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Speaker Of The Alabama House Of Representatives
The Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives is elected by fellow members of the Alabama House of Representatives. Several Speakers have held more than one term including non-consecutive terms. Republican Speakers held office during some of the Reconstruction era and then Democrats held the office until the 21st century. Former Speakers This list is incomplete. Please add to it. Territorial Assembly *Gabriel Moore (1818) Madison County * John W. Walker (1818) Madison County After statehood * James Dellett (1819) Monroe County Whig * George W. Owen 1820–1821) Monroe County * James Dellett (1821) * Arthur P. Bagby (1822–1823) Monroe County * Samuel W. Oliver (1823) Conecuh Country, resigned * William I. Adair (1824) Madison County *Samuel Walker (1824) Madison County *William Kelly (1825–1826) Madison County * Samuel W. Oliver ((1826–1828) Conecuh County * Clement C. Clay (1828–1829) Madison County *John Gayle (Alabama politician) (1829–1830) Green County * James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama House Of Representatives
The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term limits in the House. The House is also one of the five lower houses of state legislatures in the United States that is elected every four years. Other lower houses, including the United States House of Representatives, are elected for a two-year term. The House meets at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery. Legal provisions The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, with the upper house being the Alabama Senate. Both bodies are constitutionally required to convene annually at the Alabama State House. In quadrennial election years (e.g. 2018), they convene on the second Tuesday in January. In the first ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeRoy Pope Walker
LeRoy Pope Walker (February 7, 1817 – August 23, 1884) was the first Confederate States Secretary of War. Early life and career Walker was born near Huntsville, Alabama in 1817, the son of John Williams Walker and Matilda Pope, and a grandson of LeRoy Pope. He was educated by private tutors, then attended universities in Alabama and Virginia. Before reaching the age of 21, he was admitted to the bar. He married Eliza Dickson Pickett on July 29, 1850. He held various offices in Alabama; in 1853, he resigned his position as a circuit court judge in order to focus on his legal practice. He actively promoted secession. Civil War Largely on the advice of several of Walker's supporters, including his brother Richard, President Jefferson Davis appointed him to the post of Secretary of War, though Walker was not personally known to Davis. He was energetic and confident in support of the Confederacy, but had no military training. The stress and difficulties of his cabinet positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur F
Wilbur may refer to: Arts and Entertainment Wilbur, a livestock pig from the book Charlotte's Web Places in the United States * Wilbur, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Wilbur, Trenton, New Jersey, a neighborhood in the city of Trenton * Wilbur, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Wilbur, Washington, a small farming town * Wilbur, West Virginia Other uses * Wilbur (name) * The codename given to the HTML 3.2 standard * ''Wilbur'' (comics), a long-running comic book published by Archie Comics from 1944 to 1965 * Wilbur (Kookmeyer), cartoon strip about a 'kook' (poser surfer) created by Bob Penuelas, which first appeared in ''Surfer'' magazine in 1986 * ''Wilbur'' (TV series), a children's TV show on Kids' CBC * Wilbur Chocolate Company, a chocolate company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania * Wilbur Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Watauga River, Tennessee * Wilbur Theatre, a historic theatre in Boston, Massachusetts See also * Wilber (other) * Wilbor (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel H
Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Hebrew name Nathanael. It can be a given or surname. People with the name Nathaniel Given name * Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player * Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player * Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film ''The Soloist'' * Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion * Nathaniel P. Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General * Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California * Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation * Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), Australian actor * Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer * Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician * Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American singer and musician * Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), English footballer * Nathaniel W. Depee (1812 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Clopton
David Clopton (September 29, 1820 – February 5, 1892) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and associate judge of the Alabama Supreme Court. Biography Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia, near Milledgeville, Georgia, on September 29, 1820, a son of Alford Clopton (1787–1870) and his wife, Sarah “Sally” Clopton (née Kendrick). He attended the county schools and Edenton Academy in Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 1844, graduating from Randolph-Macon College in 1840 and being admitted to the bar in 1841. He practiced law in Milledgeville, beginning in that year, and developed an association with Robert S. Lanier, whose son Clifford later married Clopton's daughter. In 1844, he moved to Tuskegee, Ala. and practiced law there. Clopton represented Alabama's 3rd district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat beginning in 1859. During his term he was a strong supporter of states' rights; in a speech delivered during the struggle for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Clements
Newton Nash Clements (December 23, 1837 – February 20, 1900) was a Colonel in the Confederate States Army and U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to Hardy Clements and Maria Pegues Clements, Clements was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1858. During his time at the university, he became the first pledge member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Clements entered Harvard University in 1859 and studied law but never practiced. During the American Civil War, Civil War, Clements entered the Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the Military forces of the Confederate States, military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) duri ... as a captain in the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment, later redesignated as the 50th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He was successively promoted to the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur C
Decatur may refer to a number of places, streets, military establishments, schools, and others mostly named after Stephen Decatur: Places in the United States * Decatur, Alabama, county seat of Morgan County ** Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama, the largest metro area with the name Decatur. * Decatur, Arkansas, a city * Decatur, Georgia, county seat of DeKalb County * Decatur, Illinois, county seat of Macon County and largest city with the name Decatur. ** Lake Decatur, a reservoir in the city * Decatur, Indiana, county seat of Adams County * Decatur City, Iowa, a city in Decatur County * Decatur, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Russell County * Decatur, Michigan, a village * Decatur, Mississippi, county seat of Newton County * Decatur, Missouri, a ghost town * Decatur, Nebraska, a village * Decatur, New York, a town * Decatur, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Decatur, Tennessee, county seat of Meigs County * Decatur, Texas, county seat of Wise County * Decatur, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis E
Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead from ''My Iron Lung'' Places * Lewis (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon * Isle of Lewis, the northern part of Lewis and Harris, Western Isles, Scotland United States * Lewis, Colorado * Lewis, Indiana * Lewis, Iowa * Lewis, Kansas * Lewis Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts * Lewis, Missouri * Lewis, Essex County, New York * Lewis, Lewis County, New York * Lewis, North Carolina * Lewis, Vermont * Lewis, Wisconsin Ships * USS ''Lewis'' (1861), a sailing ship * USS ''Lewis'' (DE-535), a destroyer escort in commission from 1944 to 1946 Science * Lewis structure, a diagram of a molecule that shows the bonding between the atoms * Lewis acids and bases * Lewis antigen system, a human blood group system * Lewis number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John P
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter H
Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1987), who previously wrestled as "Walter" * Walter, standard author abbreviation for Thomas Walter (botanist) ( – 1789) * "Agent Walter", an early codename of Josip Broz Tito * Walter, pseudonym of the anonymous writer of '' My Secret Life'' * Walter Plinge, British theatre pseudonym used when the original actor's name is unknown or not wished to be included * John Walter (businessman), Canadian business entrepreneur Companies * American Chocolate, later called Walter, an American automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1906 * Walter Energy, a metallurgical coal producer for the global steel industry * Walter Aircraft Engines, Czech manufacturer of aero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
