List of Governors of Alabama
Governors of the State of Alabama
Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. It seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.

List of Governors of Alabama

Section Title: Governors of the State of Alabama
Table Section Text: Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. It seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	William Wyatt Bibb	November 9, 1819 – July 10, 1820 (died in office)	Democratic- Republican	1819	Office did not exist

2	-	Thomas Bibb	July 10, 1820 – November 9, 1821 (not candidate for election)	Democratic- Republican	Succeeded from President of the Senate

3	-	Israel Pickens	November 9, 1821 – November 25, 1825 (term limited)	Democratic- Republican	1821

1823

4	-	John Murphy	November 25, 1825 – November 25, 1829 (term limited)	Jackson Democrat	1825

1827

5	-	Gabriel Moore	November 25, 1829 – March 3, 1831 (resigned)	Jackson Democrat	1829

6	Samuel B. Moore	March 3, 1831 – November 26, 1831 (lost election)	Democratic	Succeeded from President of the Senate

7	-	John Gayle	November 26, 1831 – November 21, 1835 (term limited)	Democratic	1831

1833

8	-	Clement Comer Clay	November 21, 1835 – July 17, 1837 (resigned)	Democratic	1835

9	-	Hugh McVay	July 17, 1837 – November 21, 1837 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from President of the Senate

10	-	Arthur P. Bagby	November 21, 1837 – November 22, 1841 (term limited)	Democratic	1837

1839

11	-	Benjamin Fitzpatrick	November 22, 1841 – December 10, 1845 (term limited)	Democratic	1841

1843

12	-	Joshua L. Martin	December 10, 1845 – December 16, 1847 (not candidate for election)	Independent	1845

13	-	Reuben Chapman	December 16, 1847 – December 17, 1849 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1847

14	-	Henry W. Collier	December 17, 1849 – December 20, 1853 (term limited)	Democratic	1849

1851

15	-	John A. Winston	December 20, 1853 – December 1, 1857 (term limited)	Democratic	1853

1855

16	-	Andrew B. Moore	December 1, 1857 – December 2, 1861 (term limited)	Democratic	1857

1859

17	-	John Gill Shorter	December 2, 1861 – December 1, 1863 (lost election)	Democratic	1861

18	-	Thomas H. Watts	December 1, 1863 – May 1, 1865 (arrested and removed)	Whig	1863

—	Vacant	May 1, 1865 – June 21, 1865	—	Office vacated after civil war

19	-	Lewis E. Parsons	June 21, 1865 – December 13, 1865 (provisional term ended)	—	Provisional governor appointed by President

20	-	Robert M. Patton	December 13, 1865 – July 14, 1868 (not candidate for election)	Pre-War Whig	1865

—	-	Wager Swayne	March 2, 1867 – January 11, 1868 (removed)	—	Military occupation

21	-	William Hugh Smith	July 14, 1868 – November 26, 1870 (lost election)	Republican	1868

Andrew J. Applegate (took office August 13, 1868) (died August 21, 1870)

Vacant

22	-	Robert B. Lindsay	November 26, 1870 – November 17, 1872 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1870	Edward H. Moren

23	-	David P. Lewis	November 17, 1872 – November 24, 1874 (lost election)	Republican	1872	Alexander McKinstry

24	-	George S. Houston	November 24, 1874 – November 28, 1878 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1874	Robert F. Ligon

1876	Office did not exist

25	-	Rufus W. Cobb	November 28, 1878 – December 1, 1882 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1878

1880

26	-	Edward A. O'Neal	December 1, 1882 – December 1, 1886 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1882

1884

27	GOVTHOMASSEAY.JPG	Thomas Seay	December 1, 1886 – December 1, 1890 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1886

1888

28	-	Thomas G. Jones	December 1, 1890 – December 1, 1894 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1890

1892

29	-	William C. Oates	December 1, 1894 – December 1, 1896 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1894

30	-	Joseph F. Johnston	December 1, 1896 – December 1, 1900 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1896

1898

—	-	William D. Jelks	December 1, 1900 – December 26, 1900 (acting)	Democratic	1900

31	-	William J. Samford	December 1, 1900 – June 11, 1901 (died in office)	Democratic

32	-	William D. Jelks	June 11, 1901 – January 14, 1907 (term limited)	Democratic	Succeeded from President of the Senate

1902	Russell McWhortor Cunningham (acted as governor April 25, 1904–March 5, 1905)

33	-	B. B. Comer	January 14, 1907 – January 16, 1911 (term limited)	Democratic	1906	Henry B. Gray

34	-	Emmet O'Neal	January 17, 1911 – January 18, 1915 (term limited)	Democratic	1910	Walter D. Seed Sr.

35	-	Charles Henderson	January 19, 1915 – January 20, 1919 (term limited)	Democratic	1914	Thomas Kilby

36	-	Thomas Kilby	January 21, 1919 – January 15, 1923 (term limited)	Democratic	1918	Nathan Lee Miller

37	-	William W. Brandon	January 16, 1923 – January 17, 1927 (term limited)	Democratic	1922	Charles S. McDowell (acted as governor July 10, 1924–July 11, 1924)

38	-	Bibb Graves	January 18, 1927 – January 19, 1931 (term limited)	Democratic	1926	William C. Davis

39	-	Benjamin M. Miller	January 20, 1931 – January 14, 1935 (term limited)	Democratic	1930	Hugh Davis Merrill

38	-	Bibb Graves	January 15, 1935 – January 16, 1939 (term limited)	Democratic	1934	Thomas E. Knight (died May 17, 1937)

Vacant

40	-	Frank M. Dixon	January 17, 1939 – January 18, 1943 (term limited)	Democratic	1938	Albert A. Carmichael

41	-	Chauncey Sparks	January 19, 1943 – January 20, 1947 (term limited)	Democratic	1942	Leven H. Ellis

42	-	Jim Folsom	January 21, 1947 – January 15, 1951 (term limited)	Democratic	1946	James C. Inzer

43	-	Gordon Persons	January 16, 1951 – January 17, 1955 (term limited)	Democratic	1950	James Allen

42	-	Jim Folsom	January 18, 1955 – January 19, 1959 (term limited)	Democratic	1954	William G. Hardwick

44	-	John Malcolm Patterson	January 20, 1959 – January 14, 1963 (term limited)	Democratic	1958	Albert Boutwell

45	-	George Wallace	January 15, 1963 – January 16, 1967 (term limited)	Democratic	1962	James Allen

46	-	Lurleen Wallace	January 17, 1967 – May 7, 1968 (died in office)	Democratic	1966	Albert Brewer (acted as governor July 25, 1967)

47	-	Albert Brewer	May 7, 1968 – January 18, 1971 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

45	-	George Wallace	January 19, 1971 – January 15, 1979 (term limited)	Democratic	1970	Jere Beasley (acted as governor June 5, 1972–July 7, 1972)

1974

48	-	Fob James	January 16, 1979 – January 17, 1983 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1978	George McMillan

45	-	George Wallace	January 18, 1983 – January 19, 1987 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1982	Bill Baxley

49	HGuyHunt.JPG	H. Guy Hunt	January 20, 1987 – April 22, 1993 (resigned)	Republican	1986	Jim Folsom Jr.

1990

50	-	Jim Folsom Jr.	April 22, 1993 – January 16, 1995 (lost election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

48	-	Fob James	January 17, 1995 – January 18, 1999 (lost election)	Republican	1994	Don Siegelman

51	-	Don Siegelman	January 19, 1999 – January 20, 2003 (lost election)	Democratic	1998	Steve Windom

52	-	Bob Riley	January 21, 2003 – January 17, 2011 (term limited)	Republican	2002	Lucy Baxley

2006	Jim Folsom Jr.

53	-	Robert J. Bentley	January 18, 2011 – April 10, 2017 (resigned)	Republican	2010	Kay Ivey

2014

54	-	Kay Ivey	April 10, 2017 – present	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

2018	Will Ainsworth

Sentence(s)

Joshua Lanier Martin served (as an Independent) as the 12th Governor of Alabama from 1845 to 1847.

final_sentence: Joshua Lanier Martin served (as an Independent) as the 12th Governor of Alabama from 1845 to 1847.