Governors of Alabama, 1819-2019(May beincomplete!) WilliamW. Bibb 1819-20ThomasBibb 1820-21IsraelPickens 1821-25JohnMurphy 1825-29GabrielMoore 1829-31SamuelB. Moore 1831JohnGayle 1831-35ClementC. Clay 1835-37HughMcVay 1837ArthurP. Bagby 1837-41BenjaminFitzpatrick 1841-45JoshuaLanier Martin 1845-47ReubenChapman 1847-49HenryWatkins Collier 1849-53JohnA. Winston 1853-57AndrewBarry Moore 1857-61JohnGill Shorter 1861-63ThomasH. Watts 1863-65LewisE. Parsons 1865RobertMiller Patton 1865-68WilliamH. Smith 1868-70RobertB. Lindsay 1870-72DavidPeter Lewis 1872-74GeorgeS. Houston 1874-78RufusWillis Cobb 1878-82EdwardA. O'Neal 1882-86ThomasSeay 1886-90ThomasG. Jones 1890-94WilliamC. Oates 1894-96JosephF. Johnston 1896-1900WilliamD. Jelks 1900WilliamJames Samford 1900-01WilliamD. Jelks 1901-04RussellMcWhorter Cunningham 1904-05WilliamD. Jelks 1905-07BraxtonB. Comer 1907-11EmmetO'Neal 1911-15CharlesHenderson 1915-19ThomasE. Kilby 1919-23WilliamW. Brandon 1923-27BibbGraves 1927-31BenjaminM. Miller 1931-35BibbGraves 1935-39FrankM. Dixon 1939-43ChaunceySparks 1943-47JamesE. Folsom 1947-51GordonPersons 1951-55JamesE. Folsom 1955-59JohnPatterson 1959-63GeorgeC. Wallace 1963-67LurleenB. Wallace 1967-68AlbertP. Brewer 1968-71GeorgeC. Wallace 1971-72GeorgeC. Wallace 1972-79FobJames 1979-83GeorgeC. Wallace 1983-87GuyHunt 1987-93JamesE. Folsom, Jr. 1993-95FobJames 1995-99DonSiegelman 1999-2003BobRiley 2003-11RobertJ. Bentley 2011-17KayIvey 2017- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1819:MarmadukeWilliams, defeated. 1820 Jul 10:WilliamW. Bibb, died in office. 1821:HenryH. Chambers, defeated. 1823:HenryH. Chambers, defeated. 1831:SamuelB. Moore, defeated;NicholasDavis (Whig), defeated. 1835:EnochParsons, defeated. 1837:SamuelW. Oliver, defeated. 1839:ArthurF. Hopkins, defeated. 1841:JamesW. McClung, defeated. 1845:NathanielTerry, defeated. 1851:BenjaminG. Shields, defeated. 1865:WilliamR. Smith, defeated. 1872:RobertFulwood Ligon, defeated;ThomasH. Herndon (Dem), defeated. 1890:ThomasG. Jones (Dem), elected;BenjaminM. Long (Rep), defeated. 1892:ReubenF. Kolb, defeated;ThomasG. Jones (Dem), elected. 1894:ReubenF. Kolb, defeated. 1901 Jun 11:WilliamJames Samford, died in office. 1902 Nov 4:WilliamD. Jelks (Dem), elected;JohnA. W. Smith (Rep), defeated. 1906 Nov 6:BraxtonB. Comer (Dem), elected;AsaE. Stratton (Rep), defeated;J.N. Abbott (Socialist), defeated. 1910 Nov 8:EmmetO'Neal (Dem), elected;JosephO. Thompson (Rep), defeated;LutherR. Carter (Socialist), defeated;CharlesH. Scott (Independent Republican), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:CharlesHenderson (Dem), elected;JohnB. Shields (Rep), defeated;E.H. Cross (Progressive), defeated;W.C. Swain (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:ThomasE. Kilby (Dem), elected;DallasB. Smith (Rep), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:WilliamW. Brandon (Dem), elected;OliverD. Street (Rep), defeated;ArlieBarber (Socialist), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:BibbGraves (Dem), elected;JohnA. Bingham (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:BenjaminM. Miller (Dem), elected;HughA. Locke (Ind), defeated. 1934:FrankM. Dixon (Dem), defeated in primary. 1934:LeonMcCord, defeated. 1934 Nov 6:BibbGraves (Dem), elected;EdmundH. Dryer (Rep), defeated;ArlieBarber (Socialist), defeated;JohnM. Davis (Communist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:FrankM. Dixon (Dem), elected;W.A. Clardy (Rep), defeated;A.W. Eichelberger, defeated. 1940:BullConnor (Dem), defeated in primary. 1942 Nov 3:ChaunceySparks (Dem), elected;HughMcEniry (Rep), defeated;OrdwaySouthard (Communist), defeated. 1946:SimonElbert Boozer (Dem), defeated in primary. 1946 Nov 5:JamesE. Folsom (Dem), elected;LymanWard (Rep), defeated. 1950:J.Bruce Henderson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1950 Nov 7:GordonPersons (Dem), elected;JohnS. Crowder (Rep), defeated. 1954:J.Bruce Henderson (Dem), defeated in primary;BullConnor (Dem), defeated in primary. 1954 Nov 2:JamesE. Folsom (Dem), elected;TomAbernethy (Rep), defeated. 1958:GeorgeC. Wallace (Dem), defeated in primary;LaurieC. Battle (Dem), defeated in primary;GeorgeC. Hawkins, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1958 Nov 4:JohnPatterson (Dem), elected;WilliamL. Longshore (Rep), defeated;WilliamM. Jackson (Ind), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:GeorgeC. Wallace (Dem), elected;F.P. Walls (Rep), defeated. 1966:CarlElliott (Dem), defeated in primary. 1966:JohnPatterson, defeated. 1966 Nov 8:LurleenB. Wallace (Dem), elected;JamesD. Martin (Rep), defeated;CarlR. Robinson (Ind), defeated. 1968 May 7:LurleenB. Wallace, died in office. 1970:AlbertP. Brewer (Dem), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:GeorgeC. Wallace (Dem), elected;JohnL. Cashin, Jr. (National Democratic), defeated;A.C. Shelton (Ind), defeated;JeromeB. Couch (American), defeated;MenterG. Walker, Jr. (Ind), defeated;JohnWatts, defeated. 1974 Nov 5:GeorgeC. Wallace (Dem), elected;ElvinMcCary (Rep), defeated;JimPartain (Prohibition), defeated. 1978:WilliamJ. Baxley, defeated for nomination. 1978:GuyHunt (Rep), defeated in primary. 1978:FobJames (Dem), elected;AlbertP. Brewer (Dem), defeated. 1982:GeorgeC. Wallace (Dem), elected. 1986:GuyHunt (Rep), elected. 1990 Nov 6:GuyHunt (Rep), elected;PaulHubbert (Dem), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:FobJames (Rep), elected;JamesE. Folsom, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 2006:RoyMoore (Rep), defeated in primary. 2010:ArturDavis (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010:BradleyByrne (Rep), defeated in primary;RoyMoore (Rep), defeated in primary. 2014:ParkerGriffith (Dem), defeated. 2017 Apr 10:RobertJ. Bentley, resigned. | |