William Allain
| William Allain | |
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Allain at the University of Mississippi, 1950
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| 59th Governor of Mississippi | |
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In office January 10, 1984 – January 12, 1988 |
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| Lieutenant | Brad Dye |
| Preceded by | William Winter |
| Succeeded by | Ray Mabus |
| 36th Attorney General of Mississippi | |
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In office January 22, 1980 – January 10, 1984 |
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| Governor | William Winter |
| Preceded by | Albioun Fernando Summer |
| Succeeded by | Ed Pittman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 14, 1928 Washington, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 2013 (aged 85) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Resting place | Natchez City Cemetery Natchez, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame University of Mississippi, Oxford |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1950-1953 |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
William Alexander "Bill" Allain (February 14, 1928 – December 2, 2013) was an American politician who held office as the 59th Governor of Mississippi as a Democrat from 1984 to 1988.
He was born in Washington in Adams County near Natchez, Mississippi. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and received his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law at Oxford. Allain served in the United States Army infantry in the Korean War. A Catholic, he was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. After the war, he practiced law in Natchez, Mississippi, until his appointment as assistant state attorney general in 1962.
Allain was elected state attorney general in 1979, having defeated the Republican State Senator Charles W. Pickering of Laurel. Allain earned a reputation as a consumer advocate. He fought utility rate increases and stopped the storage of nuclear waste in Mississippi. State labor president Claude Ramsay sought to broker an agreement between Democratic Party presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale and Allain when the latter sought a veto over the federal storage of nuclear waste in Mississippi as a condition for his political support of Mondale.
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