The following table displays, by color, the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alabama from 1817 to the current year. As such, it may indicate the political party strength at any given time. The officers listed include: Governor Lieutenant governor Secretary of State Attorney general Comptroller of Public Accounts/State Auditor State treasurer Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1817–1882
YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senate(Class II)U.S. Senate(Class III)U.S.House1817William W. Bibb no such office no such officeno such officeJack Rossno such bodiesno such officesJohnCrowell no electoral votes1818Henry Hitchcock D majority1819William W. Bibb Thomas A. RodgersHenry Hitchcock Samuel PickensJack RossW majorityWilliam R. King John Williams Walker JohnCrowell 1820D majorityMonroe/Tompkins Thomas Bibb 1821James J. Pleasants W majorityGabrielMoore 1822Israel Pickens John C. PerryWilliam Kelly 1823Thomas WhiteD majority3DR1824James Innes ThorntonJackson/Calhoun 1825Constantine PerkinsWilliam R. King Henry H. Chambers 3J1826John Murphy Israel Pickens 1827John McKinley 1828Jackson/Calhoun 1829George W. Crabb Hardin Perkins3J1830Gabriel Moore 1831Samuel B. Moore Gabriel Moore 1832John Gayle Peter MartinJackson/Van Buren 1833Gabriel Moore 4J, 1N1834Edmund A. WebsterWilliam Hawn18353J, 1N, 1NR1836Clement Comer Clay Thomas B. TunstallAlexander Meek Jefferson C. Van DykeVan Buren/Johnson 1837John Dennis Phelan 18W, 12D, 3?46W, 44D, 10?William R. King John McKinley 3D, 2WHugh McVay Clement Comer Clay 1838Arthur P. Bagby Lincoln Clarke 45D, 33W, 22?1839Matthew W. Lindsay 19D, 9W, 5?66D, 31W, 3?1840William Garrett Samuel Frierson23D, 10W67D, 33WVan Buren/Johnson 184120D, 13W54D, 46W5D1842Benjamin Fitzpatrick 52D, 48WArthur P. Bagby 1843Thomas D. Clarke21D, 12W67D, 33W6D, 1W184419D, 14W62D, 38WDixon H. Lewis Polk/Dallas 1845D majorityD majority1846Joshua L. Martin (ID)William Graham20D, 13W61D, 37W, 2?1847William H. Martin5D, 2W1848Reuben Chapman Marion A. BaldwinJoel Riggs17D, 16W65D, 35WBenjamin Fitzpatrick William R. King Cass/Butler 1849Jeremiah Clemens 1850Henry W. Collier 17W, 16D57D, 43W18514D, 2W, 1U1852Vincent M. Benham 22U, 1162U, 38Pierce/King 1853Clement Claiborne Clay Benjamin Fitzpatrick 6D, 1W1854John A. Winston 20D, 13W59D, 41W1855William J. Greene5D, 2KN1856James H. Weaver20D, 13KN61D, 39KNBuchanan/Breckinridge 18577D1858Andrew B. Moore 27D, 6KN84D, 16KN18591860Patrick Henry Brittan Duncan Graham 27D, 6O85D, 15OBreckinridge/Lane 1861vacantvacant1862John Gill Shorter American Civil War18631864Thomas H. Watts no electoral votes1865Albert Stanhope ElmoreJohn W. A. Sanford Jr. Malcolm A. ChisholmLyd Saxon Lewis E. Parsons 1866Robert M. Patton David L. Dalton 33NP100NP1867Micah Taul 6RWager Swayne 1868Charles A. Miller Joshua Morse Arthur Bingham Grant/Colfax William Hugh Smith Willard Warner George E. Spencer Andrew J. Applegate 1869Robert M. Reynolds 32R, 1D97R, 3D4R, 2D1870Jabez J. Parker John W. A. Sanford Jr. James Grant1871Robert B. Lindsay Edward H. Moren 65D, 35RGeorge Goldthwaite 3R, 3D1872Patrick Ragland Benjamin Gardner Robert T. Smith Arthur Bingham Grant/Wilson 1873David P. Lewis Alexander McKinstry Neander H. Rice 17R, 16D51R, 49D6R, 2D1874Rufus K. Boyd John W. A. Sanford Daniel Crawford1875George S. Houston Robert F. Ligon 20D, 13R60D, 40R6D, 2R1876Willis Brewer Tilden/Hendricks 1877no such office33D80D, 20RJohn T. Morgan 8D1878William W. Screws Henry Tompkins Isaac Vincent 1879Rufus W. Cobb 31D, 2R91D, 4ID, 3R, 2GBGeorge S. Houston 7D, 1GB1880J. Malcolm CarmichaelLuke Pryor Hancock/English 188133D94D, 4ID, 1R, 1GBJames L. Pugh 8D1882Ellis Phelan 7D, 1GB
1883–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerAg. Comm.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senate(Class II)U.S. Senate(Class III)U.S. House1883Edward A. O'Neal no such officeEllis Phelan Henry Tompkins J. Malcolm CarmichaelFrederick SmithEdward C. Betts 31D, 2R77D, 17I, 5R, 1GBJohn T. Morgan James L. Pugh 8D1884Thomas McClellan Malcolm C. Burke7D, 1RCleveland/Hendricks 1885Charles C. Langdon 30D, 3R93D, 7R8D18861887Thomas Seay Reuben Kolb 32D, 1R83D, 17R1888Cyrus D. HogueJohn Cobbs Cleveland/Thurman 1889William L. Martin 92D, 8R1890Joseph D. Barron 7D, 1R1891Thomas G. Jones Hector D. Lane 33D97D, 3R8D1892John Purifoy J. Craig Smith Cleveland/Stevenson 189326D, 7Pop61D, 38Pop, 1R9D1894James K. Jackson William C. Fitts 1895William C. Oates 24D, 8Pop, 1R65D, 34Pop, 1R8D, 1Pop1896Walter S. WhiteGeorge Ellis Issac F. Culver 5D, 2Pop, 2RBryan/Sewall 1897Joseph F. Johnston 22D, 9Pop, 2R74D, 23Pop, 3REdmund Pettus 8D, 1Pop1898Robert P. McDavid Charles G. Brown7D, 1Pop, 1R189928D, 5Pop89D, 10Pop, 1R9D1900Thomas L. Sowell J. Craig Smith Robert R. Poole Bryan/Stevenson William D. Jelks 8D, 1R1901William J. Samford 32D, 1Pop92D, 6Pop, 2R9DWilliam D. Jelks 19021903Russell McWhortorCunningham J. Thomas Heflin Massey Wilson 35D103D, 2R1904Edmund R. McDavid Parker/Davis 1905J. Malcolm Carmichael19061907B. B. Comer Henry B. Gray Frank N. Julian Alexander M. Garber William W. Brandon Walter D. Seed Sr. Joseph A. Wilkinson 34D, 1R104D, 2RJohn H. Bankhead Joseph F. Johnston 1908Bryan/Kern 19091910Cyrus B. Brown 1911Emmet O'Neal Walter D. Seed Sr. Robert Brickell Charles Brooks Smith John Purifoy Reuben Kolb 103D, 3R1912Wilson/Marshall 191310D1914Francis S. White 1915Charles Henderson Thomas Kilby John Purifoy William Logan Martin Miles C. Allgood William Lancaster James A. Wade 104D, 2ROscar Underwood 191619171918F. Lloyd TateEmmet S. Thigpen1919Thomas Kilby Nathan Lee Miller William Peyton Cobb J. Q. Smith Henry F. Lee Robert BradleyMiles C. Allgood 100D, 5R, 1?1920B. B. Comer Cox/Roosevelt 1921Harwell Goodwin Davis J. Thomas Heflin 19221923William W. Brandon Charles S. McDowell Sidney H. Blan William B. Allgood George Ellis James Monroe Moore 35D105D, 1R1924Davis/Bryan 192519261927Bibb Graves William C. Davis John Marvin Brandon Charlie C. McCall Sidney H. Blan William B. Allgood Samuel Dunwoody 104D, 2RHugo Black 1928Smith/Robinson 192919301931Benjamin M. Miller Hugh Davis Merrill Pete Bryant Jarman Jr. Thomas E. Knight Jr. John Marvin Brandon Sidney H. Blan Seth Paddock Storrs 103D, 3RJohn H. Bankhead II 1932Roosevelt/Garner 19339D19341935Bibb Graves Thomas E. KnightDavid Howell Turner Albert A. Carmichael Charles E. McCall John Marvin Brandon Robert James Goode 105D, 1R19361937Dixie Bibb Graves 1938J. Lister Hill 1939Frank M. Dixon Albert A. Carmichael John Marvin Brandon Thomas S. Lawson David Howell Turner Charles E. McCall Haygood Paterson 1940Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Walter Lusk19421943Chauncey Sparks Leven H. Ellis David Howell Turner William N. McQueen John Marvin Brandon Joseph N. Poole1944Sibyl Pool Roosevelt/Truman 19451946George R. Swift 1947Jim Folsom James C. Inzer Albert A. Carmichael Daniel H. Thomas Sr.John Marvin Brandon Haygood Paterson John Sparkman 1948Thurmond/Wright 194919501951Gordon Persons James Allen Agnes Baggett Si Garrett John Marvin Brandon Sibyl Pool Frank M. Stewart 1952Stevenson/Sparkman 195319541955Jim Folsom William G. Hardwick Mary Texas Hurt Garner John M. Patterson Agnes Baggett John Marvin Brandon A. W. Todd 1956Stevenson/Kefauver 195719581959John M. Patterson Albert Boutwell Bettye Frink MacDonald Gallion Mary Texas Hurt Garner Agnes Baggett Robert Bamberg 106D19606 – Byrd/Thurmond 5 – Kennedy/Johnson 196119621963George Wallace James Allen Agnes Baggett Richmond Flowers Sr. Bettye Frink Mary Texas Hurt Garner A. W. Todd 104D, 2R8D1964Goldwater/Miller 19655R, 3D19661967Lurleen Wallace Albert Brewer Mabel Sanders Amos MacDonald Gallion Melba Till Allen Agnes Baggett Richard Beard 34D, 1R106D5D, 3R1968Wallace/LeMay Albert Brewer vacant1969James Allen 19701971George Wallace Jere Beasley Bill Baxley 35D104D, 2R1972Marion Gilmer Nixon/Agnew 19734D, 3R1974McMillan Lane 1975Agnes Baggett Bettye Frink Melba Till Allen 105D1976Carter/Mondale 197734D, 1I1978Annie Laurie Gunter Maryon Pittman Allen 1979Fob James George McMillan Don Siegelman Charles Graddick 35D101D, 4RHowell Heflin Donald Stewart 1980Reagan/Bush 1981Jeremiah Denton 19821983George Wallace Bill Baxley Jan Cook Albert McDonald 32D, 3R97D, 8R5D, 2R32D, 4R198429D, 4R, 2I87D, 18R198519861987H. Guy Hunt Jim Folsom Jr. Glen Browder Don Siegelman George Wallace Jr. 30D, 5R89D, 16RRichard Shelby 1988Bush/Quayle 1989Fred Crawford 27D, 8R82D, 23R1990Perry A. Hand 1991Billy Joe Camp Jimmy Evans Terry Ellis A. W. Todd 28D, 7R1992Bush/Quayle 199327D, 8R4D, 3RJim Folsom Jr. vacantJames R. Bennett 19941995Fob James Don Siegelman Jeff Sessions Pat Duncan Lucy Baxley Jack Thompson 23D, 12R73D, 32RRichard Shelby 1996Dole/Kemp 1997William H. Pryor Jr. 71D, 34RJeff Sessions 5R, 2D199821D, 14R68D, 37R1999Don Siegelman Steve Windom James R. Bennett Susan Parker Charles Bishop 23D, 12R69D, 36R200024D, 11RBush/Cheney 200168D, 37R200267D, 38R2003Bob Riley Lucy Baxley Nancy Worley Beth Chapman Kay Ivey Ron Sparks 25D, 10R63D, 42R2004Troy King 2005200662D, 43R2007Jim Folsom Jr. Beth Chapman Samantha Shaw 23D, 12R200822D, 13RMcCain/Palin 200921D, 13R, 1I4R, 3D201020D, 14R, 1I60D, 45R5R, 2D2011Robert J. Bentley Kay Ivey Luther Strange Young Boozer John McMillan 22R, 12D, 1I66R, 39D6R, 1D2012Romney/Ryan 201323R, 11D, 1I66R, 38D, 1IJames R. Bennett 201467R, 37D, 1I2015John Merrill Jim Zeigler 26R, 8D, 1I72R, 33D2016Trump/Pence 2017Steve Marshall Luther Strange Kay Ivey vacant2018Doug Jones 2019Will Ainsworth John McMillan Rick Pate 27R, 8D77R, 28D2020Trump/Pence 2021Tommy Tuberville 2022Young Boozer 2023Wes Allen Andrew Sorrell Katie Britt 202476R, 29DTrump/Vance 20255R, 2D2026
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