List of governors of Alabama

The governor of Alabama is the head of government of the U.S. state of Alabama. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Alabama's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws.

There have officially been 54 governors of the state of Alabama; this official numbering skips acting and military governors.<ref name="adah">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, served as the only governor of the Alabama Territory. Five people have served as acting governor, bringing the total number of people serving as governor to 59, spread over 63 distinct terms. Four governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms: Bibb Graves, Jim Folsom, and Fob James each served two, and George Wallace served three non-consecutive periods. Officially, these non-consecutive terms are numbered only with the number of their first term. William D. Jelks also served non-consecutive terms, but his first term was in an acting capacity.

The longest-serving governor was George Wallace, who served 16 years over four terms. The shortest term for a non-acting governor was that of Hugh McVay, who served four and a half months after replacing the resigning Clement Comer Clay. Lurleen Wallace, the first wife of George Wallace, was the first woman to serve as governor of Alabama, and the third woman to serve as governor of any state. The current governor is Republican Kay Ivey, who took office on April 10, 2017 following Robert J. Bentley's resignation amidst a corruption scandal. She is the second female governor of Alabama.

List of governors

Territory of Alabama

Alabama Territory was formed on March 3, 1817, from Mississippi Territory.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> It had only one governor appointed by the President of the United States before it became a state; he became the first state governor.

Governor of the Territory of Alabama

Template:Abbr	Governor		Term in office	Appointed by
1	File:William Wyatt Bibb.jpg	William Wyatt Bibb Template:Small Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref name="nga-bibb-william">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-bibb-william">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	September 25, 1817Template:Efn – November 9, 1819 Template:Small	James Monroe

State of Alabama

File:Seal of the Governor-Elect of Alabama.svg

Seal for use by the governor-elect

File:Flag of the Governor of Alabama (1868–1939).svg

Governor's flag before 1939

Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819.<ref>Template:Usstat, Template:Usstat</ref> It seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.<ref>Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Template:Webarchive, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> Following the end of the American Civil War, Alabama during 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: Template:Usstat. Proclamation of Alabama's ratification: Template:Usstat.</ref>

The first 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.Template:Sfn 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 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.Template:Sfn<ref name="oberhaus" />

The office of 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.Template:Sfn The governor and the lieutenant governor are elected at the same time but not on the same ticket.

Alabama was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic-Republican and Democratic parties. It had two 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.

Governors of the State of Alabama

Template:Abbr	Governor				Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn<ref name="adah-lt" />
1	File:William Wyatt Bibb.jpg	colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; border-bottom: none;"|	William Wyatt Bibb Template:Small Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref name="nga-bibb-william" /><ref name="al-bibb-william" />	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1st sess., 59, accessed September 25, 2023</ref> – July 10, 1820 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1819	Office did not exist
2	File:Governor Thomas Bibb.jpg	Thomas Bibb Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bibb-thomas">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-bibb-thomas">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – November 9, 1821 Template:Small<ref name="al-bibb-thomas" />	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn			Template:Small
3	File:Pickensisrael.jpg	Israel Pickens Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pickens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-pickens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 3rd sess., 29, accessed July 27, 2023</ref> – November 25, 1825 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn			1821
			1823
4	File:John murphy.jpg	rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color; border-top: none; padding: .2em .2em !important;"|	rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color; border-bottom: none; padding: .2em .2em !important;"|	John Murphy Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-murphy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-murphy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>			Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 7th sess., 24, accessed July 27, 2023</ref> – November 21, 1829 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Jackson DemocratTemplate:Sfn	1825
		1827
5	File:Gabrielmoore.jpg	Gabriel Moore Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moore-gabriel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-moore-gabriel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 11th sess., 33, accessed July 27, 2023</ref> – March 3, 1831 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Jackson DemocratTemplate:Sfn			1829
6	File:No image.svg	Samuel B. Moore Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moore-samuel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-moore-samuel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 26, 1831 Template:Small	Jackson DemocratTemplate:Sfn			Template:Small
7	File:John Gayle Portrait.jpg	John Gayle Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gayle">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-gayle">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 13th sess., 38, accessed July 27, 2023</ref> – November 21, 1835 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Jackson DemocratTemplate:Sfn			1831
			colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="background:Template:Party color; border-top: none;"|	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn		1833
8	File:Clement Comer Clay.jpg	Clement Comer Clay Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-clay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 17th sess., 30, accessed July 27, 2023</ref> – July 17, 1837Template:Efn Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1835
9	File:Hugh McVay.jpg	Hugh McVay Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcvay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-mcvay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – November 21, 1837 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			Template:Small
10	File:Arthur bagby.jpg	Arthur P. Bagby Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bagby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-bagby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the Senate. 1837 sess., 36, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – November 22, 1841 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1837
			1839
11	File:Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Ala - NARA - 528657 (portrait).jpg	Benjamin Fitzpatrick Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fitzpatrick">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-fitzpatrick">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1841 sess., 101, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 9, 1845 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1841
			1843
12		colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Joshua L. Martin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-martin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-martin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1845 sess., 57, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 16, 1847 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn			IndependentTemplate:Efn	1845
13		colspan="2" rowspan="8" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Reuben Chapman Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-chapman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-chapman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1847–1848 sess., 69, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 17, 1849 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>			DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1847
14		Henry W. Collier Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-collier">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-collier">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1849–1850 sess., 196, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 20, 1853 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1849
			1851
15		John A. Winston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-winston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-winston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1853–1854 sess., 220, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1853
			1855
16		Andrew B. Moore Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moore-andrew">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-moore-andrew">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1857–1858 sess., 153, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 2, 1861 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1857
			1859
17		John Gill Shorter Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shorter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-shorter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1861 sess., 207, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1863 Template:Small<ref name="al-shorter" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1861
18		colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Thomas H. Watts Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-watts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-watts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1863 sess., 199, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – May 3, 1865Template:Efn Template:SmallTemplate:Efn			WhigTemplate:Sfn	1863
—	Vacant				Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – June 21, 1865	Template:Small
19		colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Lewis E. Parsons Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-parsons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-parsons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>"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> – December 13, 1865 Template:Small	Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn
20		Robert M. Patton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-patton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-patton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1865–1866 sess., 151, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – July 13, 1868Template:Efn Template:Small	NonpartisanTemplate:Efn	1865
—		Wager Swayne Template:Small <ref name="al-swayne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 11, 1868 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
21		colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	William Hugh Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-smith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – November 26, 1870Template:Efn Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
		Vacant
22	Error creating thumbnail:	colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Robert B. Lindsay Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lindsay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-lindsay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1870–1871 sess., 31, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – November 25, 1872 Template:Small<ref name="al-lindsay" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1870Template:Efn	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
23	File:David P. Lewis.jpg	colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	David P. Lewis Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lewis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-lewis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 24, 1874 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1872	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
24	File:George S. Houston - Brady-Handy.jpg	colspan="2" rowspan="39" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	George S. Houston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-houston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-houston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1874–1875 sess., 56, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – November 27, 1878 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1874	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1876		Office did not exist
25	File:Rufus W. Cobb.jpg	Rufus W. Cobb Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-cobb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-cobb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1878–1879 sess., 151, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1882 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1878
			1880
26	File:Edward A. O'Neal.jpg	Edward A. O'Neal Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-oneal-edward">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-oneal-edward">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the Senate. 1882–1883 sess., 155, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1886 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1882
			1884
27	File:GOVTHOMASSEAY.JPG	Thomas Seay Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-seay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-seay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the Senate. 1886–1887 sess., 194, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1890 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1886
			1888
28	File:Thomas Goode Jones.jpg	Thomas G. Jones Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-jones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the Senate. 1890–1891 sess., 186, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1894 Template:Small<ref name="al-jones" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1890
			1892
29	File:Governor William Calvin Oates.jpg	William C. Oates Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-oates">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-oates">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1894–1895 sess., 254, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1896 Template:Small<ref name="al-oates" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1894
30	File:Joseph F Johnston-photo portrait.jpg	Joseph F. Johnston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johnston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-johnston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1896–1897 sess., 368, accessed July 28, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1900 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1896
			1898
—	File:William D. Jelks.jpg	William D. Jelks Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jelks">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-jelks">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts – December 26, 1900 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
31	File:William J. Samford.jpg	William J. Samford Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-samford">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-samford">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – June 11, 1901 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1900
32	File:William D. Jelks.jpg	William D. Jelks Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jelks" /><ref name="al-jelks" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn			DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
				1902	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|		Template:Sortname Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
33	File:Braxton Bragg Comer.jpg	B. B. Comer Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-comer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-comer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1911 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1906	Template:Sortname
34	File:Emmet O'Neal cropped.jpg	Emmet O'Neal Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-oneal-emmet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-oneal-emmet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 18, 1915 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1910	Template:Sortname
35	File:Governor Charles Henderson.jpg	Charles Henderson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-henderson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-henderson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 20, 1919 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1914	Template:Sortname
36	File:Thomas Kilby.jpg	Thomas Kilby Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-kilby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-kilby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 15, 1923 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1918	Template:Sortname
37	File:BRANDON, WILLIAM W. GOVERNOR LCCN2016861409 (cropped).jpg	William W. Brandon Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brandon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-brandon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 17, 1927 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1922	Template:Sortname Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
38	File:Bibb Graves.jpg	Bibb Graves Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-graves">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-graves">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 19, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1926	Template:Sortname
39	File:Benjamin Meek Miller (Alabama Governor).jpg	Benjamin M. Miller Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-miller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-miller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 14, 1935 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1930	Template:Sortname
38	File:Bibb Graves 1935.jpg	Bibb Graves Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-graves">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-graves">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 16, 1939 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1934	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
40	File:Frank M Dixon 1939.jpg	Frank M. Dixon Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-dixon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-dixon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 18, 1943 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1938	rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
41	File:Chauncey Sparks.jpg	Chauncey Sparks Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sparks">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-sparks">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 20, 1947 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1942	Template:Sortname
42	File:Jim Folsom circa 1947.jpg	Jim Folsom Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-folsom-jim1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-folsom-jim1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 15, 1951 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1946	Template:Sortname
43	File:Gordon Persons.jpg	Gordon Persons Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-persons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-persons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 17, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1950	Template:Sortname
42	File:Jim Folsom circa 1947.jpg	Jim Folsom Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-folsom-jim1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-folsom-jim1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 19, 1959 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1954	Template:Sortname
44	File:John Malcolm Patterson.jpg	John M. Patterson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-patterson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-patterson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 14, 1963 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1958	Template:Sortname
45	File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg	George Wallace Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wallace-george">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-george">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 16, 1967 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1962	Template:Sortname
46	File:Lurleen Wallace.jpg	Lurleen Wallace Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wallace-lurleen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-lurleen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – May 7, 1968 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1966	Template:Sortname Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
47	File:Alabama Governor Albert Brewer.jpg	Albert Brewer Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brewer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-brewer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1971 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
45	File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg	George Wallace Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wallace-george">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-george">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 15, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1970	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
			1974
48	File:Reagan Contact Sheet C1331 (cropped).jpg	Fob James Template:Small <ref name="nga-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 17, 1983 Template:Small<ref name="al-james" />	Democratic<ref name="al-james" />	1978	Template:Sortname
45	File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg	George Wallace Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wallace-george">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-wallace-george">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 19, 1987 Template:Small<ref name="al-wallace-george" />	Democratic<ref name="al-wallace-george" />	1982	Template:Sortname
49	File:Guy Hunt 1978.jpg	colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	H. Guy Hunt Template:Small <ref name="nga-hunt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-hunt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – April 22, 1993 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="al-hunt" />	1986	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
		1990
50	File:Jim Folsom Jr..jpg	colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Jim Folsom Jr. Template:Small <ref name="nga-folsom-jim2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-folsom-jim2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="hunt-folsom" /> – January 16, 1995 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="al-folsom-jim2" />	Template:Small	Vacant
48	File:Reagan Contact Sheet C1331 (cropped).jpg	colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Fob James Template:Small <ref name="nga-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 18, 1999 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="al-james" />	1994	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
51	File:Don Siegelman at Netroots Nation 2008 (cropped).jpg	colspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Don Siegelman Template:Small <ref name="nga-siegelman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-siegelman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 20, 2003 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="al-siegelman" />	1998	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
52	File:Governor Bob Riley (cropped).jpg	colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Bob Riley Template:Small <ref name="nga-riley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-riley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – January 17, 2011 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="al-riley" />	2002	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
		2006		Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
53	File:Robert Bentley (cropped).jpg	Robert J. Bentley Template:Small <ref name="nga-bentley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-bentley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn – April 10, 2017 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="al-bentley" />	2010	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			2014
54	File:Governor Kay Ivey 2017 (cropped).jpg	Kay Ivey Template:Small <ref name="nga-ivey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="al-ivey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="al-ivey" />	Template:Small	Vacant
			2018	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|			Template:Sortname
			2022

Timeline

Timeline of Alabama governors

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from:1820.52 till:1821.86 color:demrep text:"Thomas Bibb"
from:1821.86 till:1825.9 color:demrep text:"Israel Pickens"
from:1825.9 till:1829.89 color:jackson text:"John Murphy"
from:1829.89 till:1831.17 color:jackson text:"Gabriel Moore"
from:1831.17 till:1831.9 color:jackson text:"Samuel B. Moore"
from:1833 till:1835.89 color:dem text:"John Gayle"
from:1835.89 till:1837.54 color:dem text:"Clement Comer Clay"
from:1837.54 till:1837.89 color:dem text:"Hugh McVay"
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from:1847.96 till:1849.96 color:dem text:"Reuben Chapman"
from:1849.96 till:1853.97 color:dem text:"Henry W. Collier"
from:1853.97 till:1857.92 color:dem text:"John A. Winston"
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from:1861.92 till:1863.92 color:dem text:"John Gill Shorter"
from:1863.92 till:1865.34 color:whig text:"Thomas H. Watts"
from:1865.47 till:1865.95 color:noparty text:"Lewis E. Parsons"
from:1865.95 till:1868.53 color:noparty text:"Robert M. Patton"
from:1867.17 till:1868.03 color:noparty text:"Wager Swayne"
from:1868.53 till:1870.9 color:rep text:"William Hugh Smith"
from:1870.9 till:1872.9 color:dem text:"Robert B. Lindsay"
from:1872.9 till:1874.9 color:rep text:"David P. Lewis"
from:1874.9 till:1878.91 color:dem text:"George S. Houston"
from:1878.91 till:1882.92 color:dem text:"Rufus W. Cobb"
from:1882.92 till:1886.92 color:dem text:"Edward A. O'Neal"
from:1886.92 till:1890.92 color:dem text:"Thomas Seay"
from:1890.92 till:1894.92 color:dem text:"Thomas G. Jones"
from:1894.92 till:1896.92 color:dem text:"William C. Oates"
from:1896.92 till:1900.92 color:dem text:"Joseph F. Johnston"
from:1901.44 till:1907.04 color:dem text:"William D. Jelks"
from:1900.92 till:1901.44 color:dem text:"William J. Samford"
from:1907.04 till:1911.04 color:dem text:"B. B. Comer"
from:1911.05 till:1915.05 color:dem text:"Emmet O'Neal"
from:1915.05 till:1919.05 color:dem text:"Charles Henderson"
from:1919.06 till:1923.04 color:dem text:"Thomas Kilby"
from:1923.04 till:1927.05 color:dem text:"William W. Brandon"
from:1935.04 till:1939.04 color:dem text:"Bibb Graves"
from:1931.05 till:1935.04 color:dem text:"Benjamin M. Miller"
from:1939.05 till:1943.05 color:dem text:"Frank M. Dixon"
from:1943.05 till:1947.05 color:dem text:"Chauncey Sparks"
from:1955.05 till:1959.05 color:dem text:"Jim Folsom"
from:1951.04 till:1955.05 color:dem text:"Gordon Persons"
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from:1999.05 till:2003.05 color:dem text:"Don Siegelman"
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See also

• List of Alabama state legislatures

References

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Alabama