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Politician members in Alabama

  Melba Till Allen (1933-1989) — also known as Melba Till — of Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Ala.; Grady, Montgomery County, Ala.; Marbury, Autauga County, Ala. Born in Friendship Community, Butler County, Ala., March 3, 1933. Democrat. Alabama state auditor, 1967-75; candidate for U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1972; Alabama state treasurer, 1975-78; Convicted in 1978 of using her position as state treasurer to obtain bank loans to build a theme park, and for failing to disclose her personal finances; she denied any wrongdoing; sentenced to six years in jail, but spent most of her sentence working as a bookkeeper in a retirement home. Female. Baptist. Member, Order of the Eastern Star. Died, of cancer, in Baptist Medical Center, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., October 20, 1989 (age 56 years, 231 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Samuel Ben Till and Gertrude (Johnson) Till; married, December 24, 1950, to Marvin E. Allen.
  Agnes Beahn Baggett (1905-1992) — also known as Agnes Baggett; Agnes Beahn — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., April 9, 1905. Democrat. Secretary of state of Alabama, 1951-55, 1963-67, 1975-79; Alabama state auditor, 1955-59; Alabama state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-75; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. Female. Methodist. Member, American Legion Auxiliary; Order of the Eastern Star; Altrusa. Died December 15, 1992 (age 87 years, 250 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of John Richard Beahn and Leila Belle (Thomason) Beahn; married, October 14, 1926, to George Lamar Baggett.
  Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) — also known as Frank W. Boykin — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw County, Ala., February 21, 1885. Democrat. Manufacturer of railway crossties; lumber and timber business; shipbuilder; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Woodmen; Moose. Died in Washington, D.C., March 12, 1969 (age 84 years, 19 days). Interment at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of James Clark Boykin and Glo Emenia (Ainsworth) Boykin; married, December 31, 1913, to Ocllo Gunn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Ala., April 19, 1914. Democrat. Social worker; police officer; member of Michigan state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District 1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956. Female. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 17, 1972 (age 58 years, 242 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Elliott and Lenora (Massey) Elliott; married to Jane Hamilton.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Books by Carl Elliott: The Cost of Courage : The Journey of an American Congressman (1992)
  C. Virginia Fields (b. 1946) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., August 4, 1946. Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1998-2005; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 2005. Female. African ancestry. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Urban League; Order of the Eastern Star. Still living as of 2008.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Married, September 22, 1953, to Margaret Hamilton McMillan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  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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