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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Alabama was part of Mississippi Territory from 1798 to 1817; see List of Governors of Mississippi for this period.
Prior to 1804, parts of Alabama were part of the state of Georgia; see List of Governors of Georgia for this period.
The State of Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14 1819.
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  List of governors of Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1831, Governor Moore was elected to the United States Senate, and Samuel Moore, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
In 1837, Governor Clay was appointed to the United States Senate, and Hugh McVay, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
Lewis Parsons was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Alabama   (375 words)

  
 Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
US-AL Alabama is a southern state located in the southern United States; the population of Alabama is 4,447,100 as of 2000.
Alabama was once a region claimed by the Spaniards as part of Florida.
The current governor of the state is Bob Riley and the two U.S. senators are Jeff Sessions and Richard C. Shelby (all three from the Republican Party).
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/a/al/alabama.html   (384 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Governors of Alabama
William Wyatt Bibb, served 1817-1819 Alabama Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that was created out of the from the eastern portion of Mississippi Territory.
Thomas Bibb was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1820 to 1821.
Governors of Alabama This is a list of the governors of the U.S. state of Alaska, of Alaska Territory and of the District of Alaska, and the military commanders of the District of Alaska, as well as the governors of Russian America.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Governors-of-Alabama   (2844 words)

  
 Former Governors of Alabama LIST
Governor of Alabama Territory before being elected the first Governor of the State of Alabama.
President of Senate, William Jelks became governor upon the death, June 11, 1901, of Governor Samford: subsequently he was elected to a four-year term as governor.
Born in Goldville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, on September 27, 1921.
www.netstate.com /states/government/al_formergov.htm   (1392 words)

  
 Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After the war a provisional government was setup in 1865 and Alabama was readmitted to the Union in June 1868.
The current governor of the state is Don Siegelman[?] (Democrat) and the two U.S. senators are Jeff Sessions[?] (Republican) and Richard C. Shelby[?] (Republican).
Alabama's argicultural outputs are poultry and eggs, cattle, nursey stock, peanuts, cotton, vegetables, milk, and soybeans.
www.city-search.org /al/alabama.html   (658 words)

  
 InDixie ~ Some History of the State of Alabama
Alabama is situated between 30° 17' and 35° N. Lat., and 7° 58' and 11° 26' W. long.
The constitution of the state of Alabama was adopted by a convention which met at Huntsville in July, 1819, in pursuance of an act of congress passed in the month of March preceding.
When Alabama was admitted into the union, in 1819, the government of the United States granted to the state, on certain conditions, one section or thirty-sixth part of every township, for the support of schools, and two townships for the establishment of an university.
www.indixie.com /genealogy/history/Alabama/history_of_alabama.htm   (5772 words)

  
 Governors to meet with President Bush
The National Governors Association’s annual winter meeting, which runs Feb. 25-28, will give the states' chief executives the chance to voice their top concerns to President Bush and other federal officials: budget-busting Medicaid costs, drains on National Guard troop strength and new federal orders to step up the security of state-issued driver’s licenses.
The governors are scheduled to meet privately with Bush on Monday (Feb. 27) at the White House.
Governors also will hear a keynote address on Tuesday (Feb. 28) from former President Clinton, who underwent open-heart bypass surgery in 2004 and recently partnered with Huckabee to launch a 10-year campaign against childhood obesity.
www.stateline.org /live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=91085   (1184 words)

  
 Daily Home - Number of Alabama governors up for debate
According to officials with the Alabama Department of Archives and History, all three of those numbers are, for the most part, correct.
Jere Beasley, who was lieutenant governor under Wallace in 1972, assumed the role of governor from June 5 to July 7 of that year because Wallace was in a Maryland hospital recovering from an assassination attempt.
The Alabama Constitution of 1901 states that the lieutenant governor takes over gubernatorial duties if the acting governor is out of the state for more than 20 days.
www.dailyhome.com /news/2003/dh-localnews-0125-mseale-3a24v2821.htm   (440 words)

  
 Alabama Government, Alabama Online, Social Studies, Glencoe Online
Alabama has had six state constitutions, but the current constitution dates from 1901.
The governor leads the executive branch of government that is responsible for carrying out the state’s laws.
Alabama’s history can be traced throughout its six constitutions, the first being written in 1819, the current written in 1901.
glencoe.com /sec/socialstudies/alabama_online/alabama_government.html   (735 words)

  
 Rating the Governors, Dealing with Government Regulations Article - Inc. Article
This is especially true among governors, who have a natural affinity for entrepreneurs because they too are executives (rather than legislators) and because they are apt to encounter local CEOs in the conduct of their duties.
When it comes to supporting small businesses, the backbone of the economy, you might say that the true mark of a friendly governor is that, periodically, he or she shows a little spine.
He was also among the first governors to protect small businesses by signing legislation to curb the use of eminent domain.
www.inc.com /magazine/20061001/governors.html   (661 words)

  
 James Elisha Folsom, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1986 and re-elected in 1990.
On April 22, 1993, he was sworn in as governor of Alabama following Governor Hunt's removal from office due to an conviction for state ethics law violations.
Governor Folsom lost his bid for election to the governor's position in November 1994 to Fob James.
www.archives.state.al.us /govs_list/g_folsoj.html   (128 words)

  
 Alabama Governors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
With the inauguration of Bob Riley, fifty-two persons have served as governor of the State of Alabama (not counting those who served as acting governor or post-Civil War military governor).
(President of Senate, William Jelks became governor upon the death of Governor Samford: subsequently he was elected to a four-year term as governor)
The Alabama Constitution of 1901 set the term at four years and prohibited a governor from serving two consecutive terms.
www.archives.state.al.us /govslist.html   (382 words)

  
 State of Alabama - Governor Bob Riley - Contact Us
However, the Alabama Constitution was amended in 1939 and this power was removed from the Governor and given to the Legislature.
I call other governors on the phone, especially when I learn they are facing a problem similar to what we’re facing in Alabama.
While many governors are facing the same problems, it’s hard to compare solutions because the structure of Alabama’s state government is unique.
www.governor.state.al.us /ask/q-a_04-04-28.htm   (1103 words)

  
 TIME.com -- Mitch Frank: Alabama's Most Courageous Politician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Alabama’s Republican Governor Bob Riley is either politically suicidal or the bravest chief executive in the country.
Most governors are handling the budget crisis by making painful cuts or by playing elaborate shell games with budget money; none are trying to use the crisis as an opportunity to reform their tax codes, shift the burden from the poor and strengthen public education all in one move of political jujitsu.
Of course, most provisions of the plan simply bring Alabama's tax code in line with other Southern states: the cigarette tax will rise to 31 cents a pack (Georgia’s is 37 cents); poor families won’t pay income taxes until their income hits $20,000 a year, similar to most states.
www.time.com /time/columnist/frank/article/0,9565,476249,00.html   (1125 words)

  
 List of Links, The Order of the Engineer
NOTE 1: A National Governor has been assigned to each Link of the Order.
To locate the Governor responsible for a Link, go to the List of Governors.
For new Links, refer to regional Governor found on List of Governors.
www.order-of-the-engineer.org /map.htm   (78 words)

  
 alabama social studies
Alabama, the "Heart of Dixie"*, plays out the future against a rich historic background, from Cheaha Mountain (2,407 feet) to the East Gulf Coastal Plain and the swamps and bayous of the Mobile River Delta.
Each person elected to membership is a distinguished citizen of Alabama, chosen for accomplishment or service greatly benefitting or reflecting great credit on the State...Each year ten members may be elected by the Academy of Honor until its membership reaches one hundred; additional elections will maintain the membership at that size.
All living governors of Alabama are automatically members of the Academy." Learn about the membership and what they accomplished.
www.archaeolink.com /alabama_social_studies.htm   (886 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of Governors of Alabama Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Table of contents 1 Governor of Alabama Territory 2 Governors of the State 3 Notes 4 External link Governor of Alabama Territ...
Lieutenant Governor James E. Folsom Jr filled the unexpired term.
The Alabama Department of Archives & History's List of Alabama Governors
www.ipedia.com /list_of_governors_of_alabama.html   (428 words)

  
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southern United States; the population of Alabama is 4,447,100 as of 2000.
Louisiana Purchase and the Mississippi Territory, there was much controversy as to whether or not Alabama was included.
The current governor of the state is Bob Riley and the two U.S. senators are Jeff Sessions and
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Alabama   (283 words)

  
 The American Experience | George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire | People & Events | George Wallace
The county prided itself on being the birthplace of five Alabama governors.
Wallace was born in 1919 to a farming family in the town of Clio.
Thanks to the passage of an Alabama Constitutional amendment, Wallace was re-elected to the governorship in 1974.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/wallace/peopleevents/pande05.html   (906 words)

  
 Alabama River --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
river in southern Alabama, U.S. It is formed by the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Montgomery, winds westward to Selma, and then flows southward.
Admitted as the 22nd state in 1819, Alabama comprises 51,705 square miles (133,915 square kilometres) forming a roughly rectangular shape, elongated in a north–south direction.
The Alabama, or Alibamu, were part of the Creek Confederacy.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005326?tocId=9005326   (902 words)

  
 CNN.com Election 2004
• The year in which gubernatorial elections are held vary by state, as do laws regulating how many terms a governor can serve.
All U.S. governors serve four-year terms except those in Vermont and New Hampshire, who have two-year terms.
Gubernatorial elections are being held this fall in 11 states.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/2004/pages/results/governor/full.list   (125 words)

  
 Ordinance Of Secession Of Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Ladies Of Montgomery Presented This Flag To The Alabama Secession Convention On 11 January 1861 In The House Chamber Of The State Capitol.
And as it is the desire and purpose of the people of Alabama to meet the slaveholding States of the South, who may approve such purpose, in order to frame a provisional as well as permanent Government upon the principles of the Constitution of the United States,
And be it further resolved, That the President of this Convention be, and he is hereby, instructed to transmit forthwith a copy of the foregoing Preamble, Ordinance, and Resolutions to the Governors of the several States named in said resolutions.
www.csawardept.com /documents/secession/AL   (217 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Governors of Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Rather, this series of biographical sketches of Alabama governors survives merely for lack of a competitor.
As it is, this books is a wholesale gloss job, rife with outright inaccuracies and compounded by such a bland approach to the sketches that the serious student is left to wonder why the author even bothered.
Therefore, this reviewer recommends that those wishing to learn about Alabama governors, do so by exerting a relatively small amount of research time among extant information readily available at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, and through back issues of "The Alabama Review".
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1565545028   (358 words)

  
 Political Contributions
A summary of U.S. corporate political contributions for the past four years is set forth in the table below.
Download an itemized listing of the 2006 State Corporate Political Contributions (PDF).
The political contributions of ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil are reviewed on an annual basis with the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
www.exxonmobil.com /Corporate/Citizenship/Imports/Political/index.html   (299 words)

  
 Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Alabama is a state located in the southern United States; the population of Alabama is 4,447,100 as of 2000.
The highest point is Mount Cheaha (pronounced like "chee-ha") at 2704 feet or 734 meters.
See also: List of Alabama counties, Lower Alabama
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/al/Alabama.htm   (383 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Amazon.ca: Books: Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State
Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State
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 University of Alabama News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The David L. Thomas Endowed Scholarship will be added to the list of more than 100 endowed scholarships offered to students at the UA Law School.
"I hope to encourage other graduates of our Alabama Law School who have been similarly blessed to contribute to our school," Thomas said.
The scholarship will be established through a gift of real estate valued at $75,000.
www.ua.edu /advancement/ur/releases/may01/lawscholar050701.htm   (112 words)

  
 Assert Your Bikers Rights to Motorcycle Safety
Below please find the e-mail address or contact form for your State Governor.
Write and urge your Governor to take up the banner of motorcycle safety.
In writing to your Governor, you may consider the Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers Form Letter which you may wish to copy, paste, and adapt in writing to your Governor.
motorcyclists-against-dumb-drivers.com /bikers-rights-2.html   (126 words)

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