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.

See also

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

References

• Alabama Department of Archives and History

Political offices
Preceded by Reuben Chapman	Governor of Alabama 1849–1853	Succeeded by John A. Winston
Legal offices
Preceded by Arthur F. Hopkins	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama 1837–1849	Succeeded by Edmund S. Dargan