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List of Governors of Alabama

The Governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the US state responsible for enforcing state laws. He has the right to assemble the legislative assembly of Alabama , approve the laws adopted by the meeting, or veto and pardon them, except in cases of removal from office [2] . The governor is also the commander in chief of the armed forces of the state .

Governor of Alabama
English Governor of Alabama
Seal of the Governor of Alabama.svg
Seal of the Governor of Alabama
Portrait-Governor-Kay-Ivey.jpg
Position takes
Kay ivy
from April 10, 2017
LeadsAlabama
Appeal formHon
Official residenceAlabama Governor's Mansion
Assignedby direct election
Term of office4 years, with the right to 1 re-election
Salary119 950 ( 2013 ) [1]
Post has appearedDecember 14, 1819
First in officeWilliam Wyatt Bibb
Sitegovernor.state.al.us

During its existence, the state was replaced by 53 governors; this official numbering does not include acting and military governors [3] . In addition, the first governor is William Wyatt Bibb - Before taking office, he was the only governor of Alabama . Also, 5 people temporarily performed governor duties; taking them into account, the total number of people who worked as the governor of the state is 58, distributed over 63 separate terms. Another 4 people worked as governor for more than one term intermittently: Bibb Graves , Jim Folsom and Phob James held a position for two periods of authority, and George Wallis served three periods intermittently. Formally, these periods are numbered intermittently only by the number of the first term. William Jelks also held the position for several periods intermittently, but served the first period as acting governor. George Wallis served the longest - 16 years in four terms. Hugh McVay had the shortest service time for a non-interim governor , who served 4½ months, replacing the resigned Clement Clay . Wife of George Wallis Lorlin was the first and so far the only female governor of Alabama and the third female governor of any US state. The current governor is Republican Kay Ivey , who took office on April 10, 2017 .

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Governors

Alabama Governor

For the period before the formation of the territory, see the list of governors of the Mississippi Territory .

The territory of Alabama was formed on March 3, 1817 , before that it was part of the territory of the Mississippi . She had only one governor, appointed by the president of the United States before the transformation of the territory into a state; he later became the first governor of Alabama.

PortraitGovernorStart of termEnd of termWho is appointed
 William BibbMarch 6, 1817 [K 1] .December 14, 1819James monroe

Alabama Governors

 
Seal used by the elected governor
 
Flag of the Governor from 1868 to 1939

Alabama was admitted to the Federation on December 14, 1819 . On January 11, 1861, she resigned from the federation, and on February 4 of the same year she became a founding member of the Confederate States of America ; the government of the Federation in exile did not exist, therefore the line of governors is unique and continuous. After the end of the civil war during the reconstruction of the South , the state was part of the 3rd military district , to some extent controlled the appointment of governors and elections. July 14, 1868 Alabama was re-admitted to the Federation.

First Alabama Constitution ratified in 1819 , provided for the election of the governor every 2 years, prohibiting the work of the governor for more than 4 out of every 6 years [5] . This restriction remained in force until the adoption of the constitution of 1868, which allowed governors to serve an unlimited number of two-year terms [6] . The current constitution of 1901 increased the length of the term to 4 years, [7] but prohibited the governors from being reelected without interruption [8] . 282, an amendment to the constitution, adopted in 1968, allowed governors to be re-elected for 1 term [9] . Until 1901, the constitution did not specify a fixed start date for the term of the newly elected governor, and the new constitution set this date on the first Monday after the second Tuesday in the first of January after the election [8] .

In 1869, the position of vice-governor was established , [10] in 1875 it was abolished, [11] and in 1901 recreated [12] . According to the current constitution, if the governor leaves the state for more than 20 days, the vice-governor will become the acting governor , and if the post of governor becomes vacant, the vice-governor will become governor [13] . According to previous versions of the constitution, the powers of the governor are transferred to the successor, rather than the successor becomes the governor, [14] but the official list names the successors as full governors [3] . The governor and vice-governor are elected by different ballots.

Before the Civil War, Alabama voters supported the Democratic Party, electing candidates only from the Democratic Republican and Democratic Parties. After the reconstruction of the South, two Republican governors were elected, but then the Democratic Party regained its position, and the next Republican was elected only 112 years later.

  Democratic Party (52) [K 2]

  Democratic Republican Party (3)

  Independent (1)

  Military (1) [K 3]

  Republican Party (6) [K 4]

# [K 5]PortraitGovernorStart of termEnd of termVice Governor [K 6] [K 7]Number of terms [K 8]
one William Bibb
1781-1820		December 14, 1819July 10, 1820Not1 ⁄ 2 [K 9]
2 Thomas Bibb
1783-1839		July 10, 1820November 9, 18211 ⁄ 2 [K 10]
3 Israel Pickens
1780-1827		November 9, 1821November 25, 18252
four John Murphy
1786-1841		November 25, 1825November 25, 18292
five Gabriel More
1785-1845		November 25, 1829March 3, 18311 ⁄ 2 [K 11]
6 Samuel More
1789-1846		March 3, 1831November 26, 18311 ⁄ 2 [K 10]
7 John Gale
1792-1859		November 26, 1831November 21, 18352
eight Clement Clay
1789-1866		November 21, 1835July 17, 18371 ⁄ 2 [K 11]
9 Hugh McVeigh
1766-1851		July 17, 1837November 30, 18371 ⁄ 2 [K 10]
ten Arthur Begby
1794-1858		November 30, 1837November 22, 18412
eleven Benjamin Fitzpatrick
1802-1869		November 22, 1841December 10, 18452
12 Joshua Martin
1799-1856		December 10, 1845December 16, 18471 [K 12]
13 Royben Chapman
1799-1882		December 16, 1847December 17, 1849one
14 Henry Collier
1801-1855		December 17, 1849December 20, 18532
15 John Winston
1812-1871		December 20, 1853December 1, 18572
sixteen Andrew More
1807-1873		December 1, 1857December 2, 18612
17 John Shorter
1818-1872		December 2, 1861December 1, 1863one
18 Thomas Watts
1819-1892		December 1, 1863May 1, 18651 ⁄ 2 [K 13]
nineteen Lewis Parsons
1817-1895		June 21, 1865December 13, 18651 ⁄ 2 [K 14]
20 Robert Patton
1809-1885		December 13, 1865July 24, 18681 [K 15]
- Wager Swain
1834-1902		March 2, 1867July 14, 1868- [K 16]
21 William Smith
1826-1899		July 24, 1868November 26, 1870Not1 [K 17]
Andrew Applegate [K 9]
1833-1870
22 Robert Lindsay
1824-1902		November 26, 1870November 17, 1872Edward Moren
1825-1886		1 [K 17]
23 David Lewis
1820-1884		November 17, 1872November 24, 1874Alexander McKinstry
1822-1879		one
24 George Houston
1811-1879		November 24, 1874November 28, 1878Robert Laigon
1823-1901		2
Not
25 Rufus Cobb
1829-1913		November 28, 1878December 1, 1882Not2
26 Edward O'Neill
1818-1890		December 1, 1882December 1, 18862
27 Thomas C.
1846-1896		December 1, 1886December 1, 18902
28 Thomas Jones
1844-1914		December 1, 1890December 1, 18942
29th William Calvin Oates
1835-1910		December 1, 1894December 1, 1896one
thirty Joseph Johnston
1843-1913		December 1, 1896December 1, 19002
- William Jelks
1855-1931		December 1, 1900December 26, 19001 ⁄ 3 [K 18]
31 William Semford
1844-1901		December 1, 1900June 11, 19011 ⁄ 3 [K 9]
32 William Jelks
1855-1931		June 11, 1901January 14, 1907Not1 + 1 ⁄ 3 [K 19] [K 20]
Russell Cunningham
1855-1921
- Russell Cunningham
1855-1921		April 25, 1904March 5, 1905Acting Governor- [K 21]
33 Bregston Kamer
1848-1927		January 14, 1907January 17, 1911Henry Gray
1867-1919		one
34 Emmett O'Neill
1853-1922		January 17, 1911January 18, 1915Walter Sid, Sr.
1864-1959		one
35 Charles Henderson
1860-1937		January 18, 1915January 20, 1919Thomas Kilby
1865-1943		one
36 Thomas Kilby
1865-1943		January 20, 1919January 15, 1923Nathan Miller
1866-1933		one
37 William Brandon
1868-1934		January 15, 1923January 17, 1927Charles MacDowell
1871-1943		one
- Charles MacDowell
1871-1943		July 10, 1924July 11, 1924Acting Governor- [K 22]
38 Bibb Graves
1873-1942		January 17, 1927January 19, 1931William Davis
1867-1934		one
39 Benjamin Miller
1864-1944		January 19, 1931January 14, 1935Hugh Merrill
1877-1954		one
38 Bibb Graves
1873-1942		January 14, 1935January 17, 1939Thomas Knight [K 9]
1898-1937		one
40 Frank Dixon
1892-1965		January 17, 1939January 19, 1943Albert Carmichael
1895-1952		one
41 Chauncey Sparks
1884-1968		January 19, 1943January 20, 1947Leven Ellis
1881-1968		one
42 Jim Folsom
1908-1987		January 20, 1947January 15, 1951James Inzer
1887-1967		one
43 Gordon Persons
1902-1965		January 15, 1951January 17, 1955James Allen
1912-1978		one
42 Jim Folsom
1908-1987		January 17, 1955January 19, 1959William Harduwick
1910-1993		one
44 John Patterson
genus. 1921		January 19, 1959January 14, 1963Albert Boutwell
1904-1978		one
45 George Wallace
1919-1998		January 14, 1963January 16, 1967James Allen
1912-1978		one
46 Lorlin Wallace
1926-1968		January 16, 1967May 7, 1968Albert Brewer
1928—2017		1 ⁄ 2 [K 9] [K 23]
47 Albert Brewer
1928—2017		May 7, 1968January 18, 1971The position is vacant1 ⁄ 2 [K 23] [K 24]
45 George Wallace
1919-1998		January 18, 1971January 15, 1979Jer Beasley
genus. 1935		2
- Jer Beasley
genus. 1935		June 5, 1972July 7, 1972Acting Governor- [K 25]
48 Phob James
genus. 1934		January 15, 1979January 17, 1983George Macmillan
genus. 1943		one
45 George Wallace
1919-1998		January 17, 1983January 19, 1987Bill Bexley
genus. 1941		one
49 Guy Hunt
1933-2009		January 19, 1987April 22, 1993Jim Folsom Jr. [K 26]1 + 1 ⁄ 2 [K 27]
genus. 1949
50 Jim Folsom Jr.
genus. 1949		April 22, 1993January 16, 1995The position is vacant1 ⁄ 2 [K 24]
48 Phob James
genus. 1934		January 16, 1995January 18, 1999Don Siegelman [K 26]
genus. 1946		one
51 Don Siegelman
genus. 1946		January 18, 1999January 20, 2003Steve Windom [K 28]
genus. 1949		one
52 Robert Riley
genus. 1944		January 20, 2003January 17, 2011Lucy Bexley [K 26]
genus. 1937		2
Jim Folsom Jr. [K 26]
genus. 1949
53 Robert Bentley
genus. 1943		January 17, 2011April 10, 2017Kay ivy
genus. 1944		1 [K 29]
54 Kay ivy
genus. 1944		April 10, 2017ActingThe position is vacant

Other Governor Positions

The 18 governors of Alabama held higher federal or confederal positions. 15 of them were elected to Congress , although one of them represented Georgia . The remaining three worked in the Confederate Government: two were members of the Provisional Congress of the United States , and another was the Prosecutor General of the United States . One of the governors was the ambassador to Russia . Two governors (marked: *) resigned for seats in the Senate, and two more (marked ^) resigned from other posts for the post of governor.

In addition, two governors were elected to the Senate shortly after the Civil War , but did not take office: Lewis Parsons was denied a seat because Alabama had not yet been remodeled , and John Winston refused to accept the pledge of allegiance.

All of the above representatives and senators represented Alabama, unless otherwise indicated.

GovernorGovernor TermOther postsSources
William Bibb1817-1820Rep . Senator from Georgia[25] [26]
Israel Pickens1821-1825Rep. North Carolina Senator[27]
John Murphy1825-1829Member of the House of Representatives[28]
Gabriel More1829-1831House of Representatives, Senator *[29]
John Gale1831-1835Member of the House of Representatives[thirty]
Clement Clay1835-1837Member of the House of Representatives, Senator *[31]
Arthur Begby1837-1841Senator, Ambassador to Russia[32]
Benjamin Fitzpatrick1841-1845Senator (including as interim president of the Senate )[33]
Joshua Martin1845-1847Member of the House of Representatives[34]
Royben Chapman1847-1849Member of the House of Representatives[35]
John Winston1853-1857He was elected to the Senate, but was denied the seat of a senator[36]
John Shorter1861-1863Member of the Provisional Congress of the United States[37] [38]
Thomas Watts1863-1865Attorney General of the Confederate States of America[sixteen]
Lewis Parsons1865He was elected to the Senate, but was denied the seat of a senator[17]
David Lewis1872-1874Member of the Provisional Congress of the United States[39]
George Houston1874-1878Rep. Senator[40]
Joseph Johnston1896-1900Senator[41]
William Semford1900-1901Member of the House of Representatives[42]
Bregston Kamer 1907-1911Senator[43]
Robert Riley2003—2011Member of the House of Representatives[44]

Notes

Comments

  1. ↑ There are few archival records indicating the actual date of Bibb's appointment as governor. The territory was formed on March 3, 1817, but US President James Monroe , who took office as president the next day , appointed William as governor. Other sources indicate that other major appointments to government posts on the territory were held on March 6, 1817. [4]
  2. ↑ Including the second term of 4 governors and one term of 4 acting.
  3. ↑ Military Governor is not included in official numbering.
  4. ↑ Including the second term of 1 governor.
  5. ↑ Governors serving several consecutive terms are officially numbered only once; subsequent dates are marked with the original number in italics .
  6. ↑ The position of vice governor was established by the state constitution of 1868, [10] was abolished by the constitution of 1875, [11] and recreated by the constitution of 1901. [12]
  7. ↑ The Vice Governor represents the same party as the Governor, unless otherwise indicated.
  8. ↑ The incomplete terms of some governors should not be taken literally; they are called upon to designate single terms during which several governors worked for various circumstances (resignation, death, etc.).
  9. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Died in office.
  10. ↑ 1 2 3 As chairman of the state senate, he filled out the remainder of Bibb’s term.
  11. ↑ 1 2 He resigned for a Senate seat .
  12. ↑ Martin was a democrat-opponent of party leaders, so he ran for an independent candidate. [15]
  13. ↑ Shortly after the end of the Civil War, he was arrested by the forces of the Federation ; was released a few weeks later. [sixteen]
  14. ↑ Interim Governor appointed by the occupation government of the Federation ; Between the arrest of Watts and the appointment of Parsons, there was no governor in Alabama; instead, the state was governed by General George Thomas . [17]
  15. ↑ In March 1867, Congress deprived Patton of most of his powers, after which the staff was actually controlled by Major General Wager Swain. [18]
  16. ↑ Military Governor appointed during the Reconstruction ; although Patton was still officially the governor, he was mostly a front man. The indicated start date for Suein’s term is the date of adoption of the first Law on Reconstruction, which placed Alabama in the Third Military District; all sources indicate only the following: the month is March 1867 [18] and “when the laws on Reconstruction were adopted”. [19] The end date is also undefined, but it is assumed that Swain lost his authority when Alabama was re-admitted to the Federation.
  17. ↑ 1 2 Robert Lindsay took the oath of office on November 26, 1870, but William Hugh Smith refused to leave his place for 2 weeks, claiming that Lindsay was elected dishonestly, but on December 8 he finally left the post by court order. [20]
  18. ↑ Acted governor for 26 days. Jelks was chairman of the state senate, while William Semford was out of state at the beginning of his term, in need of medical attention. [21]
  19. ↑ As chairman of the state senate, he filled the rest of Semford's term, and was subsequently elected governor.
  20. ↑ The 1901 Constitution increased the terms from 2 to 4 years; Semford's 2-year term was filled with the first Jelks term, and the last in 1902 was elected for a 4-year term.
  21. ↑ Acting governor for almost a year. Cunningham was vice governor while William Jelks was out of state on treatment. [22]
  22. ↑ Acted governor for 2 days. McDowell was vice governor while William Brandon was out of state for 21 days as a delegate to the 1924 Democratic Convention . [3]
  23. ↑ 1 2 Governor Lorlin Wallace left the state for 20 days for treatment; as vice-governor, Albert Brewer took over as governor on July 25, 1967. Wallace returned to staff later that day. [3] [23]
  24. ↑ 1 2 As vice-governor, he filled the end of Brewer's term.
  25. ↑ Acted governor for 32 days. Beasley was vice governor while George Wallace stayed in Maryland for 52 days after being assassinated during his campaign before the US presidential election. [3]
  26. ↑ 1 2 3 4 Represented the Democratic Party .
  27. ↑ Dismissed from office on charges of unlawful use of campaign funds and inauguration to pay off personal debts later pardoned by state parole on the basis of innocence. [24]
  28. ↑ Represented the Republican Party .
  29. ↑ Bentley's first term expires January 19, 2015; he has not yet exceeded the time limit.

Sources

  1. ↑ Jennifer Burnett. CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries . csg.org (June 25, 2013). Date of treatment January 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ AL Const., Art. V.
  3. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Alabama Governors . Alabama Department of Archives and History . Date of treatment April 10, 2012. Archived March 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ Shearer, Benjamin. The Uniting States - The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States, Volume 1: Alabama to Kentucky . - Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. - P. 41.
  5. ↑ 1819 Const. art. IV, § 4
  6. ↑ 1868 Const. art. V, § 2
  7. ↑ AL Const. art. V, § 114
  8. ↑ 1 2 AL Const. art. V, § 116
  9. ↑ AL Const. amendment 282
  10. ↑ 1 2 1868 Const. art. V, § 1
  11. ↑ 1 2 1875 Const. art. V, § 1
  12. ↑ 1 2 AL Const. art. V, § 112
  13. ↑ AL Const. art. V, § 127
  14. ↑ 1819 Const. art. IV, § 18; 1861 Const. art. IV, § 18; 1865 Const. art V, § 19; 1868 Const. art. V, § 15; 1875 Const. art. V § 15
  15. ↑ Alabama Governor Joshua Lanier Martin . United States Governors Association . Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  16. ↑ 1 2 Alabama Governor Thomas Hill Watts . United States Governors Association. Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  17. ↑ 1 2 Alabama Governor Lewis Eliphalet Parsons . United States Governors Association. Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ 1 2 Alabama Governor Robert Miller Patton United States Governors Association. Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  19. ↑ Alabama Governor Robert Patton . Alabama Department of Archives & History. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  20. ↑ White, James Terry. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . - James T. White & Company, 1900 .-- P. 435.
  21. ↑ Alabama Governor William Jelks . Alabama Department of Archives & History. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  22. ↑ Alabama Governor Russell Cunningham . Alabama Department of Archives & History. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  23. ↑ Owen, Thomas McAdory. Alabama Official and Statistical Register . - Alabama Department of Archives & History, 1979.- P. 17.
  24. ↑ Nossiter, Adam . Ex-gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board , The New York Times (June 12, 1997). Date of treatment September 28, 2008.
  25. ↑ William Wyatt Bibb . Our Georgia History . Date of treatment March 26, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  26. ↑ Bibb, William Wyatt . US Congress Biographical Directory . Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  27. ↑ Pickens, Israel . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  28. ↑ Murphy, John . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  29. ↑ Moore, Gabriel . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  30. ↑ Gayle, John . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  31. ↑ Clay, Clement Comer . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  32. ↑ Alabama Governor Arthur Pendleton Bagby (English) . United States Governors Association. Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  33. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Benjamin . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  34. ↑ Martin, Joshua Lanier . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  35. ↑ Chapman, Reuben . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  36. ↑ Alabama Governor John Anthony Winston . United States Governors Association. Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  37. ↑ Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter . United States Governors Association. Date of treatment April 3, 2013. Archived April 6, 2013.
  38. ↑ Alabama Governor John Shorter . Alabama Department of Archives & History. Date of treatment March 26, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  39. ↑ Alabama Governors: David Peter Lewis . Alabama Department of Archives and History. Date of treatment April 8, 2011. Archived March 17, 2013.
  40. ↑ Houston, George Smith . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  41. ↑ Johnston, Joseph Forney . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  42. ↑ Samford, William James . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  43. ↑ Comer, Braxton Bragg . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.
  44. ↑ Riley, Robert . US Congressional Biographical Directory. Date of treatment October 13, 2008. Archived March 17, 2013.

Links

General links

  • Alabama Governors Alabama Department of Archives & History. Date of treatment August 1, 2007. Archived March 17, 2013.
  • Governors of Alabama . United States Governors Association . Date of treatment April 10, 2012. Archived February 10, 2007.

State Constitution

  • Constitution of the State of Alabama (inaccessible link) . Alabama Legislative Assembly (1901). Date of treatment March 26, 2008. Archived September 23, 2006.
  • Constitution of the State of Alabama (inaccessible link) . Alabama Legislative Assembly (1875). Date of treatment July 3, 2008. Archived September 23, 2008.
  • Constitution of the State of Alabama (inaccessible link) . Alabama Legislative Assembly (1868). Date of treatment July 3, 2008. Archived September 23, 2008.
  • Constitution of the State of Alabama (inaccessible link) . Alabama Legislative Assembly (1865). Date of treatment July 3, 2008. Archived September 23, 2008.
  • Constitution of the State of Alabama (inaccessible link) . Alabama Legislative Assembly (1861). Date of treatment July 3, 2008. Archived on September 20, 2008.
  • Constitution of the State of Alabama (inaccessible link) . Alabama Legislative Assembly (1819). Date of treatment July 3, 2008. Archived April 15, 2014.

Other links

  • Official website of the Governor of Alabama
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List of Governors of Alabama&oldid = 100366743


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