Gordon Persons

Seth Gordon Persons
Official campaign portrait, 1950
43rd Governor of Alabama
In office
January 15, 1951 – January 17, 1955
LieutenantJames Allen
Preceded byJim Folsom
Succeeded byJim Folsom
Personal details
Born(1902-02-05)February 5, 1902
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
DiedMay 29, 1965(1965-05-29) (aged 63)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationAuburn University

Seth Gordon Persons (February 5, 1902 – May 29, 1965) was an American Democratic politician who was the 43rd Governor of Alabama from 1951 to 1955. A relative moderate, Persons provided reforms to the state prison system, and limited poll tax reform, while expanding highway spending and creating the state's educational television system. His term was relatively quiet, between the Dixiecrat revolt and the eve of the turbulent civil rights era.[1]

  1. ^ Bass, S. Johnathan (January 13, 2009). "Seth Gordon Persons (1951-55)". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance. Retrieved July 18, 2023.

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