State Nickname: Heart of Dixie

State Bird: Yellowhammer

State Flower: Camellia

Admitted to the Union: December 14, 1819

November 9, 1819 to July 15,1820:

William W. Bibb

July 15, 1820 to November 9, 1821:

Thomas Bibb

November 9, 1821 to November 25, 1825:

Israel Pickens

November 25, 1825 to November 25, 1829:

John Murphy

November 25, 1829 to March 3, 1831

Gabriel Moore

March 3, 1831 to November 26, 1831

Samuel B. Moore

November 26, 1831 to November 21, 1835

John Gayle

November 21, 1835 to July 17, 1837

Clement C. Clay

July 17, 1837 to November 21, 1837

Hugh McVay

November 21, 1837 to November 22, 1841

Arthur P. Bagby

November 22, 1841 to December 10, 1845

Benjamin Fitzpatrick

December 10, 1845 to December 16, 1847

Joshua L. Martin

December 16, 1847 to December 17, 1849:

Reuben Chapman

December 17, 1849 to December 20, 1853

Henry W. Collier

December 20, 1853 to December 1, 1857

John A. Winston

December 1, 1857 to December 2, 1861

Andrew B. Moore

December 1, 1861 to December 1, 1863:

John Gill Shorter

December 1, 1863 to May 1865

Thomas H. Watts

June 21, 1865 to December 20, 1865:

Lewis E. Parsons

December 20, 1865 to July 14, 1868

Robert M. Patton

July 14, 1868 to November 26, 1870:

William High Smith

November 26, 1870 to November 24, 1874

David P. Lewis

November 24, 1874 to November 28, 1878

George S. Houson

November 28, 1878 to December 1, 1882

Rufus W. Cobb

December 1, 1882 to December 1, 1886:

Edward A. O'Neil

December 1, 1886 to December 1, 1890:

Thomas Seay

December 1, 1890 to December 1, 1894:

Thomas G. Jones

December 1, 1894 to December 1, 1896:

William C. Oates

December 1, 1896 to December 1, 1900:

William F. Johnson

December 1, 1900 to December 26, 1900:

Joseph F. Johnson

December 26, 1900 to June 11, 1901

William J. Samford

June 11, 1901 to April 25, 1904:

William D. Jelks

January 14, 1907 to January 17, 1911:

Braxton B. Comer

January 17, 1911 to January 18, 1915:

Emmet O'Neil

January 18, 1915 to January 20, 1919:

Charles Henderson

January 20, 1919 to January 15, 1923:

Thomas E. Kilby

January 15, 1923 to January 17, 1927:

William W. Brandon

January 17, 1927 to January 19, 1931:

Bibb Graves

January 19, 1931 to January 14, 1935:

Benjamin M. Miller

January 14, 1935 to January 17, 1939:

Bibb Graves

January 17, 1939 to January 19, 1943:

Frank M. Dixon

January 19, 1943 to January 20, 1947:

Chauncey M. Sparks

January 20, 1947 to January 15, 1951:

James E. Folsom

January 15, 1951 to January 17, 1955:

Gordon Persons

January 17, 1955 to January 19, 1959:

James E. Folsom

January 19, 1959 to January 14, 1963:

John M. Patterson

January 14, 1963 to January 16, 1967:

George C. Wallace

January 16, 1967 to May 7, 1968:

Lurleen B. Wallace

May 7, 1968 to January 18, 1971:

Albert P. Brewer

January 18, 1971 to January 15, 1979:

George C. Wallace

January 15, 1979 to January 17, 1983:

Forrest "Fob" James, Jr.

January 17, 1983 to January 19, 1987:

George C. Wallace

January 19, 1987 to April 22, 1993:

Guy Hunt

April 22, 1993 to January 16, 1995:

James E. Folsom, Jr.

January 16, 1995 to January, 1999:

Forrest "Fob" James, Jr.

January, 1999 to January, 2003

Don Siegelman

January, 2003 --

Bob Riley

Alabama

Written by Julia S. Tutwiler
Composed by Edna Gockel Gussen

Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee,
From thy Southern shores where groweth,
By the sea thy orange tree.
To thy Northern vale where floweth,
Deep blue the Tennessee,
Alabama, Alabama, we will aye be true to thee!

1820: 144,317

1830: 309,527

1840: 590,756

1850: 771,623

1860: 964,201

1870: 996,992

1880: 1,262,505

1890: 1,513,017

1900: 1,828,697

1910: 2,138,093

1920: 2,348,174

1930: 2,646,248

1940: 2,832,961

1950: 3,061,743

1960: 3,266,740

1970: 3,444,354

1980: 3,893,888

1990: 4,040,587

2000: 4,500,752