Shown here in his official portrait, Thomas E. Kilby (1865-1943) was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1919-1923. Prior to his governorship, he was lieutenant governor, a state senator, and city councilman and mayor in Anniston.
Thomas E. Kilby
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Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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