First ladies and gentlemen of Alabama

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]

First Lady/Gentleman of Alabama
Incumbent vacant since April 10, 2017
Style	First Lady First Gentleman
Residence	Alabama Governor's Mansion
Inaugural holder	Mary Holman Freeman Bibb
Formation	1817

The Alabama Governor's Mansion

List

Name	Image	Years	Relation to Governor of Alabama	Notes	Ref
Mary Holman Freeman Bibb		1817-1820	wife of William Wyatt Bibb
Parmelia Thompson		1820-1821	wife of Thomas Bibb
Martha Lenoir		1821-1825	wife of Israel Pickens
n/a		1825-1829	John Murphy
Mary Parham Caller		1829-1831	wife of Gabriel Moore
n/a		1831	Samuel B. Moore
Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle		1831-1835	wife of John Gayle
Felicia Steptoe Pickett (1819–1870)		1847-1849	wife of Reuben Chapman[3]
Georgena Jones		1890-1894	wife of Thomas G. Jones
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Andrews Nabors		1923-1927	wife of William W. Brandon
Dixie Bibb Graves		1927–1931	wife of Bibb Graves	Later became the first female U.S. senator from Alabama
Margaret Otis Duggan Miller		1931-1935	wife of Benjamin M. Miller
Dixie Bibb Graves		1935-1939	wife of Bibb Graves
Juliet Dixon		1939-1943	wife of Frank M. Dixon
Runy Ellis			sister of Jim Folsom
Jamelle Folsom		1947-1951	wife of Jim Folsom
Alice Persons		1951-1955	wife of Gordon Persons
Jamelle Folsom		1955-1959	wife of Jim Folsom
Mary Jo Patterson		1959-1963	wife of John Patterson
Lurleen Wallace		1963-1967	wife of George Wallace		[6]
George Wallace		1967-1968	husband of Lurleen Wallace	First Gentleman
Martha Farmer Brewer		1968-1971	Albert Brewer
Cornelia Wallace		1971-1979	wife of George Wallace
Bobbie Mae Mooney James		1979–1983	wife of Fob James
Lisa T. Wallace			wife of George Wallace
Helen Hunt (née Chambers)		1987-1993	wife of H. Guy Hunt
Bobbie Mae Mooney James		1995–1999	wife of Fob James
Lori Allen Siegelman		1999-2003	wife of Don Siegelman		[7]
Patsy Riley		2003-2011	wife of Bob Riley		[8]
Dianne Bentley		2011-2017	wife of Robert J. Bentley
n/a		2017–present	Kay Ivey