Charles Graddick
| Charles Allen Graddick, Sr. | |
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| 42nd Attorney General of Alabama | |
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In office 1979–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Baxley |
| Succeeded by | Don Siegelman |
| District Attorney of Mobile County, Alabama | |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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| Judge of the Alabama 13th Judicial Circuit Court | |
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Assumed office May 2004 |
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| Preceded by | William McDermott |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1944 Mobile, Alabama |
| Political party | Republican (1975)-turned-Democrat(1976)-turned-Republican (2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Corinne Whiting Graddick |
| Children |
Charles Allen Graddick, Jr. |
| Alma mater |
UMS-Wright Preparatory School |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Alabama National Guard |
| Years of service | 1969-1972 |
Charles Allen Graddick, Jr.
Herndon Whiting Graddick
UMS-Wright Preparatory School
University of Alabama
Charles Allen Graddick, Sr. (born December 10, 1944 in Mobile), is Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Graddick graduated in 1963 from the all-male University Military School in Mobile. The institution was the forerunner of UMS-Wright Preparatory School. In 1967, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1970, Graddick obtained his Juris Doctor from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, having been chosen the class president. In 1975, at the age of twenty-eight, he was elected District Attorney of Mobile County, He was elected Alabama's attorney general (1979-1987), After almost 20 years in the private practice of law, he was appointed as circuit judge in 2004. He is currently the presiding senior judge. From 1969 to 1992, Graddick served in the Alabama National Guard|National Guard]]. In 1966, Graddick married the former Corinne Whiting. The couple has three children, Charles Allen Jr., Herndon Whiting, and Corinne and three grandchildren.
The 1986 Alabama Democratic primary for governor featured Attorney General Graddick in a heated runoff with then Lieutenant Governor Bill Baxley. Graddick won by a few thousand votes, but the state Democratic party ruled that he had violated primary regulations by encouraging Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary. The court instructed the Democratic Party either to hold another election or to nominate Baxley, and the party chose the latter.
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