Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State

Contents

ConTenTs Foreword by Governor Albert P. brewer xi Acknowledgments xiii second edition Acknowledgments xv Political maps of Alabama xvii introduction 1 i. Territorial Period and early statehood, 1798–1847 Territorial Governors of the Alabama Area, 1798–1819 Kit Carson Carter III 7 William Wyatt bibb and Thomas bibb Daniel S. Dupre 14 israel Pickens Daniel S. Dupre 20 John murphy Hugh C. Bailey 25 Gabriel moore Harriet E.A. Doss 29 samuel b. moore Mary Jane McDaniel 34 John Gayle SarahWoolfolkWiggins 37 Clement Comer Clay J. MillsThornton III 41 hugh mcvay Mary Jane McDaniel 46 Arthur P. bagby Mary Jane McDaniel 49 benjamin Fitzpatrick J. MillsThornton III 54 Joshua l. martin Hugh C. Bailey 58 ii. Crises, Civil War, and reconstruction, 1847–1874 reuben Chapman John R. Mayfield 63 henry W. Collier Leah Rawls Atkins 68 viii / Contents John A.Winston William L. Barney 72 Andrew b. moore Leah Rawls Atkins 78 John Gill shorter Henry M. McKiven 83 Thomas h.Watts Henry M. McKiven 87 lewis e. Parsons SarahWoolfolkWiggins 91 robert m. Patton WilliamWarren Rogers Jr. 95 Wager swayne MichaelW. Fitzgerald 99 William hugh smith MichaelW. Fitzgerald 103 robert b. lindsay MichaelW. Fitzgerald 107 David P. lewis SarahWoolfolkWiggins 111 iii. The bourbon era, 1874–1900 George s. houston WilliamWarren Rogers 119 rufus W. Cobb Robert DavidWard 125 edward A. o’neal Mary Jane McDaniel 129 Thomas seay Robert DavidWard 133 Thomas G. Jones Paul McWhorter Pruitt Jr. 137 William C. oates Paul McWhorter Pruitt Jr. 143 Joseph F. Johnston Michael Perman Jr. 149 iv. The Progressive era through World War ii, 1900–1947 William J. samford Marlene Hunt Rikard 159 William D. Jelks David E.Alsobrook 163 russell m. Cunningham Marlene Hunt Rikard 170 braxton bragg Comer David Alan Harris 175 emmet o’neal R. B. Rosenburg 182 Charles henderson Lee N.Allen 188 Thomas e. Kilby Michael A. Breedlove 192 William W. brandon Lee N.Allen 197 bibb Graves Wayne Flynt 201 benjamin m. miller Glenn A. Feldman 209 Frank m. Dixon Glenn A. Feldman 215 Chauncey m. sparks Harvey H. Jackson III 221 Contents / ix v. Post–World War ii to 1999 James e. Folsom Carl Grafton and Anne Permaloff 227 Gordon Persons S. Jonathan Bass 237 John Patterson Anne Permaloff and Carl Grafton 242 George C.Wallace GlennT. Eskew 249 lurleen b.Wallace GlennT. Eskew 265 Albert P. brewer Gordon E. Harvey 270 Jere beasley sr. Margaret E.Armbrester and Samuel L. Webb 275 Forrest “Fob” James Jr. William H. Stewart 277 Guy hunt William H. Stewart 284 James e. Folsom Jr. William H. Stewart 290 vi. The Twenty-First Century Don siegelman Samuel L.Webb and Margaret E. Armbrester 297 robert “bob” renfroe riley S. Jonathan Bass 304 robert Julian bentley Margaret E.Armbrester 312 Appendix A: Governors of Alabama 319 Appendix b: Provenance of Governors’ Portraits 323 select bibliography 325 Contributors 331 index 335 ...