Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802–1869) was Alabama's governor from 1841-45 and served three terms as a Democrat

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Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802–1869) was Alabama's governor from 1841-45 and served three terms as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate. Fitzpatrick headed the "Montgomery Regency," and opposed the southern rights radicals in the secession crisis. He served as president of Alabama's 1865 constitutional convention.