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George Wallace, Jr

George Corley Wallace III, often called George Wallace Jr (born October 17, 1951, in Eufaula, Babrour County) is a former Alabama State Treasurer and member Alabama Public Service Commission.

Wallace is the only son of George Corley Wallace Jr, and Lurleen Burns Wallace, each of whom served as Governor of Alabama. His sisters are Bobbi Jo Parsons, Peggy Sue Kennedy, and Janie Lee Dye.

In 1970 Wallace graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery. He then completed a bachelor's degree in history at Huntingdon College in Montgomery in 1976. He did graduate work in political science and public administration at Auburn University.

Wallace served as director of financial aid and alumni affairs for Troy State University from 1978 to 1982 and as vice president of development and alumni affairs from 1982 to 1987, before he was elected to public office.

Wallace served two terms as Alabama State Treasurer from 1987 to 1994 and two terms on the Alabama Public Service Commission (Place 2), from 1998 to 2006. While treasurer he helped created Alabama's pre-paid college tuition program (PACT), then described as a national model.

While serving as treasurer, he campaigned in the 1992 Democratic primary to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Alabama, losing a close race to Terry Everett. In 1994 he ran for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, losing in the Democratic primary to Don Siegelman.

From 1994 to 2006, Wallace held a post in the Center for Government and Public Affairs at Auburn University Montgomery.

In 2006 Wallace again ran for Lieutenant Governor, this time in the June 6 Republican primary. During the campaign he was criticized for having delivered a speech at the national convention of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white supremacist organization.

Wallace qualified for the runoff, which was held on July 18. He lost to attorney and Washington lobbyist Luther Strange by a 55 percent to 45 percent margin. Senator John McCain of Arizona made appearances on Wallace's behalf. Wallace said afterward that he was considering an end to his long career in state politics.

Wallace did return to the State Treasurer's race, however, in the 2010 Republican primary.

Wallace had two sons from his first marriage, George IV and Robert. His second wife, Elizabeth, has two daughters from a previous marriage. They reside in Shelby County.

Preceded by:
Annie Laurie Gunter
Alabama State Treasurer
1987 - 1995
Succeeded by:
Lucy Baxley
Preceded by:
Charles B. Martin
Alabama Public Service Commission, Place 2
1999 - 2007
Succeeded by:
Susan Parker

Publications

  • Wallace, George Jr and James Gregory (1975) The Wallaces of Alabama: My Family. River Grove, Illinois: Follett Publishing ISBN 0695805282
  • Wallace, George Jr (2010) George Wallace, The Myth and the Man

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