George Wallace
| 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 office January 16, 1967 – May 7, 1968 |
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| Governor | Lurleen Wallace |
| Preceded by | Lurleen Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Martha Brewer |
| 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, Tuscaloosa |
| Religion | Methodism |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit | U.S. Army Air Corps |
| 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 "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. A 1972 assassination attempt by Arthur Bremer left Wallace paralyzed, and he used a wheelchair for the remainder of his life.
Wallace, the first of four children, was born in Clio in Barbour County in southeastern Alabama, to George Corley Wallace Sr. and his wife, Mozelle (Smith). He was the third of five generations to bear the name "George Wallace." Since his parents disliked the designation "Junior", he was called "George C." to distinguish him from his father, George, and his grandfather, a physician. Wallace's father left college to pursue a life of farming when food prices were high during World War I; when he died in 1937, his wife had to sell their farmland to pay existing mortgages. Like his parents, George Wallace was a Methodist.
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