Thomas Bibb Explained

Thomas Bibb
Order:2nd
Office:Governor of Alabama
Term Start:July 10, 1820
Term End:November 9, 1821
Predecessor:William Wyatt Bibb
Successor:Israel Pickens
Birth Date:8 May 1783
Birth Place:Amelia County, Virginia, US
Death Place:Mobile, Alabama, US
Party:Democratic-Republican
Profession:Politician

Thomas Bibb (May 8, 1783 – September 20, 1839) was the second governor of the US state of Alabama and served from 1820 to 1821. He was the president of the Alabama Senate when his brother, Governor William Wyatt Bibb, died in office on July 10, 1820, as a result of a fall from a horse. By his senatorial office and under the state constitution, Thomas Bibb took over as governor for the remainder of his brother's term. He did not seek election as governor but later served in the Alabama House of Representatives.

He was born in Amelia County, Virginia, in 1783. He grew up in Georgia before he moved to what later became Alabama. He was married to Parmelia Thompson from 1809 to his death on September 20, 1839.

Bibb owned Belle Mina, a slave-labor farm and plantation house in Belle Mina, Alabama.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Alabama's Tapestry of Historic Places: An Inventory . 1978 . Alabama Historical Commission . Montgomery . 99.