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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.
Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace.
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.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, May 21,
1943, to Lurleen
Burns; married, June 4,
1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (divorced 1978; niece of James
Elisha Folsom; first cousin of James
Elisha Folsom, Jr.); married 1981 to Lisa
Taylor (divorced 1987); father of George
C. Wallace, Jr.. See Wallace-Folsom
family of 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 : 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 |
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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.
Son of Dr. L. L. Hill and Lily L. Hill.
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;
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.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 14,
1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Seth Gordon Persons (1902-1965) —
also known as Gordon Persons —
of Alabama.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., February
5, 1902.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1951-55.
Died, of a stroke, in
Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 29,
1965 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) —
also known as Lurleen B. Wallace; Lurleen
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.
The Lurleen Wallace Tumor Institute at the University of Alabama, and
Lake Lurleen, are named for
her.
Died, of uterine
cancer, May 7,
1968 (age 41 years, 231
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Dixie Bibb Graves (1882-1965) —
also known as Dixie Bilele —
of Alabama.
Born near Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 26,
1882.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1937-38; resigned 1938.
Female.
Member, United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Active in the women's suffrage movement.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., January
21, 1965 (age 82 years, 179
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Leon Clarence McCord (1878-1952) —
also known as Leon McCord —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Conyers, Rockdale
County, Ga., June 21,
1878.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Alabama, 1919-35; member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1937; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1938.
Died February
11, 1952 (age 73 years, 235
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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J. Haden Alldredge (1887-1962) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Brooksville, Blount
County, Ala., July 28,
1887.
Son of Patrick Griffin Alldredge and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1939-55.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
5, 1962 (age 75 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Griffin Alldredge and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge; married 1907 to Mildred
Chilton (died 1923); married, January
12, 1927, to Adna Eley. |
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John William Abercrombie (1866-1940) —
also known as John W. Abercrombie —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born near Kellys Creek, St. Clair
County, Ala., May 17,
1866.
Son of Henry M. Abercrombie and Sarah A. (Kendrick) Abercrombie.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-98; Alabama
superintendent of education, 1898-1902, 1920-27; president,
University of Alabama, 1902-11; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1913-17.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 2,
1940 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) —
also known as Hilary A. Herbert —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., March 12,
1834.
Son of Thomas E. Herbert and Dorothy Teague (Young) Herbert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.
Died March 6,
1919 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869) —
of Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., June 30,
1802.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1848-49, 1853-55, 1855-61; nominee for Vice
President of the United States 1860; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865.
Died near Wetumpka, Autauga
County, Ala., November
21, 1869 (age 67 years, 144
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Goode Jones (1844-1914) —
also known as Thomas G. Jones —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., November
26, 1844.
Son of Samuel G. Jones and Martha (Goode) Jones.
Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1885-88; Governor of
Alabama, 1890-94; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention
from Alabama, 1896.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 28,
1914 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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George Thomas Goldthwaite (1809-1879) —
of Alabama.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
10, 1809.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Alabama, 1843-52; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-56; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1871-77.
Died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., March 16,
1879 (age 69 years, 96
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Russell Tyson (1856-1923) —
also known as John R. Tyson —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Lowndes
County, Ala., November
28, 1856.
Son of John A. Tyson and Matilda (Warren) Tyson.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1892-98; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1898-1906; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1906-09; resigned 1909;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1921-23; died in office
1923.
Baptist.
Died March 27,
1923 (age 66 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Hill Watts (1819-1892) —
also known as Thomas H. Watts —
of Alabama.
Born near Greenville, Butler
County, Ala., January
3, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1842-45, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1847-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Attorney General, 1862-63; Governor of
Alabama, 1863-65.
Baptist.
Arrested
by Union
forces in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865, and imprisoned
for a few weeks.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
16, 1892 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Henry Washington Hilliard (1808-1892) —
also known as Henry W. Hilliard —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August 4,
1808.
Whig. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1836; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Alabama, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee; member,
Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1845-51; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1877-81.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
17, 1892 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) —
also known as Elisha Y. Fair —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., July 4,
1809.
Son of William Fair (1770-1851) and Elizabeth (Young) Fair
(1774-1854).
Lawyer;
planter;
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1858-61.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
23, 1886 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Calvin Oates (1833-1910) —
also known as William C. Oates —
of Abbeville, Henry
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, November
30, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1868;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1881-94; defeated,
1878; Governor of
Alabama, 1894-96; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
9, 1910 (age 76 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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David Clopton (1820-1892) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born near Milledgeville, Putnam
County, Ga., September
29, 1820.
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1859-61; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 7th District, 1862-65;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1878; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1884-92; died in office
1892.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., February
5, 1892 (age 71 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Parish Chilton (1810-1871) —
also known as William P. Chilton —
of Alabama.
Born near Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., August
10, 1810.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-56; member of Alabama
state senate, 1859; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 6th District, 1862-65.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., January
20, 1871 (age 60 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) —
also known as William L. Yancey —
of Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Warren
County, Ga., August
10, 1814.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1841; member of Alabama
state senate, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1844-46; resigned 1846;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860;
delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Senator
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in office
1863.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 23,
1863 (age 48 years, 347
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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George Washington Taylor (1849-1932) —
also known as George W. Taylor —
of Demopolis, Marengo
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ala., January
16, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1897-1915.
Died December
21, 1932 (age 83 years, 340
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Malcolm Daniel Graham (1827-1878) —
of Texas.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., July 6,
1827.
Member of Texas
state senate, 1857; Texas
state attorney general, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
8, 1878 (age 51 years, 94
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Ariosto Appling Wiley (1848-1908) —
also known as Ariosto A. Wiley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, 1848.
Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1901-08; died in office
1908.
Died in 1908
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Son of Robert Ligon (1793-1828) and Wilhelmina (Fulwood) Ligon.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Edwin Belser (1805-1859) —
of Alabama.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., December
22, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1828, 1853, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., January
16, 1859 (age 53 years, 25
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Wilson T. Nesbitt (d. 1861) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1810-14; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1817-19.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 13,
1861.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Albert Taylor Goodwyn (1842-1931) —
also known as Albert T. Goodwyn —
of Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala., December
17, 1842.
Son of D. Albert Gallatin Goodwyn and Harriet (Bibb) Goodwyn.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer;
state inspector of convicts, 1874-80; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Alabama
state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1896-97;
commander-in-chief, United Confederate Veterans, 1928-29.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 1,
1931 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1803.
Whig. Physician;
mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1838, 1852.
Methodist.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 23,
1863 (age 59 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jack Thorington (d. 1871) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1839-40; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Died August 6,
1871.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Holt Clanton (1827-1871) —
also known as James H. Clanton —
of Alabama.
Born January
8, 1827.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Alabama
state house of representatives; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1868.
Assassinated
by a man who provoked a quarrel with him, in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
27, 1871 (age 44 years, 262
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Youngblood (d. 1924) —
of Union Springs, Bullock
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1880,
1888;
member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1896.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1924.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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