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The governor of Alabama is the head of government of the U.S. state of Alabama. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Alabama's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. There have officially been 54 governors of the state of Alabama; this official numbering skips acting and military governors. [2] The first ...
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The governor is elected by popular election every four years. The constitution limits the governor to two consecutive terms, but there is no limit on the total number of terms one may serve, so long as no more than two are ever consecutive. George Wallace holds the record as the longest-serving governor in Alabama history with 16 years of service.
Kay Ellen Ivey (/ ˈ aɪ v i / EYE-vee; [2] born October 15, 1944) is an American politician who is the 54th governor of Alabama, serving since 2017.Originally a conservative Southern Democrat, Ivey became a member of the Republican Party in 2002.
The 1863 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 3, 1863 [1] in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Whig Thomas Hill Watts won his first term as governor. [ 2 ]
Webb, Samuel L., and Margaret Armbrester, eds. Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State (University of Alabama Press, 2001). Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk, ed. From Civil War to Civil Rights—Alabama, 1860–1960: An Anthology from the Alabama Review (U of Alabama Press, 1987). 29 scholarly essays by experts. Williams, Benjamin Buford.
John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He served one term as Attorney General of Alabama from 1955 to 1959, and, at age 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.
Thomas J. Seay (November 20, 1846 – March 30, 1896) was an American Democratic politician who was the 27th Governor of Alabama from 1886 to 1890. [ 3 ] Early life