Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Benjamin Fitzpatrick
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
June 26, 1860 – December 2, 1860
Preceded byJesse D. Bright
Succeeded bySolomon Foot
In office
December 7, 1857 – February 26, 1860
Preceded byThomas Jefferson Rusk
Succeeded byJesse D. Bright
United States Senator
from Alabama
In office
January 14, 1853 – January 21, 1861
Preceded byWilliam R. King
Succeeded byGeorge E. Spencer (1868)
In office
November 25, 1848 – November 30, 1849
Appointed byReuben Chapman
Preceded byDixon Lewis
Succeeded byJeremiah Clemens
11th Governor of Alabama
In office
November 22, 1841 – December 10, 1845
Preceded byArthur P. Bagby
Succeeded byJoshua L. Martin
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Fitzpatrick

(1802-06-30)June 30, 1802
Greene County, Georgia, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 1869(1869-11-21) (aged 67)
Wetumpka, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Sarah Elmore
Aurelia Blassingame

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of Alabama and as a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.