List of lieutenant governors 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
Seal of the Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Will Ainsworth since January 14, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Andrew J. Applegate
Formation	1868
Salary	$68,556
Website	ltgov.alabama.gov

List

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Alabama

No.	Lieutenant Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Governor[lower-alpha 1]
1			Andrew J. Applegate	August 13, 1868 – August 21, 1870	Republican	1868 [lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]		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 [lower-alpha 4]		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 [lower-alpha 5]		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 [lower-alpha 6]		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 [lower-alpha 7]		Lurleen Wallace
—	Vacant			May 7, 1968 – January 18, 1971	—			Albert Brewer
22			Jere Beasley	January 18, 1971 – January 15, 1979	Democratic	1970 [lower-alpha 8]		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[lower-alpha 9]
						1990 [lower-alpha 10]
—	Vacant			April 22, 1993 – January 16, 1995	—			Jim Folsom Jr.
26			Don Siegelman	January 16, 1995 – January 18, 1999	Democratic	1994		Fob James[lower-alpha 9]
27			Steve Windom	January 18, 1999 – January 20, 2003	Republican	1998		Don Siegelman[lower-alpha 11]
28			Lucy Baxley	January 20, 2003 – January 15, 2007	Democratic	2002		Bob Riley[lower-alpha 9]
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 [lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 13]
—	Vacant			April 10, 2017 – January 14, 2019	—			Kay Ivey
31			Will Ainsworth	January 14, 2019 – Present	Republican	2018

Notes

1. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
2. Applegate took office on August 13, 1868, though Smith took office as governor on July 24, 1868.
3. Applegate died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.[7]
4. Cunningham acted as governor from April 25, 1904, to March 5, 1905, while Jelks was absent from the state.[8]
5. McDowell acted as governor from July 10, 1924, to July 11, 1924, while Brandon was absent from the state.[6]
6. Knight died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.[9]
7. 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.
8. Beasley acted as governor from June 5, 1972, to July 7, 1972, while Wallace was absent from the state.[6]
9. Represented the Republican Party.
10. Hunt was removed from office[11] and Folsom succeeded him,[6] rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
11. Represented the Democratic Party.
12. Bentley resigned[12] and Ivey succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
13. 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

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. "Alabama Governors". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
7. "Andrew J. Applegate". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
8. "Russell Cunningham". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
9. "Thomas E. Knight, Jr". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
10. Owen, Thomas McAdory (1979). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Alabama Department of Archives and History. p. 17. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
11. Nossiter, Adam (12 June 1997). "Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board". The New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
12. Blinder, Alan (10 April 2017). "Robert Bentley, Alabama Governor, Resigns Amid Scandal". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2017.