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George Wallace
Sign in to saveAlso known as George Corley Wallace, II, George Corley Wallace Jr., George Corley Wallace, George Corley Wallace II, George Corley Wallace Jr, George C. Wallace, George C Wallace, Gov. George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama (1919–1998)
Person · Open Library
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- 66
Top works
- Southern Cross
- Warshot
- Cuban Deep
- Darkest Before Dawn
- The Mexican cook book,
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Acting · Clio, Alabama, USA
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools." Wallace sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an…
Known for
- One to One: John & Yoko — Self (archive footage)2025
- Ku Klux Klan: An American Story — Self - Politician (archive footage)2020
- Florida Girls — Terrance2019
- Klansville U.S.A. — Self (archive Footage)2015
- Ethel — Self (archive footage)2012
- George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire — Self (archive footage)2000
- 4 Little Girls — Self1997
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century1992
- The Killing of America — Self (archive footage)1981
- 60 Minutes — Self1968
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George Wallace is from Pennsylvania. He released several albums including Communion and Frontiers. Communion is a new age electronic album with world and jazz influences. His actual picture has not been uploaded yet. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+Wallace">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Quotes
- “Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?”
- “If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of.”
- “We shall continue to maintain segregation in Alabama completely and absolutely without violence or ill-will. … I advocate hatred of no man, because hate will only compound the problems facing the South. … We ask for patience and tolerance and make an earnest request that we be allowed to handle state and local affairs without outside interference.”
- “As your governor, I shall resist any illegal federal court order, even to the point of standing at the schoolhouse door in person, if necessary.”
- “I stand here today, as Governor of this sovereign state, and refuse to willingly submit to illegal usurpation of power by the Central Government.”
- “The unwelcomed, unwanted, unwarranted, and force-induced intrusion upon the campus of the University of Alabama today of the might of the central government offers frightful example of the oppression of the rights, privileges and sovereignty of this state by officers of the federal government.”
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Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Bill Baxley
- Preceded by
- Fob James
- Succeeded by
- H. Guy Hunt
- Governor
- Lurleen Wallace
- Born
- George Corley Wallace Jr. , ( 1919-08-25 ) August 25, 1919, Clio, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- September 13, 1998 (1998-09-13) (aged 79) , Montgomery, Alabama , U.S.
- Resting place
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Party
- Democratic
- Other political affiliations
- American Independent (1968)
- Children
- 4, including George III
- Education
- University of Alabama ( LLB )
- Branch service
- United States Army Army Air Forces
- Years of service
- 1942–1945
- Rank
- Staff sergeant
- Unit
- 468th Bombardment Group
- Battles wars
- World War II Pacific theater
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- George Wallace (D-AL).jpg
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- George Wallace
- date of birth
- 1919-08-25
- date of death
- 1998-09-13
- name in native language
- George Corley Wallace Jr.
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/george-corley-wallace
- P12749
- Russo-Japanese War
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Article
George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama (1963–1967; 1971–1979; 1983–1987), and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party. Wallace unsuccessfully sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once with the American Independent Party, in which he carried five states in the 1968 presidential election resulting in a rare moment not seen since 1948 presidential elections where a third party managed to secure electoral seats independent of the de-facto 'two party system' of United States.
Born in Clio, Alabama, Wallace attended the University of Alabama School of Law, and served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. After the war, he won election to the Alabama House of Representatives, and served as a state judge. Wallace first sought the Democratic nomination in the 1958 Alabama gubernatorial election. Initially a moderate on racial issues, Wallace adopted a hard-line segregationist stance after losing the 1958 nomination. Wallace ran for governor again in 1962, and won the race. Seeking to stop the racial integration of the University of Alabama, Wallace earned national notoriety by standing in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama, blocking the path of black students. Wallace left office when his first term expired in 1967 due to term limits. His wife, Lurleen, won the next election and succeeded him, with him as the de facto governor. Wallace's period of influence ended when Lurleen died of cancer in May 1968; her doctor informed Wallace of the cancer's diagnosis in 1961, but he had not told her.