Historical Record
Previous Governors of Alabama
Governors who previously held office in Alabama, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesKay IveyRepublican2017–2027
Robert J. BentleyRepublican2011–2017
Bob RileyDemocrat2003–2011
Don SiegelmanDemocrat1999–2003
Fob JamesDemocrat1995–1999
Jim Folsom Jr.Democrat1993–1995
H. Guy HuntDemocrat1987–1993
George WallaceDemocrat1983–1987
Fob JamesDemocrat1979–1983
George WallaceDemocrat1971–1979
Albert BrewerDemocrat1968–1971
Lurleen WallaceDemocrat1967–1968
George WallaceDemocrat1963–1967
John M. PattersonDemocrat1959–1963
Jim FolsomDemocrat1955–1959
Gordon PersonsDemocrat1951–1955
Jim FolsomDemocrat1947–1951
Chauncey SparksDemocrat1943–1947
Frank M. DixonDemocrat1939–1943
Bibb GravesDemocrat1935–1939
Benjamin M. MillerDemocrat1931–1935
Bibb GravesDemocrat1927–1931
William W. BrandonDemocrat1923–1927
Thomas KilbyDemocrat1919–1923
Charles HendersonDemocrat1915–1919
Emmet O'NealDemocrat1911–1915
B. B. ComerDemocrat1907–1911
William D. JelksDemocrat1901–1907
William J. SamfordDemocrat1900–1901
William D. JelksDemocrat1900–1900
Joseph F. JohnstonDemocrat1896–1900
William C. OatesDemocrat1894–1896
Thomas G. JonesDemocrat1890–1894
Thomas SeayDemocrat1886–1890
Edward A. O'NealDemocrat1882–1886
Rufus W. CobbDemocrat1878–1882
George S. HoustonDemocrat1874–1878
David P. LewisRepublican1872–1874
Robert B. LindsayDemocrat1870–1872
William Hugh SmithRepublican1868–1870
William Wyatt BibbIndependent1817–1868
Robert M. PattonIndependent1865–1868
Wager SwayneIndependent1867–1868
Thomas H. WattsIndependent1863–1865
Lewis E. ParsonsIndependent1865–1865
John Gill ShorterDemocrat1861–1863
Andrew B. MooreDemocrat1857–1861
John A. WinstonDemocrat1853–1857
Henry W. CollierDemocrat1849–1853
Reuben ChapmanDemocrat1847–1849
Joshua L. MartinIndependent1845–1847
Benjamin FitzpatrickDemocrat1841–1845
Arthur P. BagbyDemocrat1837–1841
Clement Comer ClayDemocrat1835–1837
Hugh McVayDemocrat1837–1837
John GayleIndependent1831–1835
Gabriel MooreIndependent1829–1831
Samuel B. MooreIndependent1831–1831
John MurphyIndependent1825–1829
Israel PickensIndependent1821–1825
Thomas BibbIndependent1820–1821
William Wyatt BibbIndependent1819–1820