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06 Sep 2018

William Wyatt Bibb

WILLIAM WYATT BIBB, Alabama's first governor, was born on October 2, 1781, in Amelia County, Virginia. He attended William and Mary College and obtained a medical degree in 1801 from…

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06 Sep 2018

Thomas Bibb

THOMAS BIBB was born in Amelia County, Virginia, and later moved to Georgia with his family. He became a merchant and planter in 1811 when he migrated to the Tennessee…

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06 Sep 2018

Israel Pickens

ISRAEL PICKENS, Alabama's third governor, was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to Captain Samuel Pickens and Jane Carrigan Pickens. He received his education partly in South Carolina, but mainly…

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06 Sep 2018

John Murphy

JOHN MURPHY, Alabama's fourth governor, was born in Robeson County, North Carolina, about 1785. His family moved to South Carolina where he attended South Carolina College. After his graduation in 1808, he…

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06 Sep 2018

Gabriel Moore

GABRIEL MOORE was born in 1785 in Stokes County, North Carolina. He studied law at the University of North Carolina and was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1810.…

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06 Sep 2018

Samuel B. Moore

SAMUEL B. MOORE was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, which is present day Franklin County, Tennessee. As a young child, he moved with his parents Matthew and Letita Moore to…

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06 Sep 2018

John Gayle

JOHN GAYLE, Alabama's seventh governor, was born in Sumter District, South Carolina, to Matthew and Mary Gayle. He attended Newberry Academy and graduated in 1813 from South Carolina College. Gayle…

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06 Sep 2018

Clement Comer Clay

CLEMENT COMER CLAY, Alabama's eighth governor, was born in Halifax County, Virginia, and as a child moved to a farm near Knoxville, Tennessee. He attended public schools and graduated from…

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06 Sep 2018

Hugh McVay

HUGH MCVAY, Alabama's ninth governor, was born in South Carolina in 1766. He received a limited education, moved to Madison County, Mississippi Territory, in 1807, and became a planter. McVay entered politics…

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06 Sep 2018

Arthur Pendleton Bagby

ARTHUR PENDLETON BAGBY was born in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1794, to James and Mary Bagby. He received a liberal education, and settled in Alabama in 1818. He studied law,…

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06 Sep 2018

Benjamin Fitzpatrick

BENJAMIN FITZPATRICK was born in Green County, Georgia, to William and Anne Fitzpatrick. At the age of seven he was orphaned, and he moved to Alabama with his brothers, where…

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06 Sep 2018

Joshua Lanier Martin

JOSHUA LANIER MARTIN, Alabama's 12th governor, was born on December 5, 1799, in Blount County, Tennessee. He attended country schools, and he moved to Alabama in 1819 to continue his law…

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