Listed below are the meeting schedules for the legislature since 1818, the constitution or amendment establishing the meeting schedule, and where the sessions were held.

1819-1846 Annual sessions beginning in December 1819 Constitution

 1.  1819               October 25 - December 17          Huntsville

 2.  1820               November 6 - December 21          Cahaba
 Called session 1821    June 4 - 18                       Cahaba

 3.  1821               November 5 - December 19          Cahaba

 4.  1822-23            November 18 - January 1           Cahaba

 5.  1823               November 17 - December 31         Cahaba

 6.  1824               November 15 - December 25         Cahaba

 7.  1825-26            November 21 - January 14          Cahaba

 8.  1826-27            November 20 - January 13          Tuscaloosa

 9.  1827-28            November 18 - January 15          Tuscaloosa

10.  1828-29            November 17 - January 29          Tuscaloosa

11.  1829-30            November 16 - January 20          Tuscaloosa

12.  1830-31            November 15 - January 15          Tuscaloosa

13.  1831-32            November 21 - January 21          Tuscaloosa
Called session 1832     November 5 - 15                   Tuscaloosa

14.  1832-33            November 19 - January 12          Tuscaloosa

15.  1833-34            November 17 - January 17          Tuscaloosa

16.  1834-35            November 17 - January 10          Tuscaloosa

17.  1835-36            November 16 - January 9           Tuscaloosa

18.  1836               November 7 - December 23          Tuscaloosa
Called session 1837     June 12 - 30                      Tuscaloosa

19.  1837               November 6 - December 25          Tuscaloosa

20.  1838-39            December 3 - February 2           Tuscaloosa

21.  1839-40            December 2 - February 5           Tuscaloosa

22.  1840-41            November 2 - January 4            Tuscaloosa
Called session 1841     April                             Tuscaloosa

23.  1841               November 1 - December 31          Tuscaloosa

24.  1842-43            December 5 - February 15          Tuscaloosa

25.  1843-44            December 4 - January 17           Tuscaloosa

26.  1844-45            December 2 - January 27           Tuscaloosa

27.  1845-46            December 1 - February 5           Tuscaloosa

1847-1861            Biennial sessions        1846 constitutional amendment

28.  1847-48            December 6 - March 6              Montgomery

29.  1849-50            December 12 - February 13         Montgomery

30.  1851-52            November 10 - February 10         Montgomery

31.  1853-54            November 14 - February 18         Montgomery

32.  1855-56            November 12 - February 15         Montgomery

33.  1857-58            November 9 - February 8           Montgomery

34.  1859-60            November 14 - February 27         Montgomery

Called session 1861     January 14 - February 9           Montgomery

Called session 1861     October 28 - November 11          Montgomery

1861-1877     Annual sessions           1861 & 1867 Constitutions


1878-1901     Biennial sessions         1875 Constitution


1903-1939     Quadrennial sessions      1901 Constitution


1943-1975     Biennial sessions         1939 constitutional amendment


1976-Present  Annual sessions           1975 constitutional amendment

Acts of Alabama
Morgan, Jon C. The House in Alabama History, 1993.

Owen, Thomas M. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1921