List of lieutenant governors of Alabama

Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
Incumbent
Vacant
since April 10, 2017
Style The Honorable
Term length Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Andrew J. Applegate
Formation 1868
Salary $68,556
Website ltgov.alabama.gov

The Lieutenant Governor of Alabama is the president and presiding officer of the Alabama Senate, and is elected to serve a four-year term. The office was created in 1868,[1] abolished in 1875,[2] and recreated in 1901.[3] 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 governor dies, resigns or is removed from office (via impeachment), the lieutenant governor ascends to the governorship.[4] Earlier constitutions said the powers of the governor devolved upon the successor, rather than them necessarily becoming governor,[5] but the official listing includes these as full governors.[6] The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket.

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Alabama
# Image Lieutenant Governor Term in office Party Election Governor[lower-alpha 1]
1   Andrew J. Applegate August 13, 1868
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August 21, 1870		 Republican 1868
[lower-alpha 2]		   William Hugh Smith
— Vacant August 21, 1870
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November 26, 1870		 —
2 Edward H. Moren November 26, 1870
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November 17, 1872		 Democratic 1870 Robert B. Lindsay
3 Alexander McKinstry November 17, 1872
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November 24, 1874		 Republican 1872 David P. Lewis
4 Robert F. Ligon November 24, 1874
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November 28, 1876		 Democratic 1874 George S. Houston
— Office did not exist November 28, 1876
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January 19, 1903		 —
5 Russell M. Cunningham January 19, 1903
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January 14, 1907		 Democratic 1902
[lower-alpha 3]		 William D. Jelks
6 Henry B. Gray January 14, 1907
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January 17, 1911		 Democratic 1906 B. B. Comer
7 Walter D. Seed Sr. January 17, 1911
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January 18, 1915		 Democratic 1910 Emmet O'Neal
8 Thomas Kilby January 18, 1915
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January 20, 1919		 Democratic 1914 Charles Henderson
9 Nathan Lee Miller January 20, 1919
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January 15, 1923		 Democratic 1918 Thomas Kilby
10 Charles S. McDowell January 15, 1923
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January 17, 1927		 Democratic 1922
[lower-alpha 4]		 William W. Brandon
11 William C. Davis January 17, 1927
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January 19, 1931		 Democratic 1926 Bibb Graves
12 Hugh D. Merrill January 19, 1931
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January 14, 1935		 Democratic 1930 Benjamin M. Miller
13 Thomas E. Knight January 14, 1935
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May 17, 1937		 Democratic 1934
[lower-alpha 5]		 Bibb Graves
— Vacant May 17, 1937
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January 17, 1939		 —
14 Albert A. Carmichael January 17, 1939
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January 19, 1943		 Democratic 1938 Frank M. Dixon
15 Leven H. Ellis January 19, 1943
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January 20, 1947		 Democratic 1942 Chauncey Sparks
16 James C. Inzer January 20, 1947
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January 15, 1951		 Democratic 1946 Jim Folsom
17 James Allen January 15, 1951
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January 17, 1955		 Democratic 1950 Gordon Persons
18 William G. Hardwick January 17, 1955
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January 19, 1959		 Democratic 1954 Jim Folsom
19 Albert Boutwell January 19, 1959
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January 14, 1963		 Democratic 1958 John M. Patterson
20 James Allen January 14, 1963
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January 16, 1967		 Democratic 1962 George Wallace
21 Albert Brewer January 16, 1967
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May 7, 1968		 Democratic 1966
[lower-alpha 6]		 Lurleen Wallace
— Vacant May 7, 1968
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January 18, 1971		 — Albert Brewer
22 Jere Beasley January 18, 1971
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January 15, 1979		 Democratic 1970
[lower-alpha 7]		 George Wallace
1974
23 George McMillan January 16, 1979
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January 17, 1983		 Democratic 1978 Fob James
24 Bill Baxley January 17, 1983
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January 18, 1987		 Democratic 1982 George Wallace
25 Jim Folsom, Jr. January 18, 1987
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April 22, 1993		 Democratic 1986 H. Guy Hunt[lower-alpha 8]
1990
[lower-alpha 9]
— Vacant April 22, 1993
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January 16, 1995		 — Jim Folsom, Jr.
26 Don Siegelman January 16, 1995
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January 18, 1999		 Democratic 1994 Fob James[lower-alpha 8]
27 Steve Windom January 18, 1999
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January 20, 2003		 Republican 1998 Don Siegelman[lower-alpha 10]
28 Lucy Baxley January 20, 2003
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January 15, 2007		 Democratic 2002 Bob Riley[lower-alpha 8]
29 Jim Folsom, Jr. January 15, 2007
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January 17, 2011		 Democratic 2006
30 Kay Ivey January 17, 2011
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April 10, 2017		 Republican 2010 Robert J. Bentley
2014
[lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 12]
— Vacant April 10, 2017
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present		 — Kay Ivey

Notes

  1. ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  2. ↑ Applegate died in office.
  3. ↑ Cunningham acted as governor from April 25, 1904, to March 5, 1905, while Jelks was absent from the state.
  4. ↑ McDowell acted as governor from July 10, 1924, to July 11, 1924, while Brandon was absent from the state.[6]
  5. ↑ Knight died in office.
  6. ↑ Brewer was acting governor on July 25, 1967, when Wallace had been absent from the state for 20 days; she returned to the state later that day.[6][7] Wallace later died in office, and Brewer succeeded her.
  7. ↑ Beasley acted as governor from June 5, 1972, to July 7, 1972, while Wallace was absent from the state.[6]
  8. 1 2 3 Represented the Republican Party.
  9. ↑ Hunt was removed from office;[8] as lieutenant governor, Folsom succeeded him.
  10. ↑ Represented the Democratic Party.
  11. ↑ Bentley resigned from office;[9] as lieutenant governor, Ivey succeeded him.
  12. ↑ The current vacancy will expire on January 14, 2019.

References

General

  • "Alabama Lieutenant Governors". Alabama Department of Archives & History. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
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
  1. ↑ 1868 Const. art. V, § 1
  2. ↑ 1875 Const. art. V, § 1
  3. ↑ AL Const. art. V, § 112
  4. ↑ AL Const. art. V, § 127
  5. ↑ 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
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Alabama Governors". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  7. ↑ Owen, Thomas McAdory (1979). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Alabama Department of Archives & History. p. 17. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
  8. ↑ Nossiter, Adam (12 June 1997). "Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board". The New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
  9. ↑ Blinder, Alan (10 April 2017). "Robert Bentley, Alabama Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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