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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles;
Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union, but allowed the President flexibility
to waive the ban.
Died, from cancer,
at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter Scott Brower (b. 1888) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Kewanee, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
17, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Alabama
state senate, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1932.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Walter
Scott |
| | | Relatives: Son of Joshua Randolph
Brower and Elizabeth Judieth (Ingram) Brower; married 1920 to
Elizabeth Jordan. |
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Ashley Leonidas Camp Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Alabama.
Born in Munford, Talladega
County, Ala., July 19,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1959-67.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Carl Atwood Elliott (1913-1999) —
also known as Carl Elliott —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Vina, Franklin
County, Ala., December
20, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942-50; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1949-65 (7th District 1949-63,
at-large 1963-65); candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1966; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Methodist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Amvets;
Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died January
5, 1999 (age 85 years, 16
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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MacDonald Gallion (b. 1913) —
of Alabama.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 5,
1913.
Democrat. Alabama
state attorney general, 1959-63, 1967-71; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American Legion; Pi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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James Andrew Haley (1899-1981) —
also known as James A. Haley; Jim Haley —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
4, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
chair
of Sarasota County Democratic Party, 1925-53; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1953-77 (7th District 1953-73, 8th
District 1973-77).
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks.
Former president and director, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., August
6, 1981 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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Joseph Lister Hill (1894-1984) —
also known as Lister Hill —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
29, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1923-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924,
1940,
1948,
1952;
speaker, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1938-69.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
21, 1984 (age 89 years, 358
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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George Huddleston Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Peterson Bryant Jarman Jr. (1892-1955) —
also known as Pete B. Jarman —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., October
31, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary
of state of Alabama, 1931-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1937-49; U.S.
Ambassador to Australia, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Woodmen;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
17, 1955 (age 62 years, 109
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., April
16, 1888.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., June 1,
1983 (age 95 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (1912-1997) —
also known as Robert E. Jones, Jr.; Bob
Jones —
of Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala.
Born in Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala., June 12,
1912.
Democrat. County judge in Alabama, 1940-43; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1947-77 (8th District 1947-63,
at-large 1963-65, 8th District 1965-73, 5th District 1973-77).
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in a hospital
at Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., June 4,
1997 (age 84 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Everett A. Kelly (b. 1926) —
of Florida.
Born in Foley, Baldwin
County, Ala., September
2, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; pharmacist;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Kiwanis;
American Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Thomas Edmund Knight Jr. (b. 1898) —
also known as Thomas E. Knight, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., June 19,
1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1931-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1935-39.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Civitan;
Jaycees;
American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967) —
also known as Josh Lee —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., January
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1935-37; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1956
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Mu
Alpha; Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1967 (age 75 years, 199
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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John Lesinski Jr. (b. 1914) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
28, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1951-65; defeated in
primary, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1956,
1960.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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Neil Metcalf (b. 1921) —
of Geneva, Geneva
County, Ala.
Born in Hartford, Geneva
County, Ala., November
10, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1954, 1962-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Woodmen of
the World; Elks;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ramsey L. Metcalf and Jimmilee M. Metcalf. |
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Malcolm Patterson (1921-2021) —
also known as John Patterson —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala.
Born in Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., September
27, 1921.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1955-59; Governor of
Alabama, 1959-63; defeated, 1966; candidate for chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1970; Judge,
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1984-97.
Member, Jaycees;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Woodmen;
American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
At 37, he was the youngest
governor in Alabama history.
Died in Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 4,
2021 (age 99 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
speaker, 1944,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (1921-1985) —
also known as Armistead I. Selden, Jr. —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., February
20, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1953-69 (6th District 1953-63,
at-large 1963-65, 5th District 1965-69); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1968 (Democratic primary), 1980 (Republican
primary); U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1974-79; New Zealand, 1974-79; Tonga, 1974-79; Western Samoa, 1974-79.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1985 (age 64 years, 267
days).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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Henry Floyd Sherrod (1890-1977) —
also known as H. Floyd Sherrod —
of Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., December
2, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher
and principal; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1932
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1968.
Church
of Christ; later Methodist.
Member, Civitan;
Kappa
Delta Pi; American Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died December
1, 1977 (age 86 years, 364
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ala.
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John Jackson Sparkman (1899-1985) —
also known as John J. Sparkman —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born near Hartselle, Morgan
County, Ala., December
20, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1937-46; resigned 1946;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1946-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
American Legion; Junior
Order; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., November
16, 1985 (age 85 years, 331
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Guy Sparks (c.1928-1983) —
also known as "Anniston's Conscience" —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Holt, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., about 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Alabama Commissioner of Revenue, 1961-63; candidate for Alabama
state attorney general, 1966; attorney for Alabama Labor Council,
AFL-CIO.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in 1983
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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Relatives:
Brother-in-law of James
M. Fullan Jr.. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1966): "I run not for
gain, not for power — but for service." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1966): "The people's
candidate." |
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Marion Ortez Strickland (b. 1921) —
also known as M. Ortez Strickland —
of Vidalia, Toombs
County, Ga.
Born in Webb, Houston
County, Ala., July 19,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Toombs County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Theta
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fannie Bell (Buie) Strickland and Norman Hamp Strickland; married,
March
2, 1952, to Betty Bulloch. |
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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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James S. Wallace (b. 1893) —
of Morehouse, New Madrid
County, Mo.; Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
4, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
mayor of Morehouse, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1939-48, 1951-60 (New
Madrid County 1933-36, Scott County 1939-48, 1951-60).
Member, American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Bailey Whitaker (b. 1891) —
also known as Phil B. Whitaker —
of Riverview (now part of Chattanooga), Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Tennessee; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1948,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Civitan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matt N. Whitaker and Florence (Griffin) Whitaker; married to Hilda
Perry. |
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