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Otto Whittaker wrote the following essay, "I am the Nation," in 1955 as a public relations advertisement for the Norfolk and Western Railway company…
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John Patterson had been attorney general of Alabama at age 29. Wallace was making his first foray in the race for governor and so was Patterson. But…
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When Wallace was elected in his last term as governor, I was elected my first term in legislature. Ironically, my district included Wallace's hometown of…
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Fob James took the reigns of Alabama state governor January of 1979. His inauguration was a somewhat strange event, as Alabamians were used to a Wallace…
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Historically in Alabama, we've voted more heavily in our governor's race year than our presidential year. That's probably because we're more interested in…
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It was an amazing story - the three Bs - Bill Baxley, Jere Beasley and Albert Brewer had been planning to run for governor for 20 years...
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A special session of the legislature can be called by the governor, if he deems a dire emergency in the state government. This provision of the…
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Being a U.S. Senator was secondary in Alabama politics; governor is still probably the most important, glamorous political position today, but it…
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As the 1958 governor's race dawned, the shadow of Big Jim Folsom loomed over the scene even though Big Jim couldn't be on the ballot - the Alabama…
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There's a proven theory by political scholars that's prevailed in Southern political history for decades - it's simply called "friends and neighbors…