Alabama

Alabama is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admiited to the U.S. on December 14, 1819 as the twenty-second state. Alabama was also one of the eleven states to secede from the United States, as one of the Confederate States of America in 1861. It was formally readmitted to the United States in 1868. Alabama is the thirtieth largest state by area, and the twenty-fourth largest by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Alabama
Capital City 	Montgomery
Population 	4, 903, 185  (24/50)
Area 	52, 419 square miles  (30/50)
Counties 	67
Largest Cities	Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile, Tuscaloosa
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
William Wyatt Bibb
(1781-1820)	Dem-Rep.	1819-20 	Mary Bibb
2 	
Thomas Bibb
(1783-1839)	Dem-Rep.	1820-21 	Parmelia Bibb
3 	
Israel Pickens
(1780-1827)	Dem-Rep.	1821-25 	Martha Pickens
4 	
John Murphy
(1786-1841)	Dem. 	1825-29 	N/A
5 	
Gabriel Moore
(1785-1845)	Dem. 	1829-31 	Mary Moore
6 	
Samuel B. Moore
(1789-1846)	Dem. 	1831 	N/A
7 	
John Gayle
(1792-1859)	Dem. 	1831-35 	Sarah Gayle
8 	
Clement Comer Clay
(1789-1866)	Dem. 	1835-37 	Susanna Clay
9 	
Hugh McVay
(1766-1851)	Dem. 	1837 	N/A
10 	
Arthur P. Bagby
(1794-1858)	Dem. 	1837-41 	Ann Bagby
11 	
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
(1802-69)	Dem. 	1841-45 	N/A
12 	
Joshua L. Martin
(1799-1856)	Ind. 	1845-47 	Sarah Martin
13 	
Reuben Chapman
(1799-1882)	Dem. 	1847-49 	Felicia Chapman
14 	
Henry W. Collier
(1801-55)	Dem. 	1849-53 	Mary Collier
15 	
John A. Winston
(1812-71)	Dem. 	1853-57 	Mary Winston
16 	
Andrew B. Moore
(1807-73)	Dem. 	1857-61 	Mary Moore
17 	
John Gill Shorter
(1818-72)	Dem. 	1861-63 	Mary Shorter
18 	
Thomas H. Watts
(1819-92)	Dem. 	1863-65 	Eliza Watts
19 	
Lewis E. Parsons
(1817-95)	Dem. 	1865 	Jane Parsons
20 	
Robert M. Patton
(1809-85)	Whig 	1865-68 	Jane Patton
21 	
Wager Swayne
(1834-1902)	Military	1867-68 	N/A
22 	
William Hugh Smith
(1826-99)	Rep. 	1868-70 	Lucy Smith
23 	
Robert B. Lindsay
(1824-1902)	Dem. 	1870-72 	Sarah Lindsay
24 	
David P. Lewis
(1820-84)	Rep. 	1872-74 	N/A
25 	
George S. Houston
(1811-79)	Dem. 	1874-78 	Ellen Houston
26 	
Rufus W. Cobb
(1829-1913)	Dem. 	1878-82 	N/A
27 	
Edward A. O'Neal
(1818-90)	Dem. 	1882-86 	Olivia O'Neal
28 	
Thomas Seay
(1846-96)	Dem. 	1886-90 	Clara Seay
29 	
Thomas G. Jones
(1844-1914)	Dem. 	1890-94 	Georgena Jones
30 	
William C. Oates
(1835-1910)	Dem. 	1894-96 	Sarah Oates
31 	
Joseph F. Johnston
(1843-1913)	Dem. 	1896-1900	Theresa Johnston
32 	
William D. Jelks
(1855-1931)	Dem. 	1900 	Alice Jelks
33 	
William J. Samford
(1844-1901)	Dem. 	1900-01 	Caroline Samford
34 	
William D. Jelks
(1855-1931)	Dem. 	1901-07 	Alice Jelks
35 	
B.B. Comer
(1848-1927)	Dem. 	1907-11 	Eva Comer
36 	
Emmet O'Neal
(1853-1922)	Dem. 	1911-15 	Elizabeth O'Neal
37 	
Charles Henderson
(1860-1937)	Dem. 	1915-19 	Laura Henderson
38 	
Thomas Kilby
(1865-1943)	Dem. 	1919-23 	Mary Kilby
39 	
William W. Brandon
(1868-1934)	Dem. 	1923-27 	Elizabeth Brandon
40 	
Bibb Graves
(1873-1942)	Dem. 	1927-31 	Dixie Graves
41 	
Benjamin M. Miller
(1864-1944)	Dem. 	1931-35 	Margaret Miller
42 	
Bibb Graves
(1873-1942)	Dem. 	1935-39 	Dixie Graves
43 	
Frank M. Dixon
(1892-1965)	Dem. 	1939-43 	Juliet Dixon
44 	
Chauncey Sparks
(1884-1968)	Dem. 	1943-47 	N/A
45 	
Jim Folsom
(1908-87)	Dem. 	1947-51 	Jamelle Folsom
46 	
Gordon Persons
(1902-65)	Dem. 	1951-55 	Alice Persons
47 	
Jim Folsom
(1908-87)	Dem. 	1955-59 	Jamelle Folsom
48 	
John Malcolm Patterson
(1921-)	Dem. 	1959-63 	Mary Patterson
49 	
George Wallace
(1919-98)	Dem. 	1963-67 	Lurleen Wallace
50 	
Lurleen Wallace
(1926-68)	Dem. 	1967-68 	George Wallace
51 	
Albert Brewer
(1928-2017)	Dem. 	1968-71 	Martha Brewer
52 	
George Wallace
(1919-98)	Dem. 	1971-79 	Cornelia Wallace
53 	
Fob James
(1934-)	Dem. 	1979-83 	Bobbie James
54 	
George Wallace
(1919-98)	Dem. 	1983-87 	Lisa Wallace
55 	
H. Guy Hunt
(1933-2009)	Rep. 	1987-93 	Helen Hunt
56 	
Jim Folsom Jr.
(1949-)	Dem. 	1993-95 	Marsha Folsom
57 	
Fob James
(1934-)	Rep. 	1995-99 	Bobbie James
58 	
Don Siegelman
(1946-)	Dem. 	1999-2003	Lori Siegelman
59 	
Bob Riley
(1944-)	Rep. 	2003-11 	Patsy Riley
60 	
Robert J. Bentley
(1943-)	Rep. 	2011-17 	Dianne Bentley
61 	
Kay Ivey
(1944-)	Rep. 	2017-Pr. 	N/A
==U.S. Senators (Class 2 and Class 3)==
Class 2: 1819-61 (Next Election in 2026
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	William R.D. King
(1786-1853)	Democratic 	1819-44
(25 years)
2. 	Dixon Hall Lewis
(1802-48)	Democratic 	1844-48
(4 years)
3. 	Benjamin Fitzpatrick
(1802-69)	Democratic 	1848-49
(1 year)
4. 	Jeremiah Clemens
(1814-65)	Democratic 	1849-53
(4 years)
5. 	Clement Claiborne Clay
(1816-62)	Democratic 	1853-61
(8 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from Alabama from January 21, 1861 until July 13, 1868, due to the secession of Alabama from the United States.
Class 2: 1868-Present (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
6. 	Willard Warner
(1826-1906)	Republican 	1868-71
(3 years)
7. 	George Goldthwaite
(1809-79)	Democratic 	1871-77
(6 years)
8. 	John Tyler Morgan
(1824-1907)	Democratic 	1877-1907
(30 years)
9. 	John H. Bankhead
(1842-1920)	Democratic 	1907-20
(13 years)
10. 	B.B. Comer
(1848-1927)	Democratic 	1920
(7 months)
11. 	James Thomas Heflin
(1869-1951)	Democratic 	1920-31
(11 years)
12. 	John H. Bankhead II
(1872-1946)	Democratic 	1931-46
(15 years)
13. 	George R. Swift
(1887-1972)	Democratic 	1946
(4 months)
14. 	John Sparkman
(1899-1985)	Democratic 	1946-79
(33 years)
15. 	Howell Heflin
(1921-2005)	Democratic 	1979-97
(18 years)
16. 	Jeff Sessions
(1946-)	Republican 	1997-2017
(20 years)
17. 	Luther Strange
(1953-)	Republican 	2017-18
(1 year)
18. 	Doug Jones
(1954-)	Democratic 	2018-21
(3 years)
19. 	Tommy Tuberville
(1954-)	Republican 	2021-Present
(2 months)
Class 3: 1819-61 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	John Williams Walker
(1783-1823)	Democratic-Republican	1819-22
(3 years)
2. 	William Kelly
(1786-1834)	Democratic-Republican	1822-25
(3 years)
3. 	Henry H. Chambers
(1790-1826)	Democratic 	1825-26
(1 year)
4. 	Israel Pickens
(1780-1827)	Democratic 	1826
(9 months)
5. 	John McKinley
(1780-1852)	Democratic 	1826-31
(5 years)
6. 	Gabriel Moore
(1785-1845)	National Republican 	1831-37
(6 years)
7. 	John McKinley
(1780-1852)	Democratic 	1837
(1 month)
8. 	Clement Comer Clay
(1789-1866)	Democratic 	1837-41
(4 years)
9. 	Arthur P. Bagby
(1794-1858)	Democratic 	1841-48
(7 years)
10. 	William R.D. King
(1786-1853)	Democratic 	1848-52
(4 years)
11. 	Benjamin Fitzpatrick
(1802-69)	Democratic 	1853-61
(8 years)
Class 3: 1868-Present (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
12. 	George E. Spencer
(1836-93)	Republican 	1868-79
(11 years)
13. 	George S. Houston
(1811-79)	Democratic 	1879
(9 months)
14. 	Luke Pryor
(1820-1900)	Democratic 	1880
(10 months)
15. 	James L. Pugh
(1820-1907)	Democratic 	1880-97
(17 years)
16. 	Edmund Pettus
(1821-1907)	Democratic 	1897-1907
(10 years)
17. 	Joseph F. Johnston
(1843-1913)	Democratic 	1907-13
(6 years)
18. 	Francis S. White
(1847-1922)	Democratic 	1914-15
(1 year)
19. 	Oscar Underwood
(1862-1929)	Democratic 	1915-27
(12 years)
20. 	Hugo Black
(1886-1971)	Democratic 	1927-37
(10 years)
21. 	Dixie Bibb Graves
(1882-1965)	Democratic 	1937-38
(1 year)
22. 	J. Lister Hill
(1894-1984)	Democratic 	1938-69
(31 years)
23. 	James Allen
(1912-78)	Democratic 	1969-78
(9 years)
24. 	Maryon Pittman Allen
(1925-2018)	Democratic 	1978
(4 months)
25. 	Donald Stewart
(1940-)	Democratic 	1978-81
(3 years)
26. 	Jeremiah Denton
(1924-2014)	Republican 	1981-87
(6 years)
27. 	Richard Shelby
(1934-)	Republican 	1987-Present
(34 years)