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	Jim Folsom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(October 9, 1908–November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959.
		Folsom was never again elected to public office and died in Cullman, Alabama in 1987.
		Born in Coffee County, Alabama, Folsom is perhaps best-remembered as being among the first Southern governors to embrace integration and civil rights for African Americans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Folsom (375 words)

	Jim Folsom, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he is the son of two-term Alabama governor James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, Sr.
		In 2006, Folsom reentered state politics, running again as the Democratic nominee for Lietenant Governor.
		Guy Hunt when Hunt was removed from office upon indictment for state ethics law violations with regard to funds involved in his second inauguration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Folsom,_Jr. (153 words)

	Alabama Academy of Honor: James Elijah Folsom, Jr.
		In 1986 Jim Folsom, Jr., was again called into public service as Lieutenant Governor of his native state and was reelected for an additional term in this powerful office.
		James Elisha Folsom, Jr., was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 14, 1949, the son of two-term Governor of Alabama James Elisha Folsom and Jamelle (Moore) Folsom.
		On April 22, 1993, James Elisha Folsom, Jr., was administered the oath of office as the Governor of the State of Alabama.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/academy/j_folsjr.html (367 words)

	Alabama Governor James Elisha Folsom, Jr.
		Born in 1949, James Elisha Folsom, Jr., is the son of the late James E. Folsom, Sr., and Jamelle Folsom.
		Folsom, Jr., grew up in Montgomery and Cullman, Alabama.
		Governor Folsom lost his bid for election to the governor's position in November 1994 to Fob James.
	www.archives.state.al.us /govs_list/g_folsoj.html (128 words)

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	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=folsom (226 words)

	Bill Cobey Resigns as Chairman of NCGOP. Will run for Governor
		After the inept and lackluster Jim Holshouser (who beat Erskine Bowles' dad, Skipper, to become the first GOP Gov in the 20th Century in '72), who left the state GOP (which was fast becoming the majority party) in shambles when he left office (not due to corruption, but mismanagement of it).
		Jim Hunt decided he wanted his old job back, and while he didn't win by a margin like the smashing victories he had earlier, he still beat Lt. Gov.
		He was succeeded by liberal 'Rat Jim Hunt (who served his first two terms from '77-'85, losing the infamous race to Jesse Helms in '84 when he left office), who defeated a Holshouser appointee by an obscene 2-to-1 margin.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/949963/posts (4214 words)

	The American Experience George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire People & Events Jim Folsom
		As Folsom’s campaign caravanned all over the state, political observers including George Wallace took note of its entertaining, carnival atmosphere as well as the earthy approach of its main attraction.
		His speech broke down into gibberish as he called his greedy opponents "me-too" candidates, resulting in minutes of Folsom chanting "me, too, me, too, me, too, meeee, toooo!" While friends and associates claimed Folsom had been drugged, the damage was done.
		During his second bid for the governship in 1954, Wallace became Folsom’s South Alabama campaign manager and traveled all over Alabama touting both the governor and himself.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/wallace/peopleevents/pande02.html (841 words)

	Jacksonville News - University studies enrollment decline
		In other business, Jim Folsom, Jr., chair of the athletic committee, told fellow trustees that the athletic committee has been informally and formally discussing avenues of improvements that will allow it to keep their athletic programs up-to-date with current trends.
		Folsom said they had come up with a number of improvement ideas for Paul Snow Stadium that should, in light of the recent success attained by the university’s football team, be carried out.
		In response to Folsom’s comments, the trustees passed a resolution to investigate the feasibility of these ideas, what the estimated costs would be, target dates for possible completion and proposals on how to fund these ideas.
	www.jaxnews.com /news/2004/jn-localnews-1021-searp-4j21o0650.htm (888 words)

	WTVY Big Names Consider Lieutenant Governor's Race
		Folsom was unavailable for comment, but several friends said he is giving the Lt. Governor's race serious thought.
		Former Governor Don Siegelman, who is looking at running for another term, said he and Folsom talk regularly and he has encouraged Folsom to get back into public service.
		But he said he doesn't believe Folsom has made a decision about seeking office next year.
	www.wtvynews4.com /news/headlines/1625157.html (126 words)

	Campaigns & Elections: Bama bash: '90s style. How an endorsement backlash helped save Alabama's Gov. Fob James from a humiliating primary defeat - Cover Story
		This time he was successful, edging acting Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
		More than a generation later, the images remain indelible: Gov. "Big Jim" Folsom on an election eve TV hookup, flapping his arms and squawking like a chicken until he fell off the stage.
		After comeback attempts were cut short in the Democratic primaries of 1986 and 1990, James tried again as a Republican in 1994, following a brief flirtation with an independent candidacy.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2519/is_n10_v19/ai_21227950 (1367 words)

	CBS 8 : WAKA TV / WAKA DT Montgomery, AL - Campaign 2006
		Folsom, a Democrat, could possibly face Republican George Wallace, Jr.
		Folsom is the first, and so far only Democrat to qualify for the office.
		Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr., launched his campaign for attorney general Wednesday, vowing to make Alabama safer by helping police fight crime at the local level.
	www.waka.com /campaign2006.html (1710 words)

	GOP Can Support Riley, But Oppose His Tax Increase Suppressed News
		During the lead-up to the elections in 1994, then Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
		Many of the same groups and individuals who pushed the Jim Folsom plan are also involved in the Bob Riley plan; groups like A-Plus and a number of Birmingham industrialists who have contended for years that the way to make Alabama great is to raise taxes.
		One group of Republicans who are supporting the Riley tax plan recently sent out a flyer under the banner of "REAL" Republicans - "Republicans for Education Accountability and Leadership." I know these men and women and think well of them, as I do Gov. Riley.
	suppressednews.com /newsitems/local/EpypkVFAkFRkkytlqo.html (469 words)

	The Anniston Star - Auburn trustee Samford dies; board leader for decade
		Jim Folsom Jr., and was reappointed in 1999 by Gov. Don Siegelman.
		James Samford Jr., a politically active Montgomery lawyer who served as president pro tem of Auburn University’s board of trustees for a decade, died at his Lee County home Monday night.
		W. James Samford Jr., a politically active Montgomery lawyer who served as president pro tem of Auburn University’s board of trustees for a decade, died at his Lee County home Monday night.
	www.cleburnenews.com /news/2003/as-state-1231-0-3l30v1804.htm (547 words)

	Daily Home - Way to grow, Honda
		Almost 10 years ago, then Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
	www.dailyhome.com /opinion/2002/dh-editorials-0710-0-2g09w2124.htm (235 words)

	Jimmy Faulkner - Mumblings, presented by Site One on the Internet
		However, this does not mean the incumbent will be re-elected, because we have an example of Jim Folsom, Jr., being defeated after he served 22 months by Governor Fob James.
		Jim is a popular, able, energetic and attractive candidate for any office.
		Jim has the qualifications, like some of the others, to make a good governor.
	www.siteone.com /columns/faulkner/articles/jf101101.htm (1235 words)

	Cleburne News - Poll has Wallace leading
		According to the poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies of Alexandria, Virginia, Wallace was the choice of 51 percent of likely Republican primary voters, with potential competitors Mo Brooks, a Madison County Commissioner, and former State Rep. Perry Hooper, Jr.
		in a general election contest for lieutenant governor, Wallace leads Folsom 49 percent to 35 percent.
		The poll, commissioned by the Friends of George Wallace committee, found Wallace to be the overwhelming favorite to win both the Republican nomination and the general election in 2006.
	www.cleburnenews.com /news/2005/cn-local-0623-0-5f24l1655.htm (239 words)

	TAP: Vol 11, Iss. 23. Southern Comfort. Nicholas Confessore.
		In Alabama political semi-novice Marsha Folsom (the wife of former Governor Jim Folsom, Jr.) has raised as much cash as Representative Bob Aderholt and is locked in a tight race.
		Folsom supports both increased public school spending and student-led prayer at school functions.
		And opposition to abortion may make Folsom, Ross, Taylor, and the rest credible among conservative southern voters.
	www.prospect.org /print/V11/23/confessore-n.html (1145 words)

	War Liberal: Not a good list
		After Hunt was convicted of using his state plane for private business, he was replaced by Jim Folsom Jr.
		Folsom, the son of a crooked but rather competent and progressive governor for his time, was unfortunately another boob.
		In 1999, I finally experienced a governor who was neither a boob nor Wallace, but in Don Siegelman I got four years of extreme crookedness that are still getting played out more than two years after he left office.
	www.bravesbeat.com /bravesjournal/warliberal/archives/2005/10/not_a_good_list.html (243 words)

	That's Politics.com
		"Big Jim" Folsom in 1977 it was pretty much a given that she was going to be a politician's wife.
		Jim Folsom was in his second term as lieutenant governor in 1993 when a jury convicted Gov. Guy Hunt, also
		Folsom said both she and her husband understood the requirements for a happy marriage within the bounds of a career in politics and public service.
	www.thatspolitics.com /old_news.htm (7066 words)

	July 13-17, UAB's Clear Hosts 2003 Southern School for Union Women
		Folsom also is wife of former Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
		At the welcoming dinner on Sunday, Marsha Folsom, executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party, will deliver the keynote address.
	main.uab.edu /show.asp?durki=60302 (408 words)

	theplainsman.com The Auburn Plainsman Online Governors historically absent from board
		Lurleen Wallace (1967-68), Albert Brewer (1968-71), Jim Folsom Jr.
		Of the last seven governors, only three have made it to a trustees' meeting: George Wallace, Fob James Jr., and Guy Hunt.
		In the governor's absence, presidential duties are passed on to the president pro tem, one of the 10 appointed members of the board.
	www.auburn.edu /student_info/plainsman/archives/012700/012700fgovernor.html (1335 words)

	[4alabama] Who are Governor Bob Riley's friends? Some say Dr. Paul Hubbert the Executive Secretary of the Alabama Education Association.
		He ran again in 1994, losing the Democratic primary to Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
		"Jim Folsom (Sr.), Bibb Graves and a few others.
		Hubbert said he was not bitter about losing and not totally surprised, either.
	www.nfbnet.org /pipermail/4alabama/2003-March/000210.html (1343 words)

	Buck’s Pocket a recovery room for Alabama’s defeated politicians gets Alabama Scene
		Thus far Brooks is the only Democrat to announce for the office of lieutenant governor but there has been speculation that former Gov. Jim Folsom Jr.
		During his 1946 race for governor in the Democratic Primary, James E. (Big Jim) Folsom was in a spirited contest with Lt. Gov.
		Brooks noted the recent shooting death of a Huntsville policeman by an illegal alien as well as several fatal automobile accidents involving illegal aliens motivated him to propose this new law.
	www.southalabamian.com /news/2005/1215/Editorials/029.html (657 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: State of Play
		State legislators are rewriting certain bills to prevent Gov. Jim Geringer (R) from using the line-item veto to change the language of a bill, as he did during a review of the 1997 education reform bill.
		Don Siegleman has met with Folsom, but sources say it is unclear whether Siegleman asked Folsom to run for lieutenant governor or for his help in trying to shut Birmingham attorney Lenora Pate (D) out of the gubernatorial race.
		Former U.S. Rep. Jim Lightfoot, Secretary of State Paul Pate and businessman David Oman remain locked in a lively battle for the GOP nomination.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/campaigns/state/archive/state022798.htm (1748 words)

	USATODAY.com - A look ahead to 2004
		A strong contender for the Democratic nomination is Scott Matheson Jr., dean of the University of Utah Law School and son of popular former Democratic governor Scott Matheson Sr.
		Republican Gov. Jim Douglas, elected in 2002, is a strong favorite for re-election.
		One exception is in Northern Virginia's 8th District, held by seven-term Democrat Jim Moran.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/state/2003-11-05-2004-look_x.htm (5203 words)

	We may finally get to see the race we've dreamed of
		The man I speak of is former Gov. Jim Folsom Jr., and the question I have sought to get an answer is will he or will he not run for lieutenant governor this year.
		My gut feeling...my strong gut feeling...is that Folsom will run and those of us who have been around for a long time will finally get to see the race we have dreamed of: Jim Folsom Jr.
		Last Thursday I attended the induction ceremony of the Alabama Woman's Hall of Fame at Judson College and among those present for the occasion was Marsha Folsom...the wife of Jim Jr.
	www.southalabamian.com /news/2006/0316/Editorials/012.html (685 words)

	Pickens County Herald Online
		“Bart” Dawson, Jim Folsom Jr., Jerry Jester, Randy B. Kelley, Jack Page, Jim Spearman and Christopher M. Turner; male delegates for Kucinich--M. Brandon Brewer and William Smith; male delegates for LaRouche--Russ Rosser; uncommitted male delegates--Ken Guin and Bradley L. “Brad Williams.
		Meehan, Bryant Melton, Clint D. Mountain Jr.; Willie (Pim) Petty Jr.; Oliver L. Robinson Jr., John W. Rogers Jr., John C. Sheffield Jr., Bobby Singleton and Albert Turner; for male delegate to Kuci-nich--Jack Zylman; for male delegates for LaRouche--Darius Blue, Booker Hansan and Billy Ray Nuss; and uncommitted male delegates--Hank Sanders.
		The only local race is the one for District Judge of Pickens County between incumbent Ira B. (Benny) Colvin and Assistant District Attorney Kathy Marine, both Democrats.
	theherald.pickens.net /news/52604_1.htm (522 words)

	Political Wire: Wallace vs. Folsom in Alabama
		The AP notes the race for Alabama lieutenant governor next year could feature two of the biggest family names in the state's political history: Wallace and Folsom.
	politicalwire.com /archives/2005/06/24/wallace_vs_folsom_in_alabama.html (219 words)

	The Carpetbagger Report > Print > Friday's political round-up
		* In Alabama, the race for lieutenant governor next year could feature two of the biggest family names in the state's political history: Wallace and Folsom.
		* Wisconsin State Rep. Spencer Black (D) is considering an independent run for governor because Gov. Jim Doyle (D) isn't liberal enough for state activists.
		Black acknowledges the fact that he's been urged to run, and he said yesterday that he's not ruling out the idea.
	www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com /wp-print.php?p=4530 (343 words)

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