Barry Moore |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/andrew-barry-moore/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-moore-andrew">{{Cite web |last=Atkins |first=Leah Rawls |date=September 30, 2014 |title=Andrew B. Moore (1857-61) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1454 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1857}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1857–1858 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1857-1858/HJ_1857_1858/page/n151/ 153], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 2, 1861<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1819}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=8}} |[[1857 Alabama gubernatorial election|1857]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1859 Alabama gubernatorial election|1859]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|17 |data-sort-value="Shorter, John"|[[File:John Gill Shorter.jpg|75px]] |'''[[John Gill Shorter]]'''<br>{{Small|(1818β1872)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=16}}<ref name="nga-shorter">{{Cite web |title=John Gill Shorter |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-gill-shorter/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-shorter">{{Cite web |last=McKiven |first=Henry M. Jr. |date=May 14, 2021 |title=John Gill Shorter (1861-63) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1468 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 2, 1861}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1861 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1861/HJ_1861_2nd/page/n205/ 207], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1863<br />{{small|(lost election)}}<ref name="al-shorter" /> |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1861 Alabama gubernatorial election|1861]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|18 |data-sort-value="Watts, Thomas"|[[File:Thomas Hill Watts 1860s.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[Thomas H. Watts]]'''<br>{{Small|(1819β1892)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=17}}<ref name="nga-watts">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Hill Watts |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-hill-watts/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-watts">{{Cite web |last=McKiven |first=Henry M. Jr. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=Thomas Hill Watts (1863-65) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1630 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 1, 1863}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1863 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1863/HJ_1863/page/n197/ 199], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />May 3, 1865{{efn|Modern sources disagree on when Watts was removed and arrested, but contemporary news sources report he was arrested on May 3, 1865.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 1865 |title=The Latest by Telegraph |work=Leavenworth Times |location=[[Leavenworth, Kansas]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/33764121/watts_arrested/ |access-date=July 11, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 30, 1865 |title=Gov. Watts Arrested |work=The Daily Progress |location=[[Raleigh, North Carolina]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/33764163/the_daily_progress/ |access-date=July 11, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>|name=date-1865-05}}<br />{{small|(arrested and removed)}}{{efn|Watts was arrested by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces soon after the [[American Civil War]] ended; he was released a few weeks later.<ref name="nga-watts" /><ref name="al-watts" />}} |[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1863 Alabama gubernatorial election|1863]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|β |style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="4"|''Vacant'' |''{{dts|May 3, 1865}}{{efn|name=date-1865-05}}<br />–<br />June 21, 1865'' |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Office vacated<br />after [[American Civil War|civil war]]}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|19 |data-sort-value="Parsons, Lewis"|[[File:Lewis E. Parsons - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"| |'''[[Lewis E. Parsons]]'''<br>{{Small|(1817β1895)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=17β18}}<ref name="nga-parsons">{{Cite web |title=Lewis Eliphalet Parsons |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/lewis-eliphalet-parsons/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-parsons">{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Sarah Woolfolk |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Lewis Eliphalet Parsons (1865) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1169 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|June 21, 1865}}<ref>[https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/44206 "President Johnson appoints Lewis E. Parsons, Sr. as provisional governor of Alabama,"] House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 13, 1865<br />{{small|(successor took office)}} |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Provisional governor<br>appointed by President}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|20 |data-sort-value="Patton, Robert"|[[File:Robert patton.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Robert M. Patton]]'''<br>{{Small|(1809β1885)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=18β19}}<ref name="nga-patton">{{Cite web |title=Robert Miller Patton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-miller-patton/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-patton">{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=William Warren |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Robert M. Patton (1865-67) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2006 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 13, 1865}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1865–1866 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1865-1866/HJ_1865_1866/page/n149/ 151], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />July 13, 1868{{efn|Sources, even contemporary reporting, disagree on when Smith succeeded Patton. Modern sources tend to say Patton left office on July 24, 1868,<ref name="nga-patton" /><ref name="al-patton" /> but older sources place it on July 12,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-07-15 |title=General News |page=3 |work=Iowa County Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117225116/meade-removes-patton-as-governor/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |quote=Gen. Meade has issued orders appointing ... Wm. H. Smith to be Governor of Alabama, vice Patton removed, and A.J. Poplegate[sic] Lieutenant Governor, to take effect July 12th. |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> July 13,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-07-14 |title=Governor of Alabama Inaugurated |page=3 |work=The Daily Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117225184/governor-of-alabama-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |quote=July 13 — Gov. Smith and Lieut. Gov. Applegate were sworn in to-day. |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-07-14 |title=Alabama |page=5 |work=New York Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117225551/installation-of-state-officers-and/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |quote=Governor Smith and Lieutenant Governor Applegate were sworn in to-day as provisional officers. |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> or July 14.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=19}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-07-22 |title=Alabama |page=2 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/117225288/meade-removes-lt-gov-of-alabama/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |quote=I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your order of 14th inst., removing me from the office of Secretary of State... |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> As news tended to link Smith taking office with the passage of the 14th amendment, which occurred on July 13,<ref>{{usstat|15|705}}</ref> that date is used.|name=date-1868}}<br />{{small|(did not run)}} |[[Nonpartisanism|Nonpartisan]]{{efn|The 1865 election was non-partisan;{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=18β19}}{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=6}} politically, Patton was a Whig.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}}}} |[[1865 Alabama gubernatorial election|1865]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|β |data-sort-value="Swayne, Wager"|[[File:WSwayne.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Wager Swayne]]'''<br>{{Small|(1834β1902)}}<br><ref name="al-swayne">{{Cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Michael W. |date=June 28, 2013 |title=Wager T. Swayne |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1465 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |''{{dts|March 2, 1867}}{{efn|The date given for Swayne is the date of the first [[Reconstruction Act]], which placed Alabama into the [[Third Military District]]; all references only say "March 1867"<ref name="nga-patton" /> and when the Reconstruction Acts were passed.<ref name="al-patton" />}}<br />–<br />January 11, 1868''<br />{{small|(removed)}}{{efn|In December 1867, President [[Andrew Johnson]] ordered the removal of Major General Swayne. He was replaced on January 11, 1868, by Major General Julius Hayden.<ref name="al-swayne" />}} |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Military occupation}}{{efn|The [[United States Congress]] stripped Patton of most of his authority in March 1867, after which time the state was effectively under the control of Major General Swayne.<ref name="nga-patton" />|name=swayne}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|21 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Smith, William"|[[File:William Hugh Smith.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|'''[[William Hugh Smith]]'''<br>{{Small|(1826β1899)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=19}}<ref name="nga-smith">{{Cite web |title=William Hugh Smith |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-hugh-smith/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-smith">{{Cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Michael W. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=William Hugh Smith (1868-1870) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2007 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|July 13, 1868}}{{efn|name=date-1868}}<br />–<br />November 26, 1870{{efn|Lindsay was sworn into office on November 26, 1870, but Smith refused to leave his seat for two weeks, claiming Lindsay was fraudulently elected; he finally left office on December 8, when a court so ordered.<ref>{{Cite book |last=White |first=James Terry |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalcyclopa00whitgoog/page/n460 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |publisher=James T. White & Company |year=1900 |page=435 |access-date=January 18, 2008}}</ref>|name=elect-1870}}<br />{{small|(lost election)}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |rowspan="2"|[[1868 Alabama gubernatorial election|1868]] |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Andrew J.|Applegate}}<br />{{small|(died August 21, 1870)}} |- style="height:2em;" |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant'' |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|22 |data-sort-value="Lindsay, Robert"|[[File:Robert B. Lindsay.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[Robert B. Lindsay]]'''<br>{{Small|(1824β1902)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=19β20}}<ref name="nga-lindsay">{{Cite web |title=Robert Burns Lindsay |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-burns-lindsay/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-lindsay">{{Cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Michael W. |date=June 3, 2021 |title=Robert Burns Lindsay (1870-72) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1445 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|November 26, 1870}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1870–1871 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1870-1871/HJ_1870_1871/page/n29/ 31], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />November 25, 1872<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="al-lindsay" /> |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1870 Alabama gubernatorial election|1870]]{{efn|name=elect-1870}} |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Edward H.|Moren}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|23 |data-sort-value="Lewis, David"|[[File:David P. Lewis.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[David P. Lewis]]'''<br>{{Small|(1820β1884)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=20β21}}<ref name="nga-lewis">{{Cite web |title=David Peter Lewis |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-peter-lewis/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-lewis">{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Sarah Woolfolk |date=June 3, 2021 |title=David P. Lewis (1872-74) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1170 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|November 25, 1872}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 26, 1872 |title=Politics in Alabama |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |location=[[Baltimore]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/33775772/alabama_governor_lewis_inaugurated/ |access-date=July 28, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1872-11-28 |title=none |pages=2 |work=The Tuskaloosa Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tuskaloosa-gazette-lewis-takes-oath/136737760/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |quote=D. P. Lewis qualified for Governor of Alabama on the 25th inst., by taking the oath of office in the Executive Chamber}}</ref><br />–<br />November 24, 1874<br />{{small|(lost election)}} |[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1872 Alabama gubernatorial election|1872]] |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Alexander|McKinstry}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|24 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Houston, George"|[[File:George S. Houston - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="39" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|'''[[George S. Houston]]'''<br>{{Small|(1811β1879)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=21}}<ref name="nga-houston">{{Cite web |title=George Smith Houston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-smith-houston/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-houston">{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=William Warren |date=June 2, 2021 |title=George S. Houston (1874-78) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1511 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 24, 1874}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1874–1875 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1874-1875/HJ_1874_1875/page/n55/ 56], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />November 27, 1878<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Houston was instead [[1878β79 United States Senate elections|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="al-houston" />}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1874 Alabama gubernatorial election|1874]] |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Robert F.|Ligon}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[1876 Alabama gubernatorial election|1876]] |colspan="2" rowspan="15" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Office did not exist'' |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|25 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Cobb, Rufus"|[[File:Rufus W. Cobb.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Rufus W. Cobb]]'''<br>{{Small|(1829β1913)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=21β22}}<ref name="nga-cobb">{{Cite web |title=Rufus Willis Cobb |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/rufus-willis-cobb/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-cobb">{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Robert David |date=November 13, 2016 |title=Rufus W. Cobb (1878-82) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1451 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|November 27, 1878}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1878–1879 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1878-1879/HJ_1878_1879/page/n149/ 151], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1882<br />{{small|(did not run)}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1878 Alabama gubernatorial election|1878]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1880 Alabama gubernatorial election|1880]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|26 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="O'Neal, Edward"|[[File:Edward A. O'Neal.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Edward A. O'Neal]]'''<br>{{Small|(1818β1890)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=22β23}}<ref name="nga-oneal-edward">{{Cite web |title=Edward Asbury O'Neal |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-asbury-oneal/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-oneal-edward">{{Cite web |last=McDaniel |first=Mary Jane |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Edward A. O'Neal (1882-86) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1459 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1882}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1882–1883 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-senate-journal-1882-1883/SJ_1882_Nov_1883_Feb/page/n153/ 155], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1886<br />{{small|(did not run)}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1882 Alabama gubernatorial election|1882]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1884 Alabama gubernatorial election|1884]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|27 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Seay, Thomas"|[[File:GOVTHOMASSEAY.JPG|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Thomas Seay]]'''<br>{{Small|(1846β1896)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=23}}<ref name="nga-seay">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Seay |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-seay/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-seay">{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Robert David |date=March 4, 2020 |title=Thomas Seay (1886-90) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1533 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1886}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1886–1887 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-senate-journal-1886-1887/SJ_1886_Nov_1887_Feb/page/n191/ 194], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1890<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Seay instead [[1890β91 United States Senate elections|ran unsuccessfully]] for the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="al-seay" />}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1886 Alabama gubernatorial election|1886]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1888 Alabama gubernatorial election|1888]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|28 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Jones, Thomas"|[[File:Thomas Goode Jones.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Thomas G. Jones]]'''<br>{{Small|(1844β1914)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=24}}<ref name="nga-jones">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Goode Jones |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-goode-jones/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-jones">{{Cite web |last=Pruitt |first=Paul McWhorter Jr. |date=June 3, 2021 |title=Thomas Goode Jones (1890-94) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1463 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1890}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1890–1891 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-senate-journal-1890-1891/SJ_1890_Nov_1891_Feb/page/n183/ 186], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1894<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="al-jones" /> |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1890 Alabama gubernatorial election|1890]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1892 Alabama gubernatorial election|1892]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|29 |data-sort-value="Oates, William"|[[File:Governor William Calvin Oates.jpg|75px]] |'''[[William C. Oates]]'''<br>{{Small|(1835β1910)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=24β25}}<ref name="nga-oates">{{Cite web |title=William Calvin Oates |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-calvin-oates/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-oates">{{Cite web |last=Pruitt |first=Paul McWhorter Jr. |date=June 8, 2021 |title=William Calvin Oates (1894-96) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1410 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 1, 1894}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1894–1895 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1894-1895/HJ_1894_1895/page/n251/ 254], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1896<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="al-oates" /> |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1894 Alabama gubernatorial election|1894]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|30 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Johnston, Joseph"|[[File:Joseph F Johnston-photo portrait.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Joseph F. Johnston]]'''<br>{{Small|(1843β1913)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=25β26}}<ref name="nga-johnston">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Forney Johnston |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-forney-johnston/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-johnston">{{Cite web |last=Perman |first=Michael |date=June 2, 2021 |title=Joseph F. Johnston (1896-1900) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1534 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 1896}}<ref>Ala. General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 1896–1897 sess., [https://archive.org/details/alabama-house-journal-1896-1897/HJ_1896_1897/page/n365/ 368], accessed July 28, 2023</ref><br />–<br />December 1, 1900<br />{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Johnston instead [[1900β01 United States Senate elections|ran unsuccessfully]] for the [[United States Senate]].<ref name="al-johnston" />}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1896 Alabama gubernatorial election|1896]] |- style="height:2em;" |[[1898 Alabama gubernatorial election|1898]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|β |data-sort-value="Jelks, William"|[[File:William D. Jelks.jpg|75px]] |'''[[William D. Jelks]]'''<br>{{Small|(1855β1931)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=26β27}}<ref name="nga-jelks">{{Cite web |title=William Dorsey Jelks |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-dorsey-jelks/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-jelks">{{Cite web |last=Alsobrook |first=David E. |date=June 2, 2021 |title=William D. Jelks (1901-07) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1438 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |''{{dts|December 1, 1900}}<br />–<br />December 26, 1900''<br />{{small|(acting)}}{{efn|Samford was ill at the start of his term on December 1,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1900-12-02 |title=Samford Is Now Governor |page=1 |work=The Selma Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-samford-took-office-dece/129061203/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref> and was unable to perform his duties until December 26.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=27}} President of the Senate Jelks acted as governor until he could take office,{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=26β27}} with the formal request for him to act as governor made on December 3.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1900-12-03 |title=Jelks In Charge |page=1 |work=The Birmingham News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-jelks-in-charge/129062076/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>|name=samford}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|President of<br />the Senate<br />acting}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|31 |data-sort-value="Samford, William"|[[File:William J. Samford.jpg|75px]] |'''[[William J. Samford]]'''<br>{{Small|(1844β1901)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=27}}<ref name="nga-samford">{{Cite web |title=William James Samford |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-james-samford/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-samford">{{Cite web |last=Rickard |first=Marlene Hunt |date=June 9, 2021 |title=William J. Samford (1900-01) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2015 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|December 1, 1900}}{{efn|name=samford}}<br />–<br />June 11, 1901<br />{{small|(died in office)}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1900 Alabama gubernatorial election|1900]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|32 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Jelks, William"|[[File:William D. Jelks.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[William D. Jelks]]'''<br>{{Small|(1855β1931)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=26β27}}<ref name="nga-jelks" /><ref name="al-jelks" /> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|June 11, 1901}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1901-06-12 |title=Jelks Hurrying Back to Alabama |page=1 |work=The Birmingham News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-jelks-succeeds-samfo/129061818/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref><br />–<br />January 14, 1907<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1901 constitution, governors were not eligible to succeed themselves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1901 Ala. Const. art. V, Β§ 116 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27AL%27&CID=124&art=5&sec=116&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1901}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />president of<br />the Senate}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[1902 Alabama gubernatorial election|1902]] |rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Russell McWhortor|Cunningham}}<br />{{small|(acted as governor<br />April 25, 1904–March 5, 1905)}}{{efn|Jelks was out of state for medical treatment for nearly a year; Lieutenant Governor Cunningham acted as governor in his absence.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=28}}<ref name="al-cunningham">{{Cite web |last=Rikard |first=Marlene Hunt |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Russell M. Cunningham (1904-05) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1620 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref><ref name="nga-cunningham">{{Cite web |title=Russell McWorther Cunningham |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/russell-mcworther-cunningham/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|33 |data-sort-value="Comer, B. B."|[[File:Braxton Bragg Comer.jpg|75px]] |'''[[B. B. Comer]]'''<br>{{Small|(1848β1927)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=28β29}}<ref name="nga-comer">{{Cite web |title=Braxton Bragg Comer |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/braxton-bragg-comer/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-comer">{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=David Alan |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Braxton Bragg Comer (1907-11) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1529 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 14, 1907}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1907-01-14 |title=Comer Takes Oath of Office As Governor of Alabama |page=1 |work=The Birmingham News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-comer-inaugurated-ja/129075555/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref><br />–<br />January 16, 1911<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1906 Alabama gubernatorial election|1906]] |{{sortname|Henry B.|Gray}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|34 |data-sort-value="O'Neal, Emmet"|[[File:Emmet O'Neal cropped.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Emmet O'Neal]]'''<br>{{Small|(1853β1922)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=29β30}}<ref name="nga-oneal-emmet">{{Cite web |title=Emmet O'Neal |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/emmet-oneal/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-oneal-emmet">{{Cite web |last=Rosenburg |first=R. B. |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Emmet O'Neal (1911-15) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1585 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 17, 1911}}{{efn|The constitutional start date for 1911 was January 16, and that is when [[Emmet O'Neal]] was sworn in.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Betty |first=Berryman G. |date=1911-01-17 |title=Notable Speeches As New Governor Takes Oath at Montgomery |page=1 |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-oneal-sworn-in-j/129075896/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref> However, the [[Alabama Supreme Court]] ruled in the case of Oberhaus v. State ''ex rel.'' McNamara that, regardless of when the swearing in took place, [[B. B. Comer]]'s term did not end until the end of Monday, and O'Neal's term did not begin until the first minute of the next day.<ref name="oberhaus">Oberhaus v. State ''ex rel.'' McNamara, [https://books.google.com/books?id=pVotAQAAMAAJ pp. 483–499]</ref> This precedent appears to have quietly continued, as coverage of [[Robert J. Bentley]]'s inauguration in 2011 noted he would not officially take office until midnight.<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=David |date=January 17, 2011 |title=Robert Bentley Ready To Take Office As Next Alabama Governor |work=[[The Birmingham News]] |url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/01/bentley_ready_to_take_office_a.html |access-date=December 10, 2018 |quote=Bentley under state law won't officially be governor until just after the stroke of midnight Tuesday morning.}}</ref> Therefore, governors since 1911 that served to the end of their term are noted as leaving office on Monday, and their successor taking office on Tuesday.|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 18, 1915<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1910 Alabama gubernatorial election|1910]] |{{sortname|Walter D.|Seed Sr.}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|35 |data-sort-value="Henderson, Charles"|[[File:Governor Charles Henderson.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Charles Henderson (Alabama politician)|Charles Henderson]]'''<br>{{Small|(1860β1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=30}}<ref name="nga-henderson">{{Cite web |title=Charles Henderson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-henderson/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-henderson">{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Lee N. |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Charles Henderson (1915-19) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1461 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 19, 1915}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-01-19 |title=Henderson Takes Oath of Office As Next Governor |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-henderson-swor/129076827/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 20, 1919<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1914 Alabama gubernatorial election|1914]] |{{sortname|Thomas|Kilby}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|36 |data-sort-value="Kilby, Thomas"|[[File:Thomas Kilby.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Thomas Kilby]]'''<br>{{Small|(1865β1943)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=30β31}}<ref name="nga-kilby">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Erby Kilby |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-erby-kilby/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-kilby">{{Cite web |last=Breedlove |first=Michael A. |date=June 3, 2021 |title=Thomas E. Kilby (1919-23) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1536 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 21, 1919}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-01-21 |title=New Chief Executive Takes Oath |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-kilby-sworn-in/129080010/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 15, 1923<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1918 Alabama gubernatorial election|1918]] |{{sortname|Nathan Lee|Miller}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|37 |data-sort-value="Brandon, William"|[[File:Governor William W. Brandon.jpg|75px]] |'''[[William W. Brandon]]'''<br>{{Small|(1868β1934)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=31β32}}<ref name="nga-brandon">{{Cite web |title=William Woodward Brandon |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-woodward-brandon/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-brandon">{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Lee N. |date=December 5, 2017 |title=William W. Brandon (1923-27) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1535 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 16, 1923}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1923-01-16 |title=Immense Crowd Cheers As William W. Brandon Takes Oath As State's Governor |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-brandon-sworn/129080086/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 17, 1927<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1922 Alabama gubernatorial election|1922]] |{{sortname|Charles S.|McDowell}}<br />{{small|(acted as governor<br />July 10, 1924–July 11, 1924)}}{{efn|Brandon was out of state for 21 days as a delegate to the [[1924 Democratic National Convention]]; Lieutenant Governor McDowell acted as governor for two days.<ref name="adah" />}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|38 |data-sort-value="Graves, Bibb"|[[File:Bibb Graves.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Bibb Graves]]'''<br>{{Small|(1873β1942)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=32β33}}<ref name="nga-graves">{{Cite web |title=David Bibb Graves |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-bibb-graves/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-graves">{{Cite web |last=Flynt |first=J. Wayne |date=June 1, 2021 |title=David Bibb Graves (1927-31, 1935-39) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1565 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 18, 1927}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-01-18 |title=Thousands Hear New Governor Declare for Law Enforcement After Oath Is Administered |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-graves-sworn-i/129080176/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 19, 1931<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1926 Alabama gubernatorial election|1926]] |{{sortname|William C.|Davis|dab=American politician}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|39 |data-sort-value="Miller, Benjamin"|[[File:Benjamin Meek Miller (Alabama Governor).jpg|75px]] |'''[[Benjamin M. Miller]]'''<br>{{Small|(1864β1944)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=33}}<ref name="nga-miller">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Meek Miller |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-meek-miller/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-miller">{{Cite web |last=Feldman |first=Glenn |date=June 4, 2021 |title=Benjamin Meek Miller (1931-35) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1527 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 20, 1931}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCoy |first=Joseph R. |date=1931-01-20 |title=10,000 Watch Inauguration of 39th Governor |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-miller-sworn-i/129080221/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 14, 1935<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1930 Alabama gubernatorial election|1930]] |{{sortname|Hugh Davis|Merrill}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|''38'' |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Graves, Bibb"|[[File:Bibb Graves 1935.jpg|89x89px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Bibb Graves]]'''<br>{{Small|(1873β1942)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=32β33}}<ref name="nga-graves">{{Cite web |title=David Bibb Graves |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-bibb-graves/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-graves">{{Cite web |last=Flynt |first=J. Wayne |date=June 1, 2021 |title=David Bibb Graves (1927-31, 1935-39) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1565 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1935}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=George L. |date=1935-01-15 |title=Col. Bibb Graves Again Assumes Alabama's Helm |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-graves-sworn-i/129080269/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 16, 1939<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |rowspan="2"|[[1934 Alabama gubernatorial election|1934]] |{{sortname|Thomas E.|Knight}}<br />{{small|(died May 17, 1937)}} |- style="height:2em;" |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant'' |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|40 |data-sort-value="Dixon, Frank"|[[File:Frank M Dixon 1939.jpg|99x99px]] |'''[[Frank M. Dixon]]'''<br>{{Small|(1892β1965)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=33β34}}<ref name="nga-dixon">{{Cite web |title=Frank Murray Dixon |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-murray-dixon/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-dixon">{{Cite web |last=Feldman |first=Glenn |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Frank M. Dixon (1939-43) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1460 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 17, 1939}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hugger |first=Robert |date=1939-01-17 |title=Spectacular Parade, Throng Feature Dixon Administration |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-dixon-sworn-in/129080325/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 18, 1943<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1938 Alabama gubernatorial election|1938]] |rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Albert A.|Carmichael}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|41 |data-sort-value="Sparks, Chauncey"|[[File:Chauncey Sparks.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Chauncey Sparks]]'''<br>{{Small|(1884β1968)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=34β35}}<ref name="nga-sparks">{{Cite web |title=Chauncey Sparks |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/chauncey-sparks/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-sparks">{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Harvey H. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=Chauncey Sparks (1943-47) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1458 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 19, 1943}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1943-01-19 |title=Governor's Post Passes to Sparks |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-sparks-sworn-i/129080376/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 20, 1947<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1942 Alabama gubernatorial election|1942]] |{{sortname|Leven H.|Ellis}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|42 |data-sort-value="Folsom, Jim 1"|[[File:Jim Folsom circa 1947.jpg|107x107px]] |'''[[Jim Folsom]]'''<br>{{Small|(1908β1987)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=35}}<ref name="nga-folsom-jim1">{{Cite web |title=James Elisha Folsom, Sr. |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-elisha-folsom-sr/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-folsom-jim1">{{Cite web |last=Grafton |first=Carl |last2=Permaloff |first2=Anne |date=April 1, 2019 |title=James E. "Big Jim" Folsom Sr. (1947-51, 1955-59) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1423 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 21, 1947}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-01-20 |title=Folsom Takes Oath As Governor |page=1 |work=The Selma Times-Journal |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-folsom-sworn-in/129080475/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 15, 1951<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1946 Alabama gubernatorial election|1946]] |{{sortname|James C.|Inzer}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|43 |data-sort-value="Persons, Gordon"|[[File:Gordon Persons.jpg|75px]] |'''[[Gordon Persons]]'''<br>{{Small|(1902β1965)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=36}}<ref name="nga-persons">{{Cite web |title=Seth Gordon Persons |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/seth-gordon-persons/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-persons">{{Cite web |last=Bass |first=S. Jonathan |date=June 9, 2021 |title=Seth Gordon Persons (1951-55) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1911 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 16, 1951}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wortsman |first=Gene |date=1951-01-16 |title=Gov. Persons Enjoys His Biggest Moment Amidst Gay and Festive Capital City |page=1 |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-persons-sworn-in/129080558/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 17, 1955<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1950 Alabama gubernatorial election|1950]] |{{sortname|James|Allen|dab=Alabama politician}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|''42'' |data-sort-value="Folsom, Jim 1"|[[File:Jim Folsom circa 1947.jpg|107x107px]] |'''[[Jim Folsom]]'''<br>{{Small|(1908β1987)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=35}}<ref name="nga-folsom-jim1">{{Cite web |title=James Elisha Folsom, Sr. |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-elisha-folsom-sr/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-folsom-jim1">{{Cite web |last=Grafton |first=Carl |last2=Permaloff |first2=Anne |date=April 1, 2019 |title=James E. "Big Jim" Folsom Sr. (1947-51, 1955-59) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1423 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 18, 1955}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wortsman |first=Gene |date=1955-01-18 |title=Hits at Snoopers and Informers |page=1 |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-folsom-sworn-in-j/129080619/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 19, 1959<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1954 Alabama gubernatorial election|1954]] |{{sortname|William G.|Hardwick}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|44 |data-sort-value="Patterson, John"|[[File:John Malcolm Patterson.jpg|75px]] |'''[[John M. Patterson]]'''<br>{{Small|(1921β2021)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=36β37}}<ref name="nga-patterson">{{Cite web |title=John Malcolm Patterson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-malcolm-patterson/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-patterson">{{Cite web |last=Grafton |first=Carl |last2=Permaloff |first2=Anne |date=June 7, 2021 |title=John M. Patterson (1959-63) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1431 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 20, 1959}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1959-01-20 |title=Patterson Takes State's Highest Office |page=1A |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-patrterson-swo/129080734/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 14, 1963<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1958 Alabama gubernatorial election|1958]] |{{sortname|Albert|Boutwell}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|45 |data-sort-value="Wallace, George"|[[File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg|75px]] |'''[[George Wallace]]'''<br>{{Small|(1919β1998)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=37β38}}<ref name="nga-wallace-george">{{Cite web |title=George Corley Wallace |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-corley-wallace/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-george">{{Cite web |last=Eskew |first=Glenn T. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=George C. Wallace (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1676 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 15, 1963}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingram |first=Bob |date=1963-01-15 |title=Wallace Defies Federal Encroachment; 'Will Submit No More to Tyranny' |page=1A |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-wallace-sworn/129080885/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 16, 1967<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1901}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1962 Alabama gubernatorial election|1962]] |{{sortname|James|Allen|dab=Alabama politician}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|46 |data-sort-value="Wallace, Lurleen"|[[File:Lurleen Wallace.jpg|95x95px]] |'''[[Lurleen Wallace]]'''<br>{{Small|(1926β1968)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=37β38}}<ref name="nga-wallace-lurleen">{{Cite web |title=Lurleen Burns Wallace |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/lurleen-burns-wallace/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-lurleen">{{Cite web |last=Eskew |first=Glenn T. |date=June 30, 2017 |title=Lurleen B. Wallace (1967-68) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1662 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 17, 1967}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wasson |first=Don F. |date=1967-01-17 |title=Lurleen Becomes Governor |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-wallace-sworn/129081142/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />May 7, 1968<br />{{small|(died in office)}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1966 Alabama gubernatorial election|1966]] |{{sortname|Albert|Brewer}}<br />{{small|(acted as governor<br />July 25, 1967)}}{{efn|Wallace was out of state for 20 days for medical treatment. Lieutenant Governor Brewer became acting governor on July 25, 1967, and Wallace returned to the state later that day.<ref name="adah" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Owen |first=Thomas McAdory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrIuAAAAIAAJ&q=brewer |title=Alabama Official and Statistical Register |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History |year=1979 |page=17 |access-date=September 28, 2008}}</ref>}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|47 |data-sort-value="Brewer, Albert"|[[File:Alabama Governor Albert Brewer.jpg|94x94px]] |'''[[Albert Brewer]]'''<br>{{Small|(1928β2017)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=39}}<ref name="nga-brewer">{{Cite web |title=Albert Preston Brewer |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/albert-preston-brewer/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-brewer">{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Gordon |date=November 13, 2020 |title=Albert P. Brewer (1968-71) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1528 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|May 7, 1968}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=William O. |date=1968-05-07 |title=Brewer Sworn In As New Governor |page=1 |work=Alabama Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal-brewer-succeeds-wallace/129084350/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref><br />–<br />January 18, 1971<br />{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=39}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}} |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant'' |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|''45'' |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Wallace, George"|[[File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[George Wallace]]'''<br>{{Small|(1919β1998)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=37β38}}<ref name="nga-wallace-george">{{Cite web |title=George Corley Wallace |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-corley-wallace/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-george">{{Cite web |last=Eskew |first=Glenn T. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=George C. Wallace (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1676 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 19, 1971}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wasson |first=Don F. |date=1971-01-19 |title=Wallace Hints President Bid |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-wallace-sworn/129084465/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 15, 1979<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under a 1968 amendment to the constitution, governors are eligible to succeed themselves once.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ala. Const. amend. 282 |url=http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/results.aspx?srch=1&state=%27AL%27&CID=124&art=5&sec=116&amd=&key=&Yr= |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu}}</ref>|name=limits-1968}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=30β31}} |[[1970 Alabama gubernatorial election|1970]] |rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Jere|Beasley}}<br />{{small|(acted as governor<br />June 5, 1972–July 7, 1972)}}{{efn|Wallace was out of state for 52 days for medical treatment following an assassination attempt while campaigning for [[President of the United States]]; Lieutenant Governor Beasley acted as governor for 32 days.<ref name="adah" />{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=40}}<ref name="al-beasley">{{Cite web |last=Armbrester |first=Margaret E. |date=December 19, 2017 |title=Jere Beasley Sr. (1972) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1444 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref>}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[1974 Alabama gubernatorial election|1974]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|48 |data-sort-value="James, Fob"|[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C1331 (cropped).jpg|75px]] |'''[[Fob James]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1934)}}<br><ref name="nga-james">{{Cite web |title=Forrest Hood James |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/forrest-hood-james/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-james">{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=William H. |date=June 2, 2021 |title=Forrest "Fob" James Jr. (1979-83, 1995-99) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1469 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 16, 1979}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=Ted |date=1979-01-16 |title='Bury Negative Prejudices of Past,' Gov. James Urges |page=1 |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-james-sworn-in-ja/129084695/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 17, 1983<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="al-james" /> |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]<ref name="al-james" /> |[[1978 Alabama gubernatorial election|1978]] |{{sortname|George|McMillan|dab=politician}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|''45'' |data-sort-value="Wallace, George"|[[File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg|75px]] |'''[[George Wallace]]'''<br>{{Small|(1919β1998)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=37β38}}<ref name="nga-wallace-george">{{Cite web |title=George Corley Wallace |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/george-corley-wallace/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-george">{{Cite web |last=Eskew |first=Glenn T. |date=June 10, 2021 |title=George C. Wallace (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1676 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 18, 1983}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=Ted |date=1983-01-18 |title=A 'New' Wallace Sworn for Fourth Term |page=A1 |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-wallace-sworn-in/129084820/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 19, 1987<br />{{small|(did not run)}}<ref name="al-wallace-george" /> |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]<ref name="al-wallace-george" /> |[[1982 Alabama gubernatorial election|1982]] |{{sortname|Bill|Baxley}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|49 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hunt, H. Guy"| [[File:Guy Hunt 1978.jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|'''[[H. Guy Hunt]]'''<br>{{Small|(1933β2009)}}<br><ref name="nga-hunt">{{Cite web |title=Harold Guy Hunt |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/harold-guy-hunt/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-hunt">{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=William H. |date=June 6, 2021 |title=Guy Hunt (1987-93) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1509 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 20, 1987}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ritchie |first=Bruce |date=1987-01-20 |title=Hunt Proclaims New Day for State |page=1A |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-hunt-sworn-in/129084901/ |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />April 22, 1993<br />{{small|(removed from office)}}{{efn|Hunt was convicted of illegally using campaign and inaugural funds to pay personal debts, a felony; as felons cannot serve as governor, he was removed from office, and Folsom became governor.<ref name="hunt-folsom">{{Cite news |last=Burger |first=Frederick |date=1993-04-22 |title=Hunt Guilty: What's Next |page=1A |work=The Anniston Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-folsom-succeeds-hunt-a/129116845/ |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref> He was later pardoned by the state parole board.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=12 June 1997 |title=Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board |page=18 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/12/us/ex-gov-hunt-of-alabama-cleared-by-pardon-board.html |access-date=September 28, 2008}}</ref>}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="al-hunt" /> |[[1986 Alabama gubernatorial election|1986]] |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Jim|Folsom Jr.}}{{efn|name=lt-dem|Represented the [[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]<ref name="adah-lt">{{Cite web |title=Alabama Lieutenant Governors |url=https://archives.alabama.gov/research/guidance/fast-facts/officials/lt-governor.aspx |access-date=January 19, 2023 |publisher=[[Alabama Department of Archives and History]]}}</ref>}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[1990 Alabama gubernatorial election|1990]] |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|50 |data-sort-value="Folsom, Jim 2"|[[File:Jim Folsom Jr..jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[Jim Folsom Jr.]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1949)}}<br><ref name="nga-folsom-jim2">{{Cite web |title=James Elisha Folsom, Jr. |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-elisha-folsom-jr/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-folsom-jim2">{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=William H. |date=June 1, 2021 |title=James E. Folsom Jr. (1993-95) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1503 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|April 22, 1993}}<ref name="hunt-folsom" /><br />–<br />January 16, 1995<br />{{small|(lost election)}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]<ref name="al-folsom-jim2" /> |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}} |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant'' |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|''48'' |data-sort-value="James, Fob"|[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C1331 (cropped).jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[Fob James]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1934)}}<br><ref name="nga-james">{{Cite web |title=Forrest Hood James |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/forrest-hood-james/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-james">{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=William H. |date=June 2, 2021 |title=Forrest "Fob" James Jr. (1979-83, 1995-99) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1469 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 17, 1995}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-01-18 |title=Officials Look To Eliminate Power Delay |page=A5 |work=The Selma Times-Journal |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-james-sworn-in-j/129117141/ |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 18, 1999<br />{{small|(lost election)}} |[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="al-james" /> |[[1994 Alabama gubernatorial election|1994]] |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Don|Siegelman}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}} |- style="height:2em;" !scope="row"|51 |data-sort-value="Siegelman, Don"|[[File:Don Siegelman at Netroots Nation 2008 (cropped).jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |'''[[Don Siegelman]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1946)}}<br><ref name="nga-siegelman">{{Cite web |title=Donald Eugene Siegelman |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/donald-eugene-siegelman/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-siegelman">{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Samuel L. |last2=Armbrester |first2=Margaret E. |date=June 9, 2021 |title=Don Siegelman (1999-2003) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3300 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |{{dts|January 19, 1999}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bryant |first=Ted |date=1999-01-19 |title=Putting Children First |page=A1 |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-siegelman-sworn-i/129117244/ |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 20, 2003<br />{{small|(lost election)}} |[[Alabama Democratic Party|Democratic]]<ref name="al-siegelman" /> |[[1998 Alabama gubernatorial election|1998]] |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Steve|Windom}}{{efn|name=lt-rep|Represented the [[Alabama Republican Party|Republican Party]]<ref name="adah-lt" />}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|52 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Riley, Bob"|[[File:Governor Bob Riley (cropped).jpg|75px]] |colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | |rowspan="2"|'''[[Bob Riley]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1944)}}<br><ref name="nga-riley">{{Cite web |title=Bob Riley |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/bob-riley/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-riley">{{Cite web |last=Armbrester |first=Margaret E. |date=June 9, 2021 |title=Robert "Bob" Riley (2003-11) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1507 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 21, 2003}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clanton |first=Brett |date=2003-01-21 |title=Good Morning, Gov. Riley |page=1 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-riley-sworn-in/129117778/ |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />January 17, 2011<br />{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1968}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="al-riley" /> |[[2002 Alabama gubernatorial election|2002]] |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Lucy|Baxley}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[2006 Alabama gubernatorial election|2006]] |{{sortname|Jim|Folsom Jr.}}{{efn|name=lt-dem}} |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|53 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bentley, Robert"|[[File:Robert Bentley (cropped).jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2"|'''[[Robert J. Bentley]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1943)}}<br><ref name="nga-bentley">{{Cite web |title=Robert Bentley |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-bentley/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-bentley">{{Cite web |title=Robert Bentley (2011-17) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3100 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 18, 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kitchen |first=Sebastian |date=2011-01-18 |title=Governor Says State's 'Best Days Are Ahead' |page=1A |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-bentley-sworn/129117885/ |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>{{efn|name=midnight}}<br />–<br />April 10, 2017<br />{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Bentley resigned from office as part of a plea deal involving campaign violations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blinder |first=Alan |date=10 April 2017 |title=Robert Bentley, Alabama Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/us/robert-bentley-alabama-governor.html |access-date=April 10, 2017}}</ref>}} |rowspan="2"|[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="al-bentley" /> |[[2010 Alabama gubernatorial election|2010]] |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Kay|Ivey}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[2014 Alabama gubernatorial election|2014]] |- style="height:2em;" !rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|54 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Ivey, Kay"|[[File:Governor Kay Ivey 2017 (cropped).jpg|102x102px]] |rowspan="3"|'''[[Kay Ivey]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1944)}}<br><ref name="nga-ivey">{{Cite web |title=Kay Ivey |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/kay-ivey/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref><ref name="al-ivey">{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Claire |date=May 1, 2020 |title=Kay Ivey (2017- ) |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-4202 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|{{dts|April 10, 2017}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tyler |first=Zach |date=2017-04-11 |title=Governor Ivey: 'More Than Capable' |page=1A |work=The Anniston Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-ivey-succeeds-bentley/129117918/ |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref><br />–<br />Incumbent{{efn|Ivey's second full term began on January 16, 2023,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandler |first=Kim |date=2023-01-16 |title=Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sworn in for her 2nd full term |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-kay-ivey-robert-bentley-alabama-99762c9d3e889ed4cc76d35867375432 |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=AP |language=en}}</ref> and [[2026 Alabama gubernatorial election|will expire]] on January 18, 2027; she will be term-limited.}} |rowspan="3"|[[Alabama Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="al-ivey" /> |style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />lieutenant<br />governor}} |colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Vacant'' |- style="height:2em;" |[[2018 Alabama gubernatorial election|2018]] |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Will|Ainsworth}} |- style="height:2em;" |[[2022 Alabama gubernatorial election|2022]] |}
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