List of governors of Alabama

This is a list of the governors of U.S. state Alabama.

 List of governors 
+ Governors of the State of AlabamaGovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor175px William Wyatt Bibb–July 10, 1820(died in office)Democratic-Republican1819Office did not exist275pxThomas Bibb–November 9, 1821(not candidate for election)Democratic-RepublicanSucceeded fromPresident ofthe Senate375pxIsrael Pickens–November 25, 1825(term limited)Democratic-Republican18211823475pxJohn Murphy–November 25, 1829(term limited)JacksonDemocrat18251827575pxGabriel Moore–March 3, 1831(resigned)JacksonDemocrat18296Samuel B. Moore–November 26, 1831(lost election)DemocraticSucceeded fromPresident ofthe Senate775pxJohn Gayle–November 21, 1835(term limited)Democratic18311833875pxClement Comer Clay–July 17, 1837(resigned)Democratic1835975pxHugh McVay–November 21, 1837(not candidate for election)DemocraticSucceeded fromPresident ofthe Senate1075pxArthur P. Bagby–November 22, 1841(term limited)Democratic183718391175pxBenjamin Fitzpatrick–December 10, 1845(term limited)Democratic184118431275pxJoshua L. Martin–December 16, 1847(withdrew from election)Independent18451375pxReuben Chapman–December 17, 1849(lost renomination)Democratic18471475pxHenry W. Collier–December 20, 1853(term limited)Democratic184918511575pxJohn A. Winston–December 1, 1857(term limited)Democratic185318551675pxAndrew B. Moore–December 2, 1861(term limited)Democratic185718591775pxJohn Gill Shorter–December 1, 1863(lost election)Democratic18611875pxThomas H. Watts–May 3, 1865(arrested and removed)Whig1863Vacant–June 21, 1865—Office vacatedafter civil war1975pxLewis E. Parsons–December 13, 1865(provisional term ended)—Provisionalgovernorappointed byPresident2075pxRobert M. Patton–July 14, 1868(not candidate for election)Pre-War Whig186575pxWager Swayne–January 11, 1868(removed)—Militaryoccupation2175pxWilliam Hugh Smith–November 26, 1870(lost election)Republican1868 Andrew J. Applegate(took office August 13, 1868)(died August 21, 1870)Vacant2275pxRobert B. Lindsay–November 25, 1872(not candidate for election)Democratic1870Edward H. Moren2375pxDavid P. Lewis–November 24, 1874(lost election)Republican1872Alexander McKinstry2475pxGeorge S. Houston–November 27, 1878(not candidate for election)Democratic1874Robert F. Ligon1876Office did not exist2575pxRufus W. Cobb–December 1, 1882(not candidate for election)Democratic187818802675pxEdward A. O'Neal–December 1, 1886(not candidate for election)Democratic188218842775pxThomas Seay–December 1, 1890(not candidate for election)Democratic188618882875pxThomas G. Jones–December 1, 1894(not candidate for election)Democratic189018922975pxWilliam C. Oates–December 1, 1896(not candidate for election)Democratic18943075pxJoseph F. Johnston–December 1, 1900(not candidate for election)Democratic1896189875pxWilliam D. Jelks–December 26, 1900(acting)Democratic19003175pxWilliam J. Samford–June 11, 1901(died in office)Democratic3275pxWilliam D. Jelks–January 14, 1907(term limited)DemocraticSucceeded fromPresident ofthe Senate1902Russell McWhortor Cunningham(acted as governorApril 25, 1904–March 5, 1905)3375pxB. B. Comer–January 16, 1911(term limited)Democratic1906Henry B. Gray3475pxEmmet O'Neal–January 18, 1915(term limited)Democratic1910Walter D. Seed Sr.3575pxCharles Henderson–January 20, 1919(term limited)Democratic1914Thomas Kilby3675pxThomas Kilby–January 15, 1923(term limited)Democratic1918Nathan Lee Miller3775pxWilliam W. Brandon–January 17, 1927(term limited)Democratic1922Charles S. McDowell(acted as governorJuly 10, 1924–July 11, 1924)3875pxBibb Graves–January 19, 1931(term limited)Democratic1926William C. Davis3975pxBenjamin M. Miller–January 14, 1935(term limited)Democratic1930Hugh Davis Merrill4075pxBibb Graves–January 16, 1939(term limited)Democratic1934Thomas E. Knight(died May 17, 1937)Vacant4175pxFrank M. Dixon–January 18, 1943(term limited)Democratic1938Albert A. Carmichael4275pxChauncey Sparks–January 20, 1947(term limited)Democratic1942Leven H. Ellis4375pxJim Folsom–January 15, 1951(term limited)Democratic1946James C. Inzer4475pxGordon Persons–January 17, 1955(term limited)Democratic1950James Allen4575pxJim Folsom–January 19, 1959(term limited)Democratic1954William G. Hardwick4675pxJohn Malcolm Patterson–January 14, 1963(term limited)Democratic1958Albert Boutwell4775pxGeorge Wallace–January 16, 1967(term limited)Democratic1962James Allen4875pxLurleen Wallace–May 7, 1968(died in office)Democratic1966Albert Brewer(acted as governorJuly 25, 1967)4975pxAlbert Brewer–January 18, 1971(lost renomination)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant5075pxGeorge Wallace–January 15, 1979(term limited)Democratic1970Jere Beasley(acted as governorJune 5, 1972–July 7, 1972)19745175pxFob James–January 17, 1983(lost renomination)Democratic1978George McMillan5275pxGeorge Wallace–January 19, 1987(not candidate for election)Democratic1982Bill Baxley5375pxH. Guy Hunt–April 22, 1993(resigned)Republican1986Jim Folsom Jr.19905475pxJim Folsom Jr.–January 16, 1995(lost election)DemocraticSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant5575pxFob James–January 18, 1999(lost election)Republican1994Don Siegelman5675pxDon Siegelman–January 20, 2003(lost election)Democratic1998Steve Windom5775pxBob Riley–January 17, 2011(term limited)Republican2002Lucy Baxley2006Jim Folsom Jr.5875pxRobert J. Bentley–April 10, 2017(resigned)Republican2010Kay Ivey20145975pxKay Ivey–presentRepublicanSucceeded fromLieutenantGovernorVacant2018Will Ainsworth

 Living former Governors of Alabama 
As of February 2026, there are seven living former Governors of Alabama, the oldest being Fob James, who served as the 48th and 51st Governor of Alabama (served 1979-1983, 1995-1999), at 91. The most recent death of a former governor was that of John M. Patterson (served 1959-1963) on June 4, 2021.

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