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Alabama: Governors: 1819-1865

Governor of the State of Alabama
9 Nov 1819 - 10 Jul 1820 William Wyatt Bibb
Acting Governor of the State of Alabama
10 Jul 1820 - 9 Nov 1821 Thomas Bibb
Governor of the State of Alabama
9 Nov 1821 - 25 Nov 1825 Israel Pickens
25 Nov 1825 - 21 Nov 1829 John Murphy
21 Nov 1829 - 3 Mar 1831 Gabriel Moore
Acting Governor of the State of Alabama
3 Mar 1831 - 26 Nov 1831 Samuel B. Moore
Governor of the State of Alabama
26 Nov 1831 - 21 Nov 1835 John Gayle
21 Nov 1835 - 16 Jul 1837 Clement Comer Clay
Acting Governor of the State of Alabama
17 Jul 1837 - 21 Nov 1837 Hugh McVay
Governor of the State of Alabama
21 Nov 1837 - 22 Nov 1841 Arthur Pendleton Bagby
22 Nov 1841 - 9 Dec 1845 Benjamin Fitzpatrick
9 Dec 1845 - 16 Dec 1847 Joshua Lanier Martin
16 Dec 1847 - 17 Dec 1849 Reuben Chapman
17 Dec 1849 - 20 Dec 1853 Henry Watkins Collier
20 Dec 1853 - 1 Dec 1857 John Anthony Winston
1 Dec 1857 - 2 Dec 1861 Andrew Barry Moore
2 Dec 1861 - 1 Dec 1863 John Gill Shorter
1 Dec 1863 - 1 May 1865 Thomas Hill Watts [1]
  1. The capital of Alabama, Montgomery, was occupied by the armed forces of the United States on 12 Apr 1865. Watts ceased to exercise the functions of office upon his capture in Union Springs, Alabama, on 1 May 1865.