Henry Hitchcock

Henry Hitchcock
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
In office 1836–1837
Preceded by	Reuben Saffold
Succeeded by	Arthur F. Hopkins
1st Attorney General of Alabama
In office 1819–1823
Governor	William Wyatt Bibb Thomas Bibb Israel Pickens
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Thomas White
1st Secretary of State of Alabama
In office 1818–1819
Governor	William Wyatt Bibb
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Thomas A. Rodgers
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
In office 1825–1830
President	John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	John Elliot
Personal details
Born	(1792-09-11)September 11, 1792 Burlington, Vermont, US
Died	August 11, 1839(1839-08-11) (aged 56) Mobile, Alabama, US
Resting place	Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile Alabama
Spouse	Ann Erwin (m. 1821-1839, his death)
Relations	Samuel Hitchcock (father) Ethan Allen (grandfather) Ethan Allen Hitchcock (brother)
Children	8 (including Ethan Hitchcock and Henry Hitchcock
Education	University of Vermont
Profession	Attorney

Henry Hitchcock (September 11, 1792 – August 11, 1839) was the first attorney general of Alabama, having been elected by the Alabama General Assembly in December 1819 in its initial session. He was also the Secretary of the Alabama Territory, the position which was the precursor to the modern-day Secretary of State of Alabama.^[1]