Governors of Alabama, 1819-2019 (May be
incomplete!)
William
W. Bibb 1819-20
Thomas
Bibb 1820-21
Israel
Pickens 1821-25
John
Murphy 1825-29
Gabriel
Moore 1829-31
Samuel
B. Moore 1831
John
Gayle 1831-35
Clement
C. Clay 1835-37
Hugh
McVay 1837
Arthur
P. Bagby 1837-41
Benjamin
Fitzpatrick 1841-45
Joshua
Lanier Martin 1845-47
Reuben
Chapman 1847-49
Henry
Watkins Collier 1849-53
John
A. Winston 1853-57
Andrew
Barry Moore 1857-61
John
Gill Shorter 1861-63
Thomas
H. Watts 1863-65
Lewis
E. Parsons 1865
Robert
Miller Patton 1865-68
William
H. Smith 1868-70
Robert
B. Lindsay 1870-72
David
Peter Lewis 1872-74
George
S. Houston 1874-78
Rufus
Willis Cobb 1878-82
Edward
A. O'Neal 1882-86
Thomas
Seay 1886-90
Thomas
G. Jones 1890-94
William
C. Oates 1894-96
Joseph
F. Johnston 1896-1900
William
D. Jelks 1900
William
James Samford 1900-01
William
D. Jelks 1901-04
Russell
McWhorter Cunningham 1904-05
William
D. Jelks 1905-07
Braxton
B. Comer 1907-11
Emmet
O'Neal 1911-15
Charles
Henderson 1915-19
Thomas
E. Kilby 1919-23
William
W. Brandon 1923-27
Bibb
Graves 1927-31
Benjamin
M. Miller 1931-35
Bibb
Graves 1935-39
Frank
M. Dixon 1939-43
Chauncey
Sparks 1943-47
James
E. Folsom 1947-51
Gordon
Persons 1951-55
James
E. Folsom 1955-59
John
Patterson 1959-63
George
C. Wallace 1963-67
Lurleen
B. Wallace 1967-68
Albert
P. Brewer 1968-71
George
C. Wallace 1971-72
George
C. Wallace 1972-79
Fob
James 1979-83
George
C. Wallace 1983-87
Guy
Hunt 1987-93
James
E. Folsom, Jr. 1993-95
Fob
James 1995-99
Don
Siegelman 1999-2003
Bob
Riley 2003-11
Robert
J. Bentley 2011-17
Kay
Ivey 2017-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1819:
Marmaduke
Williams, defeated.
1820 Jul 10:
William
W. Bibb, died in office.
1821:
Henry
H. Chambers, defeated.
1823:
Henry
H. Chambers, defeated.
1831:
Samuel
B. Moore, defeated;
Nicholas
Davis (Whig), defeated.
1835:
Enoch
Parsons, defeated.
1837:
Samuel
W. Oliver, defeated.
1839:
Arthur
F. Hopkins, defeated.
1841:
James
W. McClung, defeated.
1845:
Nathaniel
Terry, defeated.
1851:
Benjamin
G. Shields, defeated.
1865:
William
R. Smith, defeated.
1872:
Robert
Fulwood Ligon, defeated;
Thomas
H. Herndon (Dem), defeated.
1890:
Thomas
G. Jones (Dem), elected;
Benjamin
M. Long (Rep), defeated.
1892:
Reuben
F. Kolb, defeated;
Thomas
G. Jones (Dem), elected.
1894:
Reuben
F. Kolb, defeated.
1901 Jun 11:
William
James Samford, died in office.
1902 Nov 4:
William
D. Jelks (Dem), elected;
John
A. W. Smith (Rep), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
Braxton
B. Comer (Dem), elected;
Asa
E. Stratton (Rep), defeated;
J.
N. Abbott (Socialist), defeated.
1910 Nov 8:
Emmet
O'Neal (Dem), elected;
Joseph
O. Thompson (Rep), defeated;
Luther
R. Carter (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
H. Scott (Independent Republican), defeated.
1914 Nov 3:
Charles
Henderson (Dem), elected;
John
B. Shields (Rep), defeated;
E.
H. Cross (Progressive), defeated;
W.
C. Swain (Socialist), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
Thomas
E. Kilby (Dem), elected;
Dallas
B. Smith (Rep), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
William
W. Brandon (Dem), elected;
Oliver
D. Street (Rep), defeated;
Arlie
Barber (Socialist), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
Bibb
Graves (Dem), elected;
John
A. Bingham (Rep), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Benjamin
M. Miller (Dem), elected;
Hugh
A. Locke (Ind), defeated.
1934:
Frank
M. Dixon (Dem), defeated in primary.
1934:
Leon
McCord, defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Bibb
Graves (Dem), elected;
Edmund
H. Dryer (Rep), defeated;
Arlie
Barber (Socialist), defeated;
John
M. Davis (Communist), defeated.
1938 Nov 8:
Frank
M. Dixon (Dem), elected;
W.
A. Clardy (Rep), defeated;
A.
W. Eichelberger, defeated.
1940:
Bull
Connor (Dem), defeated in primary.
1942 Nov 3:
Chauncey
Sparks (Dem), elected;
Hugh
McEniry (Rep), defeated;
Ordway
Southard (Communist), defeated.
1946:
Simon
Elbert Boozer (Dem), defeated in primary.
1946 Nov 5:
James
E. Folsom (Dem), elected;
Lyman
Ward (Rep), defeated.
1950:
J.
Bruce Henderson (Dem), defeated in primary.
1950 Nov 7:
Gordon
Persons (Dem), elected;
John
S. Crowder (Rep), defeated.
1954:
J.
Bruce Henderson (Dem), defeated in primary;
Bull
Connor (Dem), defeated in primary.
1954 Nov 2:
James
E. Folsom (Dem), elected;
Tom
Abernethy (Rep), defeated.
1958:
George
C. Wallace (Dem), defeated in primary;
Laurie
C. Battle (Dem), defeated in primary;
George
C. Hawkins, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
1958 Nov 4:
John
Patterson (Dem), elected;
William
L. Longshore (Rep), defeated;
William
M. Jackson (Ind), defeated.
1962 Nov 6:
George
C. Wallace (Dem), elected;
F.
P. Walls (Rep), defeated.
1966:
Carl
Elliott (Dem), defeated in primary.
1966:
John
Patterson, defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
Lurleen
B. Wallace (Dem), elected;
James
D. Martin (Rep), defeated;
Carl
R. Robinson (Ind), defeated.
1968 May 7:
Lurleen
B. Wallace, died in office.
1970:
Albert
P. Brewer (Dem), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
George
C. Wallace (Dem), elected;
John
L. Cashin, Jr. (National Democratic), defeated;
A.
C. Shelton (Ind), defeated;
Jerome
B. Couch (American), defeated;
Menter
G. Walker, Jr. (Ind), defeated;
John
Watts, defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
George
C. Wallace (Dem), elected;
Elvin
McCary (Rep), defeated;
Jim
Partain (Prohibition), defeated.
1978:
William
J. Baxley, defeated for nomination.
1978:
Guy
Hunt (Rep), defeated in primary.
1978:
Fob
James (Dem), elected;
Albert
P. Brewer (Dem), defeated.
1982:
George
C. Wallace (Dem), elected.
1986:
Guy
Hunt (Rep), elected.
1990 Nov 6:
Guy
Hunt (Rep), elected;
Paul
Hubbert (Dem), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Fob
James (Rep), elected;
James
E. Folsom, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
2006:
Roy
Moore (Rep), defeated in primary.
2010:
Artur
Davis (Dem), defeated in primary.
2010:
Bradley
Byrne (Rep), defeated in primary;
Roy
Moore (Rep), defeated in primary.
2014:
Parker
Griffith (Dem), defeated.
2017 Apr 10:
Robert
J. Bentley, resigned.
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