First ladies and gentlemen of Alabama

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First Lady/Gentleman of Alabama
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Incumbent
vacant
since April 10, 2017
Style First Lady
First Gentleman
Residence Alabama Governor's Mansion
Inaugural holderMary Holman Freeman Bibb
Formation1817
The Alabama Governor's Mansion Alabama Governor's Mansion by Highsmith 02.jpg
The Alabama Governor's Mansion

First Lady or First Gentleman of Alabama is the honorary title given to the spouse of the Governor of Alabama. They are the official host of the Alabama Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama. As of 2024, Alabama has had 54 governors. Two have been women. Seven were widowed or unmarried and could appoint a relative as official state hostess. Felicia Steptoe Pickett remains the youngest first lady in Alabama history. She may have been 16 when she married governor Reuben Chapman who was 39 [1] [2] although discrepancies in that chronology have been noted. [3] [4] Patsy Riley wrote a book about 11 of the state's first ladies. [5]

List

NameImageYearsRelation to Governor of AlabamaNotesRef
Mary Holman Freeman Bibb1817-1820wife of William Wyatt Bibb
Parmelia Thompson1820-1821wife of Thomas Bibb
Martha Lenoir1821-1825wife of Israel Pickens
n/a1825-1829 John Murphy
Mary Parham Caller1829-1831wife of Gabriel Moore
n/a1831 Samuel B. Moore
Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle 1831-1835wife of John Gayle
Felicia Steptoe Pickett (1819–1870)1847-1849wife of Reuben Chapman [3]
Georgena Jones1890-1894wife of Thomas G. Jones
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Andrews Nabors1923-1927wife of William W. Brandon
Dixie Bibb Graves SenatorDixieBibbGraves.jpg 1927–1931wife of Bibb Graves Later became the first female U.S. senator from Alabama
Margaret Otis Duggan Miller1931-1935wife of Benjamin M. Miller
Dixie Bibb Graves SenatorDixieBibbGraves.jpg 1935-1939wife of Bibb Graves
Juliet Dixon1939-1943wife of Frank M. Dixon
Runy Ellissister of Jim Folsom
Jamelle Folsom 1947-1951wife of Jim Folsom
Alice Persons1951-1955wife of Gordon Persons
Jamelle Folsom 1955-1959wife of Jim Folsom
Mary Jo Patterson1959-1963wife of John Patterson
Lurleen Wallace Lurleen Wallace.jpg 1963-1967wife of George Wallace [6]
George Wallace George Wallace (3x4 cropped).jpg 1967-1968husband of Lurleen Wallace First Gentleman
Martha Farmer Brewer Albert and Martha Brewer.jpg 1968-1971 Albert Brewer
Cornelia Wallace 1971-1979wife of George Wallace
Bobbie Mae Mooney James1979–1983wife of Fob James
Lisa T. Wallacewife of George Wallace
Helen Hunt (née Chambers)1987-1993wife of H. Guy Hunt
Bobbie Mae Mooney James1995–1999wife of Fob James
Lori Allen Siegelman1999-2003wife of Don Siegelman [7]
Patsy Riley 2003-2011wife of Bob Riley [8]
Dianne Bentley 2011-2017wife of Robert J. Bentley
n/a2017–present Kay Ivey

References

  1. ↑ "Steptoe Pickett - A Vintage Vignette by John P. Rankin". huntsvillehistorycollection.org. February 27, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ Kelly Kazek (August 21, 2018). "Vintage photos show Alabama's first ladies through history". al.
  3. 1 2 "Document List". huntsvillehistorycollection.org.
  4. ↑ "Felicia Ann Pickett, [19 February 1819 - 28 October 1870], Born: Virginia, Died: Madison County, Alabama, Father: Stephen Steptoe Pickett, Mother: Sarah Orrick Chilton; Spouses: Reuben Chapman, Family, Genealogy". websites.umich.edu.
  5. ↑ Alec Harvey (December 7, 2010). "Patsy Riley details lives of the other wives who've lived in Alabama's Governor's Mansion". al.
  6. ↑ "Remembering our first lady governor - South Alabamian". South Alabamian -. May 17, 2023.
  7. ↑ Chief, Dana Beyerle Montgomery Bureau. "Siegelman defends wife's travel". The Tuscaloosa News.
  8. ↑ Intern, Patrick McCreless Times. "First lady Patsy Riley speaks to Woman's Club". Gadsden Times.
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