Citizenship Test Answers for Alabama
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in Alabama.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for Alabama
Montgomery
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for Alabama now
- Katie Boyd Britt
- Tommy Tuberville
You only need to give one of these names.
Alabama has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up Alabama's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 7 of Alabama's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Moore |
| 2 | Shomari Figures |
| 3 | Mike Rogers |
| 4 | Robert B. Aderholt |
| 5 | Dale W. Strong |
| 6 | Gary J. Palmer |
| 7 | Terri A. Sewell |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for Alabama now
Kay Ivey
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on Alabama
Montgomery has been Alabama's capital since 1846, replacing Tuscaloosa, and it is not the state's largest city — Huntsville and Birmingham are both bigger, which is exactly the trap in the capital question. Alabama entered the Union in 1819 as the 22nd state. It sends 7 representatives to the U.S. House, so there are 7 congressional districts here and the representative answer depends on which one your address falls in, not merely on living in Alabama. With the two senators added, the state casts 9 electoral votes. Montgomery carries weight in the history questions too: it was the first capital of the Confederacy in 1861, and the bus boycott that began there in 1955 opened the civil rights movement the test asks about.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.