Draft:1955 Alabama legislature
Party affiliation? Breakdwon of Republican to Democrat members?
Senators[edit]
- Milton Gresham of Athens
- Joe Calvin (politician) of Decatur
- Harlan G. Allen, Mutt Allen of Cullman Wallace State Community College has a Harlan G. Allen Math Building
- T. Herman Vann of Huntsville[1] D[2]
- Smith C. Dyar of Boaz[3]
- E. L. Roberts Gadsden
- A. C. Shelton Jacksonville
- G. Kyser Leonard, Kyser Leonard (?-October 21 1984) also served as county probate judge[4] Talladega
- George W. Yarbrough Wedowee
- Broughton Lamberth Alexander City
- E. W. Skidmore Tuscaloosa[5]
- Reuben L. Newton Jasper
- Albert Boutwell D Birmingham
- Albert Davis (politician) Aliceville
- Dave L. Yarbrough, D. L. Yarbrough Prattville
- Joe B. Davis (June 10, 1919 - ?) Joe Bruner Davis Braggs, son of Archie Clayton Davis and Salome (Bruner) Davis[6]
- Tully A. Goodwin Tully Goodwin[7] Floral
- J. P. James Brent
- Gerald Bradford[8] Grove Hill
- E. O. Eddins (Edward Oswell Eddins) Demopolis, sponsored legislation to make the name of Rooster Bridge official[9] A segregationist, in 1959 he called for the children's book by Garth Williams, The Rabbits, about a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit be removed from state libraries[10]
- Ralph L. Jones D Monroeville, lawyer[11] from a prominent family[12]
- Roland Cooper Camden, William Roland Cooper, Cooper State Park near Camden was renamed for him.[13]
- Neil Metcalf Geneva, also served in senare in 1963[14] Ramsey Neil Metcalf[15]
- George E. Little (politician) Eufaula
- Ben Reeves Troy
- Sam M. Eaglehardt Jr. Shorter, Bullock County and Macon County , large landowner, White Citizens Council leader[16]
- Joseph W. Smith Phenix City
- Vaughan Hill Robison[17] Montgomery
- M. H. Moses Fyffe, Dekalb County[18]
- Walter Givhan D Safford
- Berry Lynchmore Cantrell[19] Tuscumbia
- James S. Coleman Jr. Eutaw
- Garet Van Antwerp III Findagrave[20] Geni[21] Mobile
- Staten Tate (Asa Staten Tate)[22] Goodwater
- Richmond M. Flowers D Dothan
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25321823/new-legislative-roster-house-of-rep/
- ^ http://libarchstor.uah.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/63
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=wIA3AAAAIAAJ&q="smith+c.+dyar"+boaz&dq="smith+c.+dyar"+boaz&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw0umrnp2EAxWdfjABHZqLAJIQ6AF6BAgMEAM
- ^ https://www.annistonstar.com/news/anniston/a-look-back-at-this-date-in-history/article_42771035-cdb6-53d5-9e3f-65020eb0ffb8.html
- ^ https://app.newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal/84670543/
- ^ "Alabama Official and Statistical Register". 1955.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24894480/tully-goodwin-article/
- ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2210414
- ^ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=38074
- ^ https://theatrecentre.com/the-woman-behind-alabama-story/
- ^ "Alabama Conservation". 1946.
- ^ Moore, Albert Burton (1927). "History of Alabama and Her People".
- ^ https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/roland-cooper-state-park/
- ^ https://alabamamosaic.org/vufind/Record/ADAHphoto22068/Details
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37735133/ramsey-neil-metcalf
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=KWRKAQAAMAAJ&q=Sam+M.+Engelhardt+Jr.+Shorter&dq=Sam+M.+Engelhardt+Jr.+Shorter&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAs8fHoJ2EAxVrtoQIHRLTALkQ6AF6BAgKEAM
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37940957/obituary-for-vaughan-robison-aged-77/
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=UyuFAAAAIAAJ&q=moses+fyffe+alabama.representative&dq=moses+fyffe+alabama.representative&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCp6_0n52EAxV8RjABHeGmA_gQ6AF6BAgLEAM
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20950722/the-montgomery-advertiser/
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104372379/garet-van_antwerp
- ^ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLJR-QL8/garet-van-antwerp-iii-1914-1986
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116855455/obituary-for-asa-staten-tate/