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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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.… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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,… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
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… National Governors Association
