Alexander Gallatin McNutt (January 3, 1802 – October 22, 1848) was a Mississippi attorney and politician who served as Governor from 1838 to 1842.

Alexander G. McNutt was born into an aristocratic landowning family in Rockbridge County, Virginia on January 3, 1802.

[6] The northern boundary with the State of Tennessee was resurveyed, but the new boundary did not result in more territory for Mississippi and the new city of Memphis proved to outside the bounds of the survey which had been an aim for some of the advocates of the resurvey.

[7] During his governorship, McNutt opposed central banking, including Mississippi's Planters and Union Banks, in which the state had large ownership stakes, arguing that the stockholders and managers were corrupt.

[10][11] McNutt's home is a Vicksburg landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.