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John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He served one term as Attorney General of Alabama from 1955 to 1959, and, at age 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.
After serving on Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s staff during World War II, Patterson returned home, got his law degree from the University of Alabama and went into practice with his father, Albert ...
The attorney general of Alabama is an elected, ... John Malcolm Patterson: 1955 1959 Democratic: 37 MacDonald Gallion: 1959 1963 Democratic: 38 Richmond Flowers:
John Malcolm Patterson, the son of Albert, was elected Alabama's attorney general in his father's stead in 1955 and held the post until 1959, when he became governor. [31] General Hanna directed a National Guard officer, Major Hershel Finney, to write a history of the guard's activities in Phenix City.
In 1956, the Attorney General of Alabama, John Patterson, brought a suit to the State Circuit Court of Montgomery, Alabama, challenging the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for violation of a state statute requiring foreign corporations to qualify before doing business in the state.
The two front-runners, Patterson and Wallace, held deeply different positions on racial segregation issues. While Patterson, known primarily as crime-fighting attorney general, ran on a very segregationist platform and accepted an official endorsement from the Ku Klux Klan , Wallace, a close ally of Folsom, refused to cooperate with the KKK and ...
Attorney accuses Decatur police of ambushing and fatally shooting Steve Perkins in late-September incident DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An attorney […] The post Police did not give Black Alabama ...
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