The token coins each measure 1-1/2'' wide. They appear to be in mint unused condition as pictured.
George Wallace
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George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama
In office: January 14, 1963 - January 16, 1967
Lieutenant: James Allen
Preceded by: John Malcolm Patterson
Succeeded by: Lurleen Wallace
In office: January 18, 1971 - January 15, 1979
Lieutenant: Jere Beasley
Preceded by: Albert Brewer
Succeeded by: Fob James
In office: January 17, 1983 - January 19, 1987
Lieutenant: Bill Baxley
Preceded by: Fob James
Succeeded by: H. Guy Hunt
First Gentleman of Alabama
In office: January 16, 1967 - May 7, 1968
Preceded by: Lurleen Wallace
Succeeded by: Martha Farmer Brewer
Personal details
Born: George Corley Wallace, Jr., August 25, 1919, Clio, Alabama, U.S.
Died: September 13, 1998 (aged 79), Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Resting place: Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama
Political party: Democratic
Other political affiliations: American Independent (1968)
Spouse(s): Lurleen Wallace (m. 1943 - 1968); her death, Cornelia Ellis Snively (m. 1971 - 1978); divorced, Lisa Taylor (m. 1981 - 1987); divorced
Children: George Wallace, Jr., Bobbi Jo Wallace - Parson, Peggy Sue Wallace - Kennedy, Janie Lee Wallace - Dye
Alma mater: University of Alabama
Profession: Lawyer, former Soldier
Religion: Methodist
Military service
Allegiance: United States Army
Service / branch: U.S. Army Air Corps
Years of service: 1942 - 1945
Rank: Staff sergeant
Battles / wars: World War II
George Corley Wallace, Jr. (August 25, 1919 - September 13, 1998) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963 - 1967, 1971 - 1979 and 1983 - 1987. Wallace has the third longest gubernatorial tenure in post Constitutional U.S. history, at 16 years and four days. He was a U.S. Presidential candidate for four consecutive elections, in which he sought the Democratic Party nomination in 1964, 1972, and 1976, and was the American Independent Party candidate in the 1968 presidential election. He remains the last third party candidate to receive a state's electoral college votes.
