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Lurleen Wallace, the first wife of George Wallace, was the first woman to serve as governor of Alabama, and the third woman to serve as governor of any state. The current governor is Republican Kay Ivey, who took office on April 10, 2017 following Robert J. Bentley's resignation amidst a corruption scandal. She is the second female governor of ...
She was the 38th Alabama state treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and the 30th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. Ivey became Alabama's second female governor and the first female Republican governor upon the resignation of her predecessor, Robert J. Bentley .
The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey , who took office on April 10, 2017 upon the resignation of Robert Bentley , ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. [1] Ivey was sworn in for her first full term on January 14 ...
The Democratic Party dominated politics in every Southern state. For nearly 100 years, local and state elections in Alabama were decided in the Democratic Party primary, with generally only token Republican challengers running in the General Election. Republicans ran a token candidate in every Alabama gubernatorial election except for 1930 and ...
The Republican governor said she has no plans to quit. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Tuesday that she should not have worn blackface in a college skit decades ago, but she does not plan to resign ...
He was a member of the Republican Party and was in office from 1897 to 1901. He is the third president in history to be assassinated while in office, having been shot on Sept. 6, 1901 by anarchist ...
Lieutenant governors of the State of Alabama No. Lieutenant Governor Term in office Party Election Governor [a] 1 Andrew J. Applegate (1833–1870) [11] July 13, 1868 [12] – August 21, 1870 (died in office) Republican [13] 1868 William Hugh Smith — Vacant: August 21, 1870 – November 26, 1870: Office vacated by death: 2 Edward H. Moren ...
Ivey’s office said Monday that June 19 will be a holiday for state workers coinciding with the federal holiday. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021.