<page_title> List of Governors of Alabama </page_title> <section_title> Governors of the State of Alabama </section_title> <table> <cell> 12 <col_header> No. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joshua L. Martin <col_header> Governor </col_header> <col_header> William Wyatt Bibb </col_header> <col_header> John Murphy </col_header> </cell> <cell> December 10, 1845 – December 16, 1847 (not candidate for election) <col_header> Term in office </col_header> <row_header> Joshua L. Martin </row_header> </cell> <cell> Independent <col_header> Party </col_header> <row_header> Joshua L. Martin </row_header> </cell> </table>
Joshua Lanier Martin served (as an Independent) as the 12th Governor of Alabama from 1845 to 1847.