This article by the Associated Press lists the individuals who will compete for the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator John Bankhead. From The Mobile Register.
"Humorous note of the occasion came when Lt. Gov. Handy Ellis introduced Alabama Republican National Committeeman Lonnie Noojin and repeatedly termed him Democratic committeeman, much to the delight of his audience." Governor Chauncey Sparks is...
When Senator John Bankhead died in office in 1946, Boykin competed unsuccessfully for the vacant seat seat. This paid political ad consists of four pages of articles describing Boykin's congressional achievements and qualifications for the...
Baggett served as Alabama's state auditor from 1955 to 1959; state treasurer from 1959 to 1963 and from 1967 to 1975; and secretary of state from 1951 to 1955, 1963 to 1967, and 1975 to 1979.
This article discusses the argument between the states "over the final resting place of Seminole chief Osceola." Osceola died in prison in South Carolina, where he was buried, but representatives of Florida want his remains to be returned to their...