Ex-Governor Wallace of Alabama news conference - stating he is a presidential canidate i.e., candidate on the 3rd party ticket. Topics: Entertainment Tags: George Wallace View |
George Wallace Performs the ceremonial 'smash' at Las Vegas' first SmashBurger restaurant Las Vegas, Nevada. Topics: Entertainment, Hollywood Tags: George Wallace View |
George Corley Wallace, Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998), was the 45th (List of Governors of Alabama) Governor of Alabama, serving four terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. "The most influential defeated candidate" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter and Stephan Lesher, he ran for U.S. president (President of the United States) four times, running officially as a Democrat (Democratic Party (United States)) three times and in the American Independent Party once. A 1972 assassination attempt left him paralyzed and a wheelchair user for the remainder of his life. He is best known for his Southern (Southern United States) populist (populism), pro-segregation (racial segregation) attitudes during the American desegregation period, convictions he renounced later in life.
Lieutenant: James B. Allen (James Allen (U.S. senator))
Lieutenant2: Jere Beasley
Lieutenant3: Bill Baxley
Date of birth: 1919-08-25
Birth Location: Clio, Alabama
Date of death: 1998-09-13
Death Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Party: Democratic (Democratic Party (United States)) ,American Independent Party (1968)
Spouse: Lurleen Wallace (deceased),Cornelia Ellis Snively (Cornelia Wallace) (divorced),Lisa Taylor (divorced)
Profession: lawyer, politician
Religion: Born-again Christian (after 1964),Baptist (before 1964)
Alma Mater: University of Alabama
45th Governor of Alabama
In office: January 14, 1963-January 16, 1967
Predceded by: John Malcolm Patterson
Succeeded by: Lurleen Burns Wallace
In office: January 18, 1971-January 15, 1979
Predceded by: Albert Brewer
Succeeded by: Fob James
In office: January 17, 1983-January 19, 1987
Predceded by: Fob James
Succeeded by: H. Guy Hunt