List of governors of Alabama
The Governor of Alabama is the head of state, head of government and the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alabama. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Alabama's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws.
Governor of Alabama | |
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Seal of the Governor | |
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Status | |
Residence | Alabama Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Precursor | Governor of Alabama Territory |
Inaugural holder | William Wyatt Bibb |
Formation | December 14, 1819 |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Alabama |
Salary | $119,950 (2013)[1] |
Website | http://www.governor.state.al.us |
There have officially been 54 governors of the state of Alabama; this official numbering skips acting and military governors.[2] The first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, served as the only governor of the Alabama Territory. Five people have served as acting governor, bringing the total number of people serving as governor to 59, spread over 63 distinct terms. Four governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms: Bibb Graves, Jim Folsom, and Fob James each served two, and George Wallace served three non-consecutive periods. Officially, these non-consecutive terms are numbered only with the number of their first term. William D. Jelks also served non-consecutive terms, but his first term was in an acting capacity.
The longest-serving governor was George Wallace, who served 16 years over four terms. The shortest term for a non-acting governor was that of Hugh McVay, who served four and a half months after replacing the resigning Clement Comer Clay. Lurleen Wallace, wife of George Wallace, was the first woman to serve as governor of Alabama, and the third woman to serve as governor of any state. The current governor is Republican Kay Ivey, who took office on April 10, 2017 following Governor Robert J. Bentley's court-mandated resignation following a guilty plea-deal amidst a corruption scandal. She is the second female governor of Alabama.
Governors
Governor of the Territory of Alabama
Alabama Territory was formed on March 3, 1817, from Mississippi Territory. It had only one governor appointed by the President of the United States before it became a state; he became the first state governor.
Governor | Term in office | Appointed by | |
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William Wyatt Bibb | March 6, 1817[lower-alpha 1] – November 9, 1819[lower-alpha 2] |
James Monroe |
Governors of the State of Alabama
Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. It seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. Following the end of the American Civil War, Alabama during Reconstruction was part of the Third Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Alabama was readmitted to the Union on July 14, 1868.
The first Alabama Constitution, ratified in 1819, provided that a governor be elected every two years, limited to serve no more than 4 out of every 6 years.[4] This limit remained in place until the constitution of 1868, which simply allowed governors to serve terms of two years.[5] The current constitution of 1901 increased terms to four years,[6] but prohibited governors from succeeding themselves.[7] Amendment 282 to the constitution, passed in 1968, allowed governors to succeed themselves once; a governor serving two consecutive terms can run again after waiting out the next term.[8] The constitution had no set date for the commencement of a governor's term until 1901, when it was set at the first Monday after the second Tuesday in the January following an election.[7] However, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in 1911 that a governor's term ends at midnight at the end of Monday, and the next governor's term begins the next day, regardless of if they were sworn in on Monday.[9]
The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868,[10] abolished in 1875,[11] and recreated in 1901.[12] According to the current constitution, should the governor be out of the state for more than 20 days, the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor, and if the office of governor becomes vacant the lieutenant governor ascends to the governorship.[13] Earlier constitutions said the powers of the governor devolved upon the successor, rather than them necessarily becoming governor,[14] but the official listing includes these as full governors.[2] The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket.
Alabama was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic-Republican and Democratic parties. It had two Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 112 years passed before voters chose another Republican.
No.[lower-alpha 4] | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] | |||
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1 | William Wyatt Bibb | November 9, 1819[lower-alpha 2] – July 10, 1820[15] (died in office) |
Democratic- Republican |
1819 | Office did not exist | |||
2 | Thomas Bibb | July 10, 1820[lower-alpha 7] – November 9, 1821 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic- Republican |
Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
3 | Israel Pickens | November 9, 1821 – November 25, 1825 (term limited) |
Democratic- Republican |
1821 | ||||
1823 | ||||||||
4 | John Murphy | November 25, 1825 – November 25, 1829 (term limited) |
Jackson Democrat |
1825 | ||||
1827 | ||||||||
5 | Gabriel Moore | November 25, 1829 – March 3, 1831 (resigned)[lower-alpha 8] |
Jackson Democrat |
1829 | ||||
6 | Samuel B. Moore | March 3, 1831 – November 26, 1831 (lost election) |
Democratic | Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
7 | John Gayle | November 26, 1831 – November 21, 1835 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1831 | ||||
1833 | ||||||||
8 | Clement Comer Clay | November 21, 1835 – July 17, 1837[lower-alpha 9] (resigned)[lower-alpha 10] |
Democratic | 1835 | ||||
9 | Hugh McVay | July 17, 1837[lower-alpha 9] – November 21, 1837[20] (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
10 | Arthur P. Bagby | November 21, 1837[20] – November 22, 1841 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1837 | ||||
1839 | ||||||||
11 | Benjamin Fitzpatrick | November 22, 1841 – December 10, 1845 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1841 | ||||
1843 | ||||||||
12 | Joshua L. Martin | December 10, 1845 – December 16, 1847 (withdrew from election)[lower-alpha 11] |
Independent[lower-alpha 12] | 1845 | ||||
13 | Reuben Chapman | December 16, 1847 – December 17, 1849 (lost renomination)[lower-alpha 13] |
Democratic | 1847 | ||||
14 | Henry W. Collier | December 17, 1849 – December 20, 1853 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1849 | ||||
1851 | ||||||||
15 | John A. Winston | December 20, 1853 – December 1, 1857 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1853 | ||||
1855 | ||||||||
16 | Andrew B. Moore | December 1, 1857 – December 2, 1861 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1857 | ||||
1859 | ||||||||
17 | John Gill Shorter | December 2, 1861 – December 1, 1863 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1861 | ||||
18 | Thomas H. Watts | December 1, 1863 – May 3, 1865[lower-alpha 14] (arrested and removed)[lower-alpha 15] |
Whig[lower-alpha 16] | 1863 | ||||
— | Vacant | May 3, 1865[lower-alpha 14] – June 21, 1865 |
— | Office vacated after civil war | ||||
19 | Lewis E. Parsons | June 21, 1865 – December 13, 1865 (provisional term ended) |
—[lower-alpha 17] | Provisional governor appointed by President[lower-alpha 18] | ||||
20 | Robert M. Patton | December 13, 1865 – July 14, 1868[lower-alpha 19] (not candidate for election) |
Pre-War Whig[lower-alpha 20] | 1865[lower-alpha 21] | ||||
— | Wager Swayne | March 2, 1867[lower-alpha 22] – January 11, 1868[lower-alpha 23] (removed)[33] |
— | Military occupation[lower-alpha 21] | ||||
21 | William Hugh Smith | July 14, 1868[lower-alpha 19] – November 26, 1870[lower-alpha 24] (lost election) |
Republican | 1868 | ||||
Andrew J. Applegate (took office August 13, 1868) (died August 21, 1870) | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
22 | Robert B. Lindsay | November 26, 1870 – November 25, 1872[lower-alpha 25] (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1870[lower-alpha 24] | Edward H. Moren | |||
23 | David P. Lewis | November 17, 1872[lower-alpha 25] – November 24, 1874 (lost election)[36] |
Republican | 1872 | Alexander McKinstry | |||
24 | George S. Houston | November 24, 1874 – November 27, 1878[lower-alpha 26] (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 27] |
Democratic | 1874 | Robert F. Ligon | |||
1876 | Office did not exist | |||||||
25 | Rufus W. Cobb | November 27, 1878[lower-alpha 26] – December 1, 1882 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1878 | ||||
1880 | ||||||||
26 | Edward A. O'Neal | December 1, 1882 – December 1, 1886 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1882 | ||||
1884 | ||||||||
27 | Thomas Seay | December 1, 1886 – December 1, 1890 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 28] |
Democratic | 1886 | ||||
1888 | ||||||||
28 | Thomas G. Jones | December 1, 1890 – December 1, 1894 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1890 | ||||
1892 | ||||||||
29 | William C. Oates | December 1, 1894 – December 1, 1896 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 29] |
Democratic | 1894 | ||||
30 | Joseph F. Johnston | December 1, 1896 – December 1, 1900 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 30] |
Democratic | 1896 | ||||
1898 | ||||||||
— | William D. Jelks | December 1, 1900 – December 26, 1900 (acting) |
Democratic | 1900[lower-alpha 31] | ||||
31 | William J. Samford | December 1, 1900 – June 11, 1901 (died in office) |
Democratic | |||||
32 | William D. Jelks | June 11, 1901 – January 14, 1907 (term limited) |
Democratic | Succeeded from President of the Senate | ||||
1902[lower-alpha 32] | Russell McWhortor Cunningham (acted as governor April 25, 1904–March 5, 1905)[lower-alpha 33] | |||||||
33 | B. B. Comer | January 14, 1907[lower-alpha 34] – January 16, 1911 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1906 | Henry B. Gray | |||
34 | Emmet O'Neal | January 17, 1911[lower-alpha 34] – January 18, 1915 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1910 | Walter D. Seed Sr. | |||
35 | Charles Henderson | January 19, 1915[lower-alpha 34] – January 20, 1919 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1914 | Thomas Kilby | |||
36 | Thomas Kilby | January 21, 1919[lower-alpha 34] – January 15, 1923 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1918 | Nathan Lee Miller | |||
37 | William W. Brandon | January 16, 1923[lower-alpha 34] – January 17, 1927 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1922 | Charles S. McDowell (acted as governor July 10, 1924–July 11, 1924)[lower-alpha 35] | |||
38 | Bibb Graves | January 18, 1927[lower-alpha 34] – January 19, 1931 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1926 | William C. Davis | |||
39 | Benjamin M. Miller | January 20, 1931[lower-alpha 34] – January 14, 1935 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1930 | Hugh Davis Merrill | |||
38 | Bibb Graves | January 15, 1935[lower-alpha 34] – January 16, 1939 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1934 | Thomas E. Knight (died May 17, 1937) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
40 | Frank M. Dixon | January 17, 1939[lower-alpha 34] – January 18, 1943 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1938 | Albert A. Carmichael | |||
41 | Chauncey Sparks | January 19, 1943[lower-alpha 34] – January 20, 1947 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1942 | Leven H. Ellis | |||
42 | Jim Folsom | January 21, 1947[lower-alpha 34] – January 15, 1951 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1946 | James C. Inzer | |||
43 | Gordon Persons | January 16, 1951[lower-alpha 34] – January 17, 1955 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1950 | James Allen | |||
42 | Jim Folsom | January 18, 1955[lower-alpha 34] – January 19, 1959 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1954 | William G. Hardwick | |||
44 | John Malcolm Patterson | January 20, 1959[lower-alpha 34] – January 14, 1963 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1958 | Albert Boutwell | |||
45 | George Wallace | January 15, 1963[lower-alpha 34] – January 16, 1967 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1962 | James Allen | |||
46 | Lurleen Wallace | January 17, 1967[lower-alpha 34] – May 7, 1968 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1966 | Albert Brewer (acted as governor July 25, 1967)[lower-alpha 36] | |||
47 | Albert Brewer | May 7, 1968 – January 18, 1971 (lost renomination)[lower-alpha 37] |
Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
45 | George Wallace | January 19, 1971[lower-alpha 34] – January 15, 1979 (term limited) |
Democratic | 1970 | Jere Beasley (acted as governor June 5, 1972–July 7, 1972)[lower-alpha 38] | |||
1974 | ||||||||
48 | Fob James | January 16, 1979[lower-alpha 34] – January 17, 1983 (lost renomination)[lower-alpha 39] |
Democratic | 1978 | George McMillan | |||
45 | George Wallace | January 18, 1983[lower-alpha 34] – January 19, 1987 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1982 | Bill Baxley | |||
49 | H. Guy Hunt | January 20, 1987[lower-alpha 34] – April 22, 1993 (resigned)[lower-alpha 40] |
Republican | 1986 | Jim Folsom Jr.[lower-alpha 41] | |||
1990 | ||||||||
50 | Jim Folsom Jr. | April 22, 1993 – January 16, 1995 (lost election) |
Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
48 | Fob James | January 17, 1995[lower-alpha 34] – January 18, 1999 (lost election)[49] |
Republican | 1994 | Don Siegelman[lower-alpha 41] | |||
51 | Don Siegelman | January 19, 1999[lower-alpha 34] – January 20, 2003 (lost election)[49] |
Democratic | 1998 | Steve Windom[lower-alpha 42] | |||
52 | Bob Riley | January 21, 2003[lower-alpha 34] – January 17, 2011 (term limited) |
Republican | 2002 | Lucy Baxley[lower-alpha 41] | |||
2006 | Jim Folsom Jr.[lower-alpha 41] | |||||||
53 | Robert J. Bentley | January 18, 2011[lower-alpha 34] – April 10, 2017 (resigned)[lower-alpha 43] |
Republican | 2010 | Kay Ivey | |||
2014 | ||||||||
54 | Kay Ivey | April 10, 2017 – present[lower-alpha 44] |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
2018 | Will Ainsworth |
See also
Notes
- Records are scarce as to when Bibb was actually appointed. The territory was formed on March 3, 1817, but he was appointed by President James Monroe, who did not take office until the next day. Other resources indicate that other major appointments for the territory were made on March 6, 1817.[3]
- Bibb was inaugurated on November 9, even though Alabama did not formally become a state until December 14.[2]
- Data is sourced from the Alabama Department of Archives and History, unless supplemental references are required.
- Repeat governors are officially numbered only once;[2] subsequent terms are marked with their original number italicized.
- The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in the 1868 constitution,[10] abolished in the 1875 Constitution,[11] and recreated in the 1901 Constitution.[12]
- Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- Multiple sources state that Thomas Bibb did not succeed William Wyatt Bibb until either July 15[16] or July 25.[2] It is unknown if this was the formal inauguration, or if a vacancy existed in the office; it is assumed that succession was automatic, as per the constitution, and that Thomas Bibb's term began on July 10.
- Moore resigned to take office in the United States Senate.[17]
- Sources disagree on the exact date McVay succeeded Clay, with the Alabama Department of Archives and History and National Governors Association mentioning both July 16 and July 17, though July 17 is used more prominently. Further confusing matters, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress says that Clay's term in the United States Senate began on June 19.[19]
- Clay resigned to take office in the United States Senate.[18]
- Martin withdrew in the final days of the election.[21] It is unknown if his name still appeared on the ballot, but no sources list any votes recorded for him.
- Martin was a Democrat who opposed party leaders and ran as an independent.[22]
- Chapman lost the Democratic nomination to Henry W. Collier.[23]
- Though modern sources say Watts was captured on May 1, contemporary news sources report he was arrested on May 3.[24][25]
- Watts was arrested by Union forces soon after the American Civil War ended; he was released a few weeks later.[26][27]
- Sources disagree on Watts' party; the Alabama Department of Archives and History says Democratic,[2] but most others say Whig.[26][28][29]
- Parsons was appointed and therefore did not run for office under a party; he was a member of the Democratic Party.[30]
- Parsons was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.[30]
- Some sources say Patton left office on July 24, after Smith was sworn in on July 14;[31][2] it is unknown what would cause this discrepancy.
- Patton later switched to the Republican Party, but ran as a Whig.[31]
- The United States Congress stripped Patton of most of his authority in March 1867, after which time the state was effectively under the control of Major General Swayne.[31]
- The date given for Swayne is the date of the first Reconstruction Act, which placed Alabama into the Third Military District; all references only say "March 1867"[31] and "when the Reconstruction Acts were passed".[32]
- In December 1867, President Andrew Johnson ordered the removal of Major General Swayne. He was replaced on January 11, 1868, by Major General Julius Hayden.[33]
- Lindsay was sworn into office on November 26, 1870, but Smith refused to leave his seat for two weeks, claiming Lindsay was fraudulently elected; he finally left office on December 8, 1870, when a court so ordered.[34]
- All modern sources say Lewis took office on November 17; however, all contemporary news sources say it was on November 25.[35]
- All modern sources say Cobb took office on November 28; however, all contemporary news sources say it was on November 27.[38]
- Houston instead successfully ran for United States Senate.[37]
- Seay instead unsuccessfully ran for United States Senate.[39]
- Oates instead unsuccessfully ran for United States Senate.[40]
- Johnston instead unsuccessfully ran for United States Senate.[41]
- At the start of Samford's term, he was out of state seeking medical treatment; as president of the senate, Jelks acted as governor in his absence. Samford later died in office, and Jelks succeeded him.[42]
- First term under the 1901 constitution, which lengthened terms to four years.[6]
- Jelks was out of state for medical treatment for nearly a year; as lieutenant governor, Cunningham acted as governor in his absence.[43]
- The constitutional start date for 1911 was January 16. However, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in the case of Oberhaus v. State ex rel. McNamara that, regardless of when the swearing in took place, B. B. Comer's term did not end until the end of Monday, and Emmet O'Neal's term did not begin until the first minute of the next day.[9] This precedent appears to have quietly continued, as contemporary news coverage of Robert J. Bentley's inauguration noted he would not officially take office until midnight.[44] Therefore, governors since 1911 that served to the end of their term are noted as leaving office on Monday, and their successor taking office on Tuesday. It is assumed this did not apply ex post facto to terms between when the constitutional date was established in 1901, and the court ruling in 1911.
- Brandon was out of state for 21 days as a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention; as lieutenant governor, McDowell acted as governor for two days.[2]
- Wallace was out of state for 20 days for medical treatment; as lieutenant governor, Brewer became acting governor on July 25, 1967; Wallace returned to the state later that day.[2][45]
- Brewer lost the Democratic Party nomination to George Wallace.[46]
- Wallace was out of state for 52 days for medical treatment following an assassination attempt while campaigning for President of the United States; as lieutenant governor, Beasley acted as governor for 32 days.[2]
- James lost the Democratic nomination to George Wallace.[47]
- Hunt was forced to resign upon being convicted of illegally using campaign and inaugural funds to pay personal debts; he was later pardoned by the state parole board.[48]
- Represented the Democratic Party
- Represented the Republican Party
- Bentley resigned from office as part of a plea deal involving campaign violations.[50]
- Ivey's first full term began on January 15, 2019, and will expire on January 16, 2023.
References
- General
- "Alabama Governors". Alabama Department of Archives & History. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- "Former Alabama Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- Constitutions
- "Constitution of the State of Alabama". Alabama Legislature. 1901.
- "Constitution of the State of Alabama". Alabama Legislature. 1875.
- "Constitution of the State of Alabama". Alabama Legislature. 1868.
- "Constitution of the State of Alabama". Alabama Legislature. 1865.
- "Constitution of the State of Alabama". Alabama Legislature. 1861.
- "Constitution of the State of Alabama". Alabama Legislature. 1819.
- Specific
- "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- "Alabama Governors". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- Shearer, Benjamin (2004). The Uniting States – The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States, Volume 1: Alabama to Kentucky. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780313331053. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- 1819 Const. art. IV, § 4
- 1868 Const. art. V, § 2
- AL Const. art. V, § 114
- AL Const. art. V, § 116
- AL Const. amendment 282
- Oberhaus v. State ex rel. McNamara, [https://books.google.com/books?id=pVotAQAAMAAJ pp. 483–499
- 1868 Const. art. V, § 1
- 1875 Const. art. V, § 1
- AL Const. art. V, § 112
- AL Const. art. V, § 127
- 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
- "Died". Hillsborough Recorder. Hillsborough, North Carolina. August 16, 1820. Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
On Monday morning the 10th ultimo, at his residence near Fort Jackson, his excellency William W. Bibb, governor and commander in chief of the state of Alabama
- "Thomas Bibb". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Gabriel Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Clement Comer Clay". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- United States Congress. "CLAY, Clement Comer (id: C000481)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Inauguration". Voice of Sumter. Livingston, Alabama. November 28, 1837. Retrieved December 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- "No title". Washington Telegraph. Washington, Arkansas. August 4, 1847. Retrieved July 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Cite uses generic title (help)
- "Joshua Lanier Martin". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Reuben Chapman". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "The Latest by Telegraph". Leavenworth Times. Leavenworth, Kansas. May 25, 1865. Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gov. Watts Arrested". The Daily Progress. Raleigh, North Carolina. May 30, 1865. Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Thomas Hill Watts". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Thomas Hill Watts". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Thornton, J. Mills (2014). Politics and Power in a Slave Society: Alabama, 1800–1860. LSU Press. pp. 440–441. ISBN 9780807159156. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- Alexander, Thomas (August 1961). "Persistent Whiggery in the Confederate South, 1860-1877". The Journal of Southern History. 27 (3): 305–329. doi:10.2307/2205211. JSTOR 2205211.
- "Lewis Eliphalet Parsons". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Robert Miller Patton". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Robert Miller Patton". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- "Wager T. Swayne". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- White, James Terry (1900). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. James T. White & Company. p. 435. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
- "Politics in Alabama". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore. November 26, 1872. Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "David Peter Lewis". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "George Smith Houston". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Governor Cobb". Huntsville Independent. Huntsville, Alabama. November 28, 1878. Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sobel p. 22
- Sobel p. 24
- "Joseph Forney Johnston". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- "William Dorsey Jelks". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- "Russell Cunningham". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- White, David (January 17, 2011). "Robert Bentley ready to take office as next Alabama governor". The Birmingham News. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
Bentley under state law won't officially be governor until just after the stroke of midnight Tuesday morning.
- Owen, Thomas McAdory (1979). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Alabama Department of Archives & History. p. 17. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- Sobel p. 39
- "Forrest Hood James". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- Nossiter, Adam (12 June 1997). "Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board". The New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- "Don Siegelman (1999-2003)". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- Blinder, Alan (10 April 2017). "Robert Bentley, Alabama Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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