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George Wallace Early Life and Rise to Power in Alabama
George Corley Wallace born May 25 1919 in Clio Alabama rises from farm work to Alabama House of Representatives and District Court Judge. He wins the 1950s gubernatorial race, orchestrates his wife Lurleen Burns Wallace as governor, and campaigns in the 1964 presidential primaries before the 1968 death implications for his political path.
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Clio
Alabama
George Corley Wallace
Alabama State Senate
University of Alabama
Wallace
U.S. Air Corps
Pacific
Lurleen Burns
House of Representatives
Jim Folsom
State District Court
Third Judicial District
State National Guard
Sen
Barry Goldwater
George Wallace
American Independence Party