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Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
The lieutenant governor of Alabama is the president and presiding officer of the Alabama Senate, 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 Governor of Alabama | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Andrew J. Applegate |
| Formation | 1868 |
| Salary | $68,556 |
| Website | ltgov |
List
| No. | Lieutenant Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Governor[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew J. Applegate | August 13, 1868 – August 21, 1870 | Republican | 1868 [b][c] | William Hugh Smith | |||
| — | Vacant | August 21, 1870 – November 26, 1870 | — | |||||
| 2 | Edward H. Moren | November 26, 1870 – November 17, 1872 | Democratic | 1870 | Robert B. Lindsay | |||
| 3 | Alexander McKinstry | November 17, 1872 – November 24, 1874 | Republican | 1872 | David P. Lewis | |||
| 4 | Robert F. Ligon | November 24, 1874 – November 28, 1876 | Democratic | 1874 | George S. Houston | |||
| Office did not exist from November 28, 1876, to January 19, 1903 | ||||||||
| 5 | Russell McWhortor Cunningham | January 19, 1903 – January 14, 1907 | Democratic | 1902 [d] | William D. Jelks | |||
| 6 | Henry B. Gray | January 14, 1907 – January 17, 1911 | Democratic | 1906 | B. B. Comer | |||
| 7 | Walter D. Seed Sr. | January 17, 1911 – January 18, 1915 | Democratic | 1910 | Emmet O'Neal | |||
| 8 | Thomas Kilby | January 18, 1915 – January 20, 1919 | Democratic | 1914 | Charles Henderson | |||
| 9 | Nathan Lee Miller | January 20, 1919 – January 15, 1923 | Democratic | 1918 | Thomas Kilby | |||
| 10 | Charles S. McDowell | January 15, 1923 – January 17, 1927 | Democratic | 1922 [e] | William W. Brandon | |||
| 11 | William C. Davis | January 17, 1927 – January 19, 1931 | Democratic | 1926 | Bibb Graves | |||
| 12 | Hugh Davis Merrill | January 19, 1931 – January 14, 1935 | Democratic | 1930 | Benjamin M. Miller | |||
| 13 | Thomas E. Knight | January 14, 1935 – May 17, 1937 | Democratic | 1934 [f] | Bibb Graves | |||
| — | Vacant | May 17, 1937 – January 17, 1939 | — | |||||
| 14 | Albert A. Carmichael | January 17, 1939 – January 19, 1943 | Democratic | 1938 | Frank M. Dixon | |||
| 15 | Leven H. Ellis | January 19, 1943 – January 20, 1947 | Democratic | 1942 | Chauncey Sparks | |||
| 16 | James C. Inzer | January 20, 1947 – January 15, 1951 | Democratic | 1946 | Jim Folsom | |||
| 17 | James Allen | January 15, 1951 – January 17, 1955 | Democratic | 1950 | Gordon Persons | |||
| 18 | William G. Hardwick | January 17, 1955 – January 19, 1959 | Democratic | 1954 | Jim Folsom | |||
| 19 | Albert Boutwell | January 19, 1959 – January 14, 1963 | Democratic | 1958 | John Malcolm Patterson | |||
| 20 | James Allen | January 14, 1963 – January 16, 1967 | Democratic | 1962 | George Wallace | |||
| 21 | Albert Brewer | January 16, 1967 – May 7, 1968 | Democratic | 1966 [g] | Lurleen Wallace | |||
| — | Vacant | May 7, 1968 – January 18, 1971 | — | Albert Brewer | ||||
| 22 | Jere Beasley | January 18, 1971 – January 15, 1979 | Democratic | 1970 [h] | George Wallace | |||
| 1974 | ||||||||
| 23 | George McMillan | January 16, 1979 – January 17, 1983 | Democratic | 1978 | Fob James | |||
| 24 | Bill Baxley | January 17, 1983 – January 18, 1987 | Democratic | 1982 | George Wallace | |||
| 25 | Jim Folsom Jr. | January 18, 1987 – April 22, 1993 | Democratic | 1986 | H. Guy Hunt[i] | |||
| 1990 [j] | ||||||||
| — | Vacant | April 22, 1993 – January 16, 1995 | — | Jim Folsom Jr. | ||||
| 26 | Don Siegelman | January 16, 1995 – January 18, 1999 | Democratic | 1994 | Fob James[i] | |||
| 27 | Steve Windom | January 18, 1999 – January 20, 2003 | Republican | 1998 | Don Siegelman[k] | |||
| 28 | Lucy Baxley | January 20, 2003 – January 15, 2007 | Democratic | 2002 | Bob Riley[i] | |||
| 29 | Jim Folsom Jr. | January 15, 2007 – January 17, 2011 | Democratic | 2006 | ||||
| 30 | Kay Ivey | January 17, 2011 – April 10, 2017 | Republican | 2010 | Robert J. Bentley | |||
| 2014 [l][m] | ||||||||
| — | Vacant | April 10, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | — | Kay Ivey | ||||
| 31 | Will Ainsworth | January 14, 2019 – Present | Republican | 2018 2022 | ||||
Notes
- ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ^ Applegate took office on August 13, 1868, though Smith took office as governor on July 24, 1868.
- ^ Applegate died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.[7]
- ^ Cunningham acted as governor from April 25, 1904, to March 5, 1905, while Jelks was absent from the state.[8]
- ^ McDowell acted as governor from July 10, 1924, to July 11, 1924, while Brandon was absent from the state.[6]
- ^ Knight died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.[9]
- ^ 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][10] Wallace later died in office, and Brewer succeeded her,[6] rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
- ^ Beasley acted as governor from June 5, 1972, to July 7, 1972, while Wallace was absent from the state.[6]
- ^ a b c Represented the Republican Party.
- ^ Hunt was removed from office[11] and Folsom succeeded him,[6] rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
- ^ Represented the Democratic Party.
- ^ Bentley resigned[12] and Ivey succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
- ^ The vacancy ended on January 14, 2019 when Will Ainsworth took office.
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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f "Alabama Governors". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "Andrew J. Applegate". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Russell Cunningham". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Thomas E. Knight, Jr". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ Owen, Thomas McAdory (1979). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Alabama Department of Archives and History. p. 17. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- ^ Nossiter, Adam (12 June 1997). "Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board". The New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- ^ Blinder, Alan (10 April 2017). "Robert Bentley, Alabama Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2017.