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 although discrepancies in that chronology have been noted. Patsy Riley wrote a book about 11 of the state's first ladies.

List +NameImageYearsRelation to Governor of AlabamaNotesRefMary Holman Freeman Bibb1817-1820wife of William Wyatt Bibb Parmelia Thompson1820-1821wife of Thomas BibbMartha Lenoir1821-1825wife of Israel Pickensn/a1825-1829John MurphyMary Parham Caller1829-1831wife of Gabriel Mooren/a1831Samuel B. MooreSarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle1831-1835wife of John GayleFelicia Steptoe Pickett (1819–1870)1847-1849wife of Reuben ChapmanGeorgena Jones1890-1894wife of Thomas G. Jones Elizabeth Kirkman O'Neal1911–1915wife of Emmet O'NealLaura Montgomery Henderson1915-1919wife of Charles HendersonMary Elizabeth Clark Kilby1919-1923wife of Thomas KilbyElizabeth "Lizzie" Andrews Nabors1923-1927wife of William W. BrandonDixie Bibb Graves1927–1931wife of Bibb GravesLater became the first female U.S. senator from AlabamaMargaret Otis Duggan Miller1931-1935wife of Benjamin M. MillerDixie Bibb Graves1935-1939wife of Bibb GravesJuliet Dixon1939-1943wife of Frank M. DixonRuny Ellissister of Jim FolsomJamelle Folsom 1947-1951wife of Jim Folsom Alice Persons1951-1955wife of Gordon PersonsJamelle Folsom 1955-1959wife of Jim Folsom Mary Jo Patterson1959-1963wife of John PattersonLurleen Wallace1963-1967wife of George WallaceGeorge Wallace1967-1968husband of Lurleen WallaceFirst GentlemanMartha Farmer Brewer 1968-1971Albert Brewer Cornelia Wallace1971-1979wife of George WallaceBobbie Mae Mooney James1979–1983wife of Fob JamesLisa T. Wallacewife of George WallaceHelen Hunt (née Chambers) 1987-1993wife of H. Guy Hunt Bobbie Mae Mooney James1995–1999 wife of Fob JamesLori Allen Siegelman 1999-2003wife of Don Siegelman Patsy Riley2003-2011wife of Bob RileyDianne Bentley2011-2017wife of Robert J. Bentleyn/a2017–presentKay Ivey

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