Question: The poet laureate who was appointed by Gov . Bibb Graves was the first poet laureate from what U.S. state ?

text: List of U.S. states' Poets Laureate
List of state poets laureate -- Alabama
Main article : Poet Laureate of Alabama Alabama has had an official poet laureate since 1930 . The Alabama Writer 's Conclave , described as `` a voluntary organization of Alabama historians , playwrights , fiction writers , poets , and newspaper writers '' first recommended Samuel Minturn Peck to Governor Bibb Graves . The state legislature approved a bill to create the office on March 5 , 1931 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After the death of Dr. Peck , the position was not filled and was revived in 1954 due to the efforts Mary B . Ward , the president of the Alabama Writer 's Conclave , who became the state 's second laureate . [ 2 ] At present , a poet selected must have been Alabama residents for at least 15 years prior to the appointment , and when commissioned by the governor , is appointed to serve one four-year term . [ 2 ] Before 1983 , neither the organization or the state statute provided for a specific term length . [ 2 ] The Alabama Writers ' Conclave will recommend candidate who is elected by the organization 's membership at its annual meeting . [ 2 ] The governor subsequently commissions the candidate . [ 2 ] A candidate for poet laureate need not be a member of the Alabama Writers ' Conclave to be nominated or selected . [ 2 ]
Many of the states in the United States have established the post of poet laureate to which a prominent poet residing in the respective state is appointed. The responsibilities of the state poets laureate are similar to those of the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and the equivalent Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in the United States, to make public appearances at poetry readings or literary events, and to promote awareness of poetry within their geographical region. , 46 states and the District of Columbia have poets laureate, although a few are presently vacant. The terms can vary in length from state to state. Most states appoint a poet laureate for a one- or two-year term, fewer to several years, and some states appoint a poet to a lifetime tenure. Two states, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, previously had such posts but abolished them in 2003. Michigan had a single poet laureate from 1952-1959. There has never been an official State Poet Laureate in Massachusetts or New Mexico. While Idaho does not have a post of poet laureate, per se, the state appoints a Writer in Residence, which can be held by a novelist or poet. The current occupant of the Idahoan post is novelist and short-story writer Diane Raptosh.
# Poet laureate Term began Term ended Appointed by
1 Samuel Minturn Peck ( died 1938 ) 12 June 1930 3 May 1938 ( death ) Gov . Bibb Graves
2 Mary B . Ward 21 November 1954 1958 Gov . Gordon Persons
3 Elbert Calvin Henderson ( 1903-1974 ) 21 December 1959 15 September 1974 ( death ) Gov . John Patterson
4 William Young Elliott ( 1902-1997 ) August 1975 1982 Gov . George Wallace
5 Carl Patrick Morton ( 1920-1994 ) 1983 1987 Lt. Gov . William Baxley
6 Morton Dennison Prouty , Jr. ( died 1992 ) 1988 1991 Gov . H. Guy Hunt
7 Ralph Hammond 1992 1995 Gov . H. Guy Hunt
8 Helen Friedman Blackshear ( 1911-2003 ) 1 January 1995 1999 Gov . Jim Folsom , Jr
9 Helen Norris 1999 2003 Gov . Don Siegelman
10 Sue Walker August 2003 December 2012 Gov . Bob Riley
11 Andrew Glaze 2013 7 February 2016 ( death ) Gov . Robert J. Bentley