Legislative Sessions
Listed below are the meeting schedules for the legislature since 1818, the constitution or amendment establishing the meeting schedule, and where the sessions were held.
1819-1846 Annual sessions beginning in December 1819 Constitution
1. 1819 October 25 - December 17 Huntsville2. 1820 November 6 - December 21 Cahaba Called session 1821 June 4 - 18 Cahaba
3. 1821 November 5 - December 19 Cahaba
4. 1822-23 November 18 - January 1 Cahaba
5. 1823 November 17 - December 31 Cahaba
6. 1824 November 15 - December 25 Cahaba
7. 1825-26 November 21 - January 14 Cahaba
8. 1826-27 November 20 - January 13 Tuscaloosa
9. 1827-28 November 18 - January 15 Tuscaloosa
10. 1828-29 November 17 - January 29 Tuscaloosa
11. 1829-30 November 16 - January 20 Tuscaloosa
12. 1830-31 November 15 - January 15 Tuscaloosa
13. 1831-32 November 21 - January 21 Tuscaloosa Called session 1832 November 5 - 15 Tuscaloosa
14. 1832-33 November 19 - January 12 Tuscaloosa
15. 1833-34 November 17 - January 17 Tuscaloosa
16. 1834-35 November 17 - January 10 Tuscaloosa
17. 1835-36 November 16 - January 9 Tuscaloosa
18. 1836 November 7 - December 23 Tuscaloosa Called session 1837 June 12 - 30 Tuscaloosa
19. 1837 November 6 - December 25 Tuscaloosa
20. 1838-39 December 3 - February 2 Tuscaloosa
21. 1839-40 December 2 - February 5 Tuscaloosa
22. 1840-41 November 2 - January 4 Tuscaloosa Called session 1841 April Tuscaloosa
23. 1841 November 1 - December 31 Tuscaloosa
24. 1842-43 December 5 - February 15 Tuscaloosa
25. 1843-44 December 4 - January 17 Tuscaloosa
26. 1844-45 December 2 - January 27 Tuscaloosa
27. 1845-46 December 1 - February 5 Tuscaloosa
1847-1861 Biennial sessions 1846 constitutional amendment
28. 1847-48 December 6 - March 6 Montgomery
29. 1849-50 December 12 - February 13 Montgomery
30. 1851-52 November 10 - February 10 Montgomery
31. 1853-54 November 14 - February 18 Montgomery
32. 1855-56 November 12 - February 15 Montgomery
33. 1857-58 November 9 - February 8 Montgomery
34. 1859-60 November 14 - February 27 Montgomery
Called session 1861 January 14 - February 9 Montgomery
Called session 1861 October 28 - November 11 Montgomery
1861-1877 Annual sessions 1861 & 1867 Constitutions1878-1901 Biennial sessions 1875 Constitution
1903-1939 Quadrennial sessions 1901 Constitution
1943-1975 Biennial sessions 1939 constitutional amendment
1976-Present Annual sessions 1975 constitutional amendment
Acts of Alabama
Morgan, Jon C. The House in Alabama History, 1993.
Owen, Thomas M. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1921
http://www.asc.edu/archives/sessions.html
Updated: 8/5/97