Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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James Elisha Folsom (1908-1987) —
also known as James E. Folsom; "Big Jim";
"Kissin' Jim" —
of Alabama.
Born in Coffee
County, Ala., October
9, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944;
Governor
of Alabama, 1947-51, 1955-59.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Alabama, November
21, 1987 (age 79 years, 43
days).
Interment at Cullman
Cemetery, Cullman, Ala.
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George Corley Wallace Jr. (1919-1998) —
also known as George C. Wallace —
of Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Clio, Barbour
County, Ala., August
25, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; Governor of
Alabama, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in
Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1964,
1972,
1976;
American Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; Woodmen;
Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Worked as a professional boxer
in the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was
shot
by Arthur Bremer; the injury paralyzed
both legs. Along with Ohio's James
A. Rhodes, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died in Jackson Hospital,
Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
13, 1998 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, June 4,
1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (niece of James
Elisha Folsom; first cousin of James
Elisha Folsom Jr.); married 1981 to Lisa
Taylor; married, May 21,
1943, to Lurleen
Brigham Burns; father of George
C. Wallace Jr.. |
|  | Political family: Wallace-Folsom
family of Montgomery, Alabama. |
|  | Cross-reference: Seybourn
H. Lynne |
|  | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
|  | Books about George C. Wallace: Stephan
Lesher, George
Wallace : An American Populist — Dan T. Carter, The
Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New
Conservatism, and the Transformation of American
Politics — Lloyd Rohler, George
Wallace : Conservative Populist — Jeff Frederick, Stand
Up for Alabama: Governor George C. Wallace |
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Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) —
also known as Lurleen B. Wallace; Lurleen Brigham
Burns —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., September
19, 1926.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.
Female.
Methodist.
Died, of uterine
cancer, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 7,
1968 (age 41 years, 231
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married, May 21,
1943, to George
Corley Wallace Jr.. |
|  | Political family: Wallace-Folsom
family of Montgomery, Alabama. |
|  | The Lurleen Wallace Tumor
Institute, at the University
of Alabama Birmingham,
is named for
her. — Lurleen B. Wallace Community
College (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College),
with campuses in Covington,
Butler,
and Crenshaw
counties, Alabama, is named for
her. — Lake
Lurleen, and Lake Lurleen State
Park, in Tuscaloosa
County, Alabama, are named for
her. |
|  | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier |
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George C. Wallace Jr. —
of Alabama.
Democrat. Alabama
state treasurer, 1987-95; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1992; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1994.
Still living as of 1995.
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James Elisha Folsom Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as James E. Folsom, Jr.; Jim
Folsom —
of Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 14,
1948.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1980; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1987-93; Governor of
Alabama, 1993-95; defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2004.
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