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Alabama Governors

Alabama has played an important role in many of the most significant events in U.S. history, from the period of territorial expansion, to the Civil War, to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout all these events and up to the present, Alabama's governors have been at the helm, crafting policies and actions that created infrastructure and industry, expanded and curtailed civil rights, and increased and impeded access to public education. Each governor's life is a reflection of the events actions, and ideals that shaped Alabama's development and continues to do so today.

William Wyatt Bibb (1819-20)

William Wyatt Bibb (1819-20)

Thomas Bibb (1820-21)

Thomas Bibb (1820-21)

Israel Pickens (1821-25)

Israel Pickens (1821-25)

John Murphy (1825-29)

John Murphy (1825-29)

Gabriel Moore (1829-31)

Gabriel Moore (1829-31)

Samuel B. Moore (1831)

Samuel B. Moore (1831)

John Gayle (1831-35)

John Gayle (1831-35)

Clement Comer Clay (1835-37)

Clement Comer Clay (1835-37)

Hugh McVay (1837)

Hugh McVay (1837)

Arthur P. Bagby (1837-41)

Arthur P. Bagby (1837-41)

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1841-45)

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1841-45)

Joshua L. Martin (1845-47)

Joshua L. Martin (1845-47)

Reuben Chapman (1847-49)

Reuben Chapman (1847-49)

Henry W. Collier (1849-53)

Henry W. Collier (1849-53)

John A. Winston (1853-57)

John A. Winston (1853-57)

Andrew B. Moore (1857-61)

Andrew B. Moore (1857-61)

John Gill Shorter (1861-63)

John Gill Shorter (1861-63)

Thomas Hill Watts (1863-65)

Thomas Hill Watts (1863-65)

Lewis Eliphalet Parsons (1865)

Lewis Eliphalet Parsons (1865)

Robert M. Patton (1865-67)

Robert M. Patton (1865-67)

William Hugh Smith (1868-1870)

William Hugh Smith (1868-1870)

Robert Burns Lindsay (1870-72)

Robert Burns Lindsay (1870-72)

David P. Lewis (1872-74)

David P. Lewis (1872-74)

George S. Houston (1874-78)

George S. Houston (1874-78)

Rufus W. Cobb (1878-82)

Rufus W. Cobb (1878-82)

Edward A. O'Neal (1882-86)

Edward A. O'Neal (1882-86)

Thomas Seay (1886-90)

Thomas Seay (1886-90)

Thomas Goode Jones (1890-94)

Thomas Goode Jones (1890-94)

William Calvin Oates (1894-96)

William Calvin Oates (1894-96)

Joseph F. Johnston (1896-1900)

Joseph F. Johnston (1896-1900)

William J. Samford (1900-01)

William J. Samford (1900-01)

William D. Jelks (1901-07)

William D. Jelks (1901-07)

Russell M. Cunningham (1904-05)

Russell M. Cunningham (1904-05)

Braxton Bragg Comer (1907-11)

Braxton Bragg Comer (1907-11)

Emmet O'Neal (1911-15)

Emmet O'Neal (1911-15)

Charles Henderson (1915-19)

Charles Henderson (1915-19)

Thomas E. Kilby (1919-23)

Thomas E. Kilby (1919-23)

William W. Brandon (1923-27)

William W. Brandon (1923-27)

David Bibb Graves (1927-31, 1935-39)

David Bibb Graves (1927-31, 1935-39)

Benjamin Meek Miller (1931-35)

Benjamin Meek Miller (1931-35)

Frank M. Dixon (1939-43)

Frank M. Dixon (1939-43)

Chauncey Sparks (1943-47)

Chauncey Sparks (1943-47)

Seth Gordon Persons (1951-55)

Seth Gordon Persons (1951-55)

James E. "Big Jim" Folsom Sr. (1947-51, 1955-59)

James E. "Big Jim" Folsom Sr. (1947-51, 1955-59)

John M. Patterson (1959-63)

John M. Patterson (1959-63)

George C. Wallace (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87)

George C. Wallace (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87)

Lurleen B. Wallace (1967-68)

Lurleen B. Wallace (1967-68)

Albert P. Brewer (1968-71)

Albert P. Brewer (1968-71)

Jere Beasley Sr. (1972)

Jere Beasley Sr. (1972)

Forrest "Fob" James Jr. (1979-83, 1995-99)

Forrest "Fob" James Jr. (1979-83, 1995-99)

Guy Hunt (1987-93)

Guy Hunt (1987-93)

James E. Folsom Jr. (1993-95)

James E. Folsom Jr. (1993-95)

Don Siegelman (1999-2003)

Don Siegelman (1999-2003)

Robert "Bob" Riley (2003-11)

Robert "Bob" Riley (2003-11)

Robert Bentley (2011-17)

Robert Bentley (2011-17)

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