George Corley Wallace Jr.
| George Wallace | |
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| 45th Governor of Alabama | |
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In office January 17, 1983 – January 19, 1987 |
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| Lieutenant | Bill Baxley |
| Preceded by | Fob James |
| Succeeded by | Guy Hunt |
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In office January 18, 1971 – January 15, 1979 |
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| Lieutenant | Jere Beasley |
| Preceded by | Albert Brewer |
| Succeeded by | Fob James |
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In office January 14, 1963 – January 16, 1967 |
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| Lieutenant | James Allen |
| Preceded by | John Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Lurleen Wallace |
| First Gentleman of Alabama | |
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In role January 16, 1967 – May 7, 1968 |
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| Governor | Lurleen Wallace |
| Preceded by | Lurleen Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Martha Brewer (First Lady) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
George Corley Wallace Jr. August 25, 1919 Clio, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died |
September 13, 1998 (aged 79) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations |
American Independent (1968) |
| Spouse(s) |
Lurleen Burns (1943–1968) Cornelia Ellis Snively (1971–1978) Lisa Taylor (1981–1987) |
| Children | 4, including George |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank |
 Staff Sergeant
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| Unit |
 United States Army Air Forces
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. Wallace has the third longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history, at 16 years and four days. He was a U.S. Presidential candidate for four consecutive elections, in which he sought the Democratic Party nomination in 1964, 1972, and 1976, and was the American Independent Party candidate in the 1968 presidential election. He remains the last third-party candidate to receive pledged electoral college votes from any state.
Wallace is remembered for his Southern neo-dixiecrat and pro-segregation "Jim Crow" positions during the mid-20th century period of the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," and standing in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama in an attempt to stop the enrollment of black students. He eventually renounced segregationism but remained a social conservative. Wallace survived an assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland in 1972, perpetrated by Arthur Bremer, but remained wheelchair-bound until his death in 1998.
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