lieutenant death_date birth_date term_end death_place preceded term_start order image name succeeded predecessor birth_place jr/sr party office state district successor article_title
robert f. ligon '' vacant '' december 31 , 1879 -lrb- aged 68 -rrb- january 17 , 1811 december 3 , 1849 january 21 , 1861 march 3 , 31 1843 , 1879 november 28 , 1878 march athens , alabama george e. spencer march 4 , 1843 march 4 , 1851 march 4 , 4 1841 , 1879 november 24 , 1874 march 24th george s. houston - brady-handy . jpg george smith houston luke pryor david inactive '' p. lewis james dellet david hubbard '' district franklin , tennessee senior senator democratic governor of alabama alabama alabama alabama 5th at-large rufus district inactive '' w. cobb david hubbard john benton callis '' george s. houston

george s. houston

george smith houston -lrb- january 17 , 1811 -- december 31 , 1879 -rrb- was an american democratic politician who was the 24th governor of alabama from 1874 to 1878 .
he was also a congressman and senator for alabama .
