1909, Sep. 15. Anti-Prohibition Amendment Convention in Mont

gomery.

Nov. 29. The proposed Prohibition amendment to the State
Constitution defeated by vote of the people.

1913, June to July.

State Textbook Commission in session. The mem-
bers: J. W. Watson, E. M. Shackelford, E. S.
Pugh, J. M. Pearson, J. J. Doster, H. T. Wallace,
Wm. R. Harrison, A. M. Spessard, T. W. Palmer.

Dec. 18, 1832.

Feb. 7, 1818.

When Formed.

Nov. 21, 1818.

Dec. 21, 1809.

Feb. 7, 1818.

Dec. 5, 1866.
Dec. 13, 1819.
Dec. 18, 1832.
Dec. 18, 1832.
Jan. 9, 1836.
Dec. 30, 1868.

Indian name.

Senator Abraham Baldwin, of
Georgia.

Gov. James Barbour, of Virginia.
Gov. William Wyatt Bibb.

Gov. Wm. G. Blount, of Tennessee

E. C. Bullock, of Alabama.
Capt. Wm. Butler, of Alabama.
J. C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.
Henry C. Chambers, of Alabama.
Indian Tribe.

Judge W. P. Chilton, of Alabama.
Dec. 29, 1847. | Indian tribe.

Dec. 10, 1812. Gov. John Clarke, of Georgia.
Henry Clay, of Kentucky.

Dec. 7, 1866.

Dec. 6, 1866.

Dec. 29, 1841.

Feb. 6, 1867.

Feb. 13, 1818.
Dec. 18, 1832.
Covington Dec. 1, 1821.
Crenshaw. .Nov. 24, 1866.
Cullman
Dale

Dallas

Jan. 24, 1877.

Pat. R. Cleburne, of Arkansas.
Gen. John Coffee, of Alabama.
George and Levi Colbert.
Indian word.
Indian tribe.

( Gen. Leonard W. Covington,
of Maryland.

Anderson Crenshaw, of Alabama.

John G. Cullman, of Alabama.
Gen. Samuel Dale, of Alabama.
Feb. 9, 1818. A. J. Dallas.

Dec. 22, 1824.

From What Territory Taken.

Coffee Covington, Luverne.

Monroe.

Creek cession of 1832.

Lowndes, Pike.

Blount, Morgan, Winston.
Henry and Covington.
Montgomery.

1 Originally "Cahaba," changed December 20, 1820, in honor of first governor of Alabama.
2 Originally "Benton,' from Senator Thos. H. Benton, of Missouri; changed for political rebuke January
29, 1858.

Originally "Baker," for Albert Baker, a resident; changed December 17, 1874.
Abolished November 26, 1867; reëstablished December 9, 1869.
Name changed to "Jones" August 6, 1868; name restored October 10, 1868.

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. Dec. 13, 1808. | James Madison, of Virginia.

Madison.
Marengo
Marion

Marshall

Jan. 9, 1836.

1812.
June 29, 1815.

Dec. 6, 1816.

Morgan

1

Feb. 6, 1818.

Perry

Dec. 13, 1819.

French Battle.

Gen. Francis Marion, South
Carolina.

Chief Justice John Marshall,
of Virginia.

Indian.

Dec. 18, 1832. Indian word.
Dec. 18, 1832. | Indian word.

Feb. 7, 1818.

Dec. 26, 1823.
June 4, 1800.
Dec. 13, 1819.
Feb. 12, 1850.

Indian.

Monroe.

Cherokee Turkeytown cession.
Montgomery.

Tuskaloosa.

Henry and Montgomery.
Creek cession of 1832.
Creek cession of 1832.
Shelby.

Montgomery.

Choctaw cession of 1830.
Creek cession of 1832.
Creek cession of 1832.
Chickasaw

Hamilton.

Guntersville.

Mobile.

Monroeville.

and Choctaw

cessions, 1816.

Marion and Tuskaloosa.
Choctaw cessions.

Sen. John W. Walker, Alabama.
Gen. Geo. Washington, Virginia.
Lt. Joseph M. Wilcox, U. S. A.
Gov. John A. Winston, Alabama. Walker.

Dallas and Monroe.

1 Originally "Cotaco," of Indian origin; changed June 14, 1821.

Jasper.
Chatom.
Camden.

Double Sp'gs.

Originally "Hancock." for John Hancock, who first signed the Declaration of Independence; changed
January 22, 1858.

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GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY,

Winthrop Sargent, of Massachusetts.
William Charles Cole Claiborne, of Tennessee.
Robert Williams, of North Carolina....
David Holmes, of Virginia..

1798

1801

1805

1809

Israel Pickens, of Greene.

.July 15, 1820

Nov. 9, 1821 Nov. 25, 1825 .Nov. 25, 1829

John Murphy, of Monroe.

Gabriel Moore, of Madison.
Samuel B. Moore, of Jackson.
John Gayle, of Greene.

Clement Comer Clay, of Madison.
Hugh McVay, of Lauderdale.

Arthur Pendleton Bagby, of Monroe.
Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Autauga..
Joshua Lanier Martin, of Tuskaloosa.
Reuben Chapman, of Madison..

Henry Watkins Collier, of Tuskaloosa.
John Anthony Winston, of Sumter.
Andrew Barry Moore, of Perry..
John Gill Shorter, of Barbour.

Thomas Hill Watts, of Montgomery

[Interregnum of two months after the surrender

tary department of the Confederate government to
authorities.]

Lewis E. Parsons,** of Talladega..
Robert Miller Patton, of Lauderdale.

William H. Smith, of Randolph..

Robert Burns Lindsay, of Colbert.

Thomas Goode Jones, of Montgomery.

William C. Oates, of Henry...

Joseph F. Johnston, of Jefferson.

William J. Samford, of Lee.

Emmet O'Neal

Charles Henderson

*Mr. Bibb's temporary commission as governor of Alabama Territory was dated September 25, 1817; his permanent commission was dated December 16, 1817. He was inaugurated as governor of the State at Huntsville on November 9, 1819, although Alabama was not formally admitted into the Union until December 14, 1819. **Appointed provisional governor of Alabama by President Johnson.

†Dr. Russell M. Cunningham was acting-governor from April 25, 1904, to March 15, 1905.