Henry W. Collier

Portrait of Henry W. Collier

Henry Watkins Collier (January 17, 1801 – August 28, 1855 in Bailey Springs, Alabama) was the 14th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1849 to 1853. He was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Collier arrived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from South Carolina in 1823. He sat on the Alabama Supreme Court for 18 years, of which 12 were as Chief Justice. Following his term as Governor he was offered a seat in the United States Senate but declined and retired.^[1]

See also

• Collier-Overby House, Collier's residence in Tuscaloosa, on the National Register of Historic Places

References

• Alabama Department of Archives and History

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Alabama
Governors	W. Bibb T. Bibb Pickens Murphy G. Moore S. Moore Gayle Clay McVay Bagby Fitzpatrick Martin Chapman Collier Winston A. Moore Shorter Watts Parsons Patton Swayne Smith Lindsay Lewis Houston Cobb E. A. O'Neal Seay T. Jones Oates Johnston Samford Jelks Comer E. O'Neal Henderson Kilby Brandon Graves Miller Graves Dixon Sparks Folsom Sr. Persons Folsom Sr. Patterson G. Wallace L. Wallace Brewer G. Wallace James G. Wallace Hunt Folsom Jr. James Siegelman Riley Bentley
Lieutenant Governors	Applegate Moren McKinstry Ligon Cunningham Gray Seed Kilby Miller McDowell Davis Merrill Knight Carmichael Ellis Inzer Allen Hardwick Boutwell Allen Brewer Beasley McMillan B. Baxley Folsom Siegelman Windom L. Baxley Folsom Ivey

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama
Clay Lipscomb Saffold Hitchcock Hopkins Collier Dargan Chilton Goldthwaite Rice Walker Peck Peters Brickell Stone McClellan Weakley Tyson Dowdell Anderson Gardner Livingston Heflin Torbert Hornsby Hooper Moore Nabers Cobb Malone Moore (suspended) Stuart (acting)