Steve Windom
| Steve Windom | |
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| 27th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama | |
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In office January 18, 1999 – January 20, 2003 |
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| Governor | Don Siegelman |
| Preceded by | Don Siegelman |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Baxley |
| Alabama State Senator | |
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In office 1989–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Menton |
| Succeeded by | George Callahan (R) |
| Constituency | 35th District |
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November 6, 1949 Florence, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Mary Windom |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Theodore, Alabama |
Stephen Ralph "Steve" Windom (born November 6, 1949) is an American attorney, politician and member of the Republican Party who served as member of the Alabama State Senate from 1989 to 1998 and as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003.
Windom's political career began in the Alabama State Senate, where he served for two terms and an initial partial term decided by a special election. In 1997, he switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.
In 1998, Windom was elected Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first Republican Lieutenant Governor of Alabama since Reconstruction. He served under Democratic Governor Don Siegelman as Alabama's Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately. He did not run for re-election in 2002, instead running for Governor. He lost in the Republican primary to Congressman Bob Riley and subsequently returned to the private sector.
Windom was born in Florence, South Carolina. He graduated from Sidney Lanier High School. He then received his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Alabama. In 1974, he moved near Mobile, Alabama and began to practice law. He married Mary Becker and had with her two sons: Robert and Thomas.
He was first elected as a Democrat to the Alabama State Senate in 1989. During his time in the Senate, he was selected to be the Banking and Insurance Committee chairman for 8 years. Although his first two terms were as a Democrat, he switched to the Republican Party in 1997 for his last term as a legislator.
He was a delegate for Bill Clinton at the 1992 Democratic National Convention. He was a delegate for George Bush at the 2000 Republican National Convention, and served as co-chair of the Alabama Bush-Cheney campaign.
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