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John M. Patterson

Governor of Alabama

Died when: 99 years 250 days (1196 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

John M. Patterson

John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician, who, having never stood for public office before, at 33, served one term as Attorney General of Alabama, from 1955 to 1959, and at 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of the U.S. state 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 would eventually become his third wife.

Patterson sought and ran with the support of the Ku Klux Klan when he won the governorship of Alabama in 1958.

As governor, he was staunchly pro-segregation.He expressed regret for this position later in life.Patterson came to wider attention in the mid-1950s, when he and his father Albert (who was murdered in 1954) fought against criminal organizations who controlled the town of Phenix City, Alabama.

In 2003, Patterson was the presiding judge over former Chief Justice Roy Moore's appeal against his removal from the Alabama Supreme Court.


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