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Historical Governors:

The Alabama Capitol

2. Governors of Alabama

William Wyatt Bibb was born in Virginia.  He served in the legislature before he became governor of our state.  Bibb was a democrat, and started his term as governor in 1819.  Bibb only served for one year, due to a hard fall off his horse.  He was already very sick with kidney failures and tuberculosis.  Bibb never really recovered from the fall, and spent the last year of his life in constant pain.  He never lived to see Cahaba as the state capital.  Bibb died on July 20, 1820, at the age of thirty-nine.  I believe that Bibb's biggest accomplishment was being the first governor of our state, and being able to get our state organized.

Israel Pickens was born on january 30, 1780.  Later, he became the third governor of Alabama and was inaugurated on November 9, 1821.  when Pickens ran for office again in 1823 he defeated his opponent Dr. Henry Chambers by a vote of 6,942 to 4,604.  Pickens' major accomplishment was being a successful governor.  He was said to be "a man of exceptional capability, vision and compassion."  But he wasn't just good at political affairs.  He was interested in scientific research, and even invented a lunar dial.  Pickens died on April 24, 1827, due to ill health.

David Peter Lewis 

Guy Hunt was the first Republican governor. He lost office because he took some money from his campaign.

Benjamin Meeks Miller

3. State Government

The legislative branch makes the laws.  It has a House and a Senate.

The executive branch carries out the laws and enforces them.  It is headed by the Governor.

The judicial branch judges people for keeping within the law.  It is headed by the Supreme Court.

4.  Current Government Officials

Don Siegelman, a Democrat, is the current Governor of Alabama.  He went to college in Oxford, England.  He was a Rhodes scholar.

He became famous because he couldn't leave his seat to go to the bathroom in case the Democrats voted against him.  The Lt. Governor runs the Senate.

He is young for an Attorney General.  His job is to send criminals to trial when he has evidence.

Larry Dixon is Senator for the 25th district, in Montgomery.  We live there.

Perry Hooper jr represents the 73rd district, in Montgomery.  We live there.  He is called "junior" because his father, who is Chief Justice, has the same name.  Here is his Christmas card.