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]
- ^ "New Legislative Roster, House of Rep". Alabama Journal. 12 January 1955. p. 3.
- ^ http://libarchstor.uah.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/63
- ^ Alabama (1957). "Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama".
- ^ "A look back at this date in history". 22 October 2009.
- ^ https://app.newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal/84670543/
- ^ "Alabama Official and Statistical Register". 1955.
- ^ "Tully Goodwin article". The Montgomery Advertiser. January 1964. p. 19.
- ^ Norrell, Robert J. (1991). "Labor at the Ballot Box: Alabama Politics from the New Deal to the Dixiecrat Movement". The Journal of Southern History. 57 (2): 201–234. doi:10.2307/2210414. JSTOR 2210414.
- ^ "The Rooster Bridge Historical Marker".
- ^ https://theatrecentre.com/the-woman-behind-alabama-story/
- ^ "Alabama Conservation". 1946.
- ^ Moore, Albert Burton (1927). "History of Alabama and Her People".
- ^ "Roland Cooper State Park".
- ^ "Neil Metcalf of Geneva, Alabama".
- ^ "Ramsey Neil Metcalf (1921-2001) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
- ^ Legislature, Alabama (1955). "Legislative Documents".
- ^ "Obituary for Vaughan ROBISON (Aged 77)". The Montgomery Advertiser. 23 October 1995. p. 6.
- ^ "A Manual for Alabama Legislators". 1955.
- ^ "Article clipped from the Montgomery Advertiser". The Montgomery Advertiser. 26 March 1965. p. 8.
- ^ "Garet van Antwerp III (1914-1986) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
- ^ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLJR-QL8/garet-van-antwerp-iii-1914-1986
- ^ "Obituary for Asa Staten Tate". The Montgomery Advertiser. 30 August 1987. p. 34.