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    William Wyatt Bibb (October 2, 1781 – July 10, 1820) was a United States Senator from Georgia, the first governor of the Alabama Territory, and the first...
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    numbering skips acting and military governors. The first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, served as the only governor of the Alabama Territory. Five people...
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    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...
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    son of David and Mattie Bibb Graves and a descendant of Alabama's first and second governors, William Wyatt Bibb and Thomas Bibb. Graves' father died when...
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  • Governor Bibb may refer to: Thomas Bibb (1783–1839), 2nd Governor of Alabama William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820), 1st Governor of Alabama This disambiguation...
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  • (1783–1839), member of the Alabama State Senate from 1819 to 1820 William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820), U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1813 to 1816 This disambiguation...
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    Tombigbee River, was the only territorial capital during the period. William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820) of Georgia was the only territorial governor, later elected...
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    elect the first governor of Alabama. Democratic-Republican candidate William Wyatt Bibb defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Marmaduke Williams...
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    ever been created ("erected") out of land from Bibb County. The county was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, a physician from Elbert County, who served in...
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    distant relative of Alabama's first two governors, William Wyatt Bibb and Thomas Bibb. In 1866, Bibb purchased 300 acres (120 ha) west of the Memphis and...
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    Territory, Hitchcock was appointed its first secretary by Governor William Wyatt Bibb. He also participated in the writing of Alabama's first constitution...
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    settled in the area. The future governor of the state of Alabama, William Wyatt Bibb, migrated to the area at that time. A land speculator from Georgia...
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    Athens area was the home of William Wyatt Bibb, the first governor of Alabama, and its second governor, his brother Thomas Bibb, who succeeded him in office...
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    Supreme Court of Alabama was organized under the governorship of William Wyatt Bibb, and had its beginnings with the Alabama Constitution of 1819, which...
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  • Continental Army officer from Connecticut (born 1752) July 10 – William Wyatt Bibb, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1813 to 1816, 1st Governor of Alabama...
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  • by the resignation of William H. Crawford and served from April 8, 1813, until November 6, 1813, when successor William Wyatt Bibb was elected. Additionally...
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    the U.S. state of Alabama. The first seal was designed in 1817 by William Wyatt Bibb, the governor of the Alabama Territory and the subsequent first governor...
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  • congressman from New Jersey William Wyatt Bibb: US senator and US Representative from Georgia; governor of Alabama William Bingham, Class of 1768: namesake...
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    the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011. McDonald, William Lindsey (2003) [1997]. A Walk Through the Past: People and Places of Florence...
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    Argentine politician, general in the Independence War (b. 1770) July 10 – William Wyatt Bibb, first Governor of Alabama (b. 1781) August 6 – Antonín Vranický,...
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    accommodations in Huntsville until a statehouse could be built. Governor William Wyatt Bibb reported in October 1819 that the town had been laid out and that...
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  • Fort Bibb was first constructed in early 1818 and was built around the home of Captain James Saffold. The fort was named for William Wyatt Bibb, who was...
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    Ulysses S. Grant, fought railroad corruption and the Ku Klux Klan William Wyatt Bibb, appointed first governor of Alabama, U.S. senator, 1813–1816 Paul...
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  • School of Economics. Bibb is a direct descendant of the first two governors of Alabama: William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820) and Thomas Bibb (1783–1839). CB Bible...
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    S. Army Colonel and a U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient William Wyatt Bibb, born in Amelia County, United States Senator from Georgia and first...
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    Appointed to continue Crawford's term. Retired when successor elected. 9 William Wyatt Bibb Democratic- Republican Nov 6, 1813 – Nov 9, 1816 Elected to finish...
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  • October 1 – James Lawrence, U.S. Navy officer (died 1813) October 2 – William Wyatt Bibb, United States Senator from Georgia from 1813 till 1816, 1st Governor...
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    Columbus–Muscogee County, Georgetown–Quitman County, Statenville–Echols County, Macon–Bibb County, Cusseta–Chattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County. From 1732...
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  • Georgia Powelton Baptist Church, Powelton, Hancock County, Georgia William Wyatt Bibb Democratic-Republican Alabama July 10, 1820 38 Riding accident Elmore...
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    central location. Tuscaloosa was under consideration when Governor William Wyatt Bibb made the announcement in 1819 that the capital would be moved to Cahaba...
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