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John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He served one term as Attorney General of Alabama from 1955 to 1959, and, at age 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.. His turbulent tenure as governor was roiled by numerous civil rights protests and a long-running extramarital affair with Tina Sawyer, a mother-of-two who ...
Jun 5, 2021 · John M. Patterson, a defiant segregationist who defeated and preceded George C. Wallace as the governor of Alabama as the South plunged into the violence and turmoil of the civil rights movement ...
Feb 27, 2024 · John M. Patterson John Patterson (1921-2021) was thrust into the Alabama political arena in 1954 by the brutal murder of his father, Albert Patterson, who had gained the Democratic nomination for Alabama attorney general with promises to end the rampant organized crime in Phenix City.A self-professed populist, John Patterson attempted major reforms as governor in Alabama's property-tax ...
Jun 6, 2021 · Obituaries. Segregationist former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99 Once a hero for his anti-crime activities, he became a symbol of brutal Southern intransigence on race.
Jun 5, 2021 · John Patterson, an intractable segregationist Democrat of the 1950s and 1960s who served as Alabama’s attorney general and then governor and belatedly said he came to regret the stances that ...
Jun 5, 2021 · John Patterson, whose eight years at the summit of power in Alabama began with resistance to organized crime and ended with battles against the Civil Rights Movement, died on Friday evening.
Jun 5, 2021 · Patterson served one term as governor, 1959-1963, after a tenure as Alabama's attorney general, 1955-1959.
Jun 6, 2021 · Gov. John Malcolm Patterson After a lifetime of service to the great State of Alabama, on Friday, June 4, 2021, John Malcolm Patterson passed away at the age of 99, surrounded by family, at the place
Jun 5, 2021 · File-This May 27, 2004, file photo shows former Alabama Gov. John Patterson reminiscing about the death of his father, attorney general-elect Albert Patterson during an interview with the ...
Jun 21, 2021 · John Patterson, who has died aged 99, held the top office in the state of Alabama in what was perhaps the most volatile period in the history of the state and featured on the cover of Time ...
