What is Thomas Bibb?
[[File:Governor Thomas Bibb.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Second Governor of [[Alabama]], Thomas Bibb}}]] '''Thomas Bibb''' (May 8, 1783 – September 20, 1839<ref name=HHC>{{cite web |url=http://huntsvillehistorycollection.org/hh/index.php?title=Person:Thomas_Bibb |title=Person:Thomas Bibb |publisher=Huntsville History Collection |access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref>) was the [[List of Governors of Alabama|second Governor of Alabama]]. He was born in [[Amelia County, Virginia]] in 1783. Bibb was [[president]] of the [[Alabama Senate]] when his brother, Governor [[William Wyatt Bibb]], died in office on July 10, 1820. The new state [[constitution]] specified the president of the senate was next in line as [[governor]].<ref name=ADAH>{{cite web |url=http://archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_bibbth.html |title=Thomas Bibb |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214900/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_bibbth.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> So he took over the rest of his brother's [[term of office]]. Bibb served as acting Governor from July 25, 1820 to November 25, 1821.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_alabama/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bibb_thomas.default.html |title=Alabama Governor Thomas Bibb |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321201039/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_alabama/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bibb_thomas.default.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He decided not to run for the governorship again.<ref name=ADAH/> Bibb was [[Election|elected]] to the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] in 1828 and 1829.<ref name=ADAH/> He was the [[Board of directors|director]] of the [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] [[branch (banking)|branch]] of the Alabama State Bank.<ref name=ADAH/> Bibb