The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens.

Both bodies are constitutionally required to convene annually at the Alabama State House.

[2] The governor of Alabama has the authority to use a line-item veto on appropriations bills as long as they are returned to the legislature before its adjournment.

After the Civil War and emancipation, granting of citizenship and the franchise to freedmen, most joined the Republican Party.

She had a career as counsel to several federal agencies, was active in civil rights, and served a decade as a US Foreign Service Officer in Africa.

Beginning in 1876, white Democrats regained control of the state house, through a combination of fraud, intimidation, and armed attacks on Republicans.

At the turn of the 20th century, they passed laws that essentially disenfranchised both blacks and poor whites, causing a dramatic drop in voter rolls.

Alabama white Democrats helped form the Solid South in Congress.

For decades a failure to redistrict according to census returns resulted in the state legislature being dominated by rural counties and conservative Democrats.

In 1922 the first female member was elected to the State House: Hattie Hooker Wilkins of Dallas County, who served a single four-year term.

Beginning with the 2010 general election, Republicans swept to a large majority in the state house.