Richmond Flowers, Sr.
| Richmond Flowers Sr. | |
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| Attorney General of Alabama | |
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In office 1963–1967 |
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| Governor | George C. Wallace |
| Preceded by | MacDonald Gallion |
| Succeeded by | MacDonald Gallion |
| Alabama State Senator from Houston County (Dothan) | |
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In office 1955–1963 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Richmond McDavid Flowers November 11, 1918 Dothan, Houston County Alabama, USA |
| Died | August 9, 2007 (aged 88) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | Richmond M. Flowers Jr. |
| Residence | Dothan, Alabama |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | United Methodist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Richmond McDavid Flowers Sr. (November 11, 1918 – August 9, 2007) was from 1963 to 1967 the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Alabama, best known for his opposition to then Governor George C. Wallace's policy of racial segregation.
Flowers was born in 1918 on World War I Armistice Day in Dothan in Houston County in southeastern Alabama. After graduating from Dothan High School, he attended Auburn University in Auburn and the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa.
Flowers enlisted in 1942 in the United States Army, in which he attained the rank of captain. He was a member of General Douglas MacArthur's special Staff during the occupation of Japan and was honorably discharged in 1946.
Thereafter, he returned to Dothan where he worked for the Dothan Bank and Trust Company and co-founded Flowers Insurance Agency.
Flowers was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 1954 and became the floor leader, having served until 1962, when he was chosen attorney general in the same election that Wallace won the first of four non-consecutive terms as governor.
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