 | ALLEN, James Browning (1912-1978) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bio: ALLEN, James Browning, (husband of Maryon Pittman Allen), a Senator from Alabama; born in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., December 28, 1912; attended public schools of Gadsden, University of Alabama, and University of Alabama Law School; practiced law in Gadsden, Ala., from 1935 to 1968; member of the Alabama State legislature 1938-1942; resigned to enter active duty in the United States Naval Reserve 1943-1946; member of the Alabama State senate 1946-1950; lieutenant governor of Alabama 1951-1955, 1963-1967; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 5, 1968; reelected in 1974, and served from January 3, 1969, until his death in Gulf Shores, Ala. on June 1, 1978; interment in Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Bio: ALLEN, Maryon Pittman, (wife of James Browning Allen), a Senator from Alabama; born Maryon Pittman in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., November 30, 1925; moved to Birmingham, Ala., 1926; educated in the public schools of Birmingham; attended the University of Alabama; journalist, editor, writer, and lecturer; appointed chairwoman of the Blair House Fine Arts Commission by President Gerald R. Ford 1974; appointed on June 8, 1978, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, James B. Allen, and served from June 8, 1978, to November 7, 1978; unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the unexpired term ending January 3, 1981; columnist for The Washington Post 1978-1981; public relations and advertising director for C.G. Sloan & Co., an antique and auction firm; owner, Maryon Allen Company (restoration/design), Birmingham; is a resident of Birmingham, Ala.
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Bio: ALLEN, James Browning, (husband of Maryon Pittman Allen), a Senator from Alabama; born in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., December 28, 1912; attended public schools of Gadsden, University of Alabama, and University of Alabama Law School; practiced law in Gadsden, Ala., from 1935 to 1968; member of the Alabama State legislature 1938-1942; resigned to enter active duty in the United States Naval Reserve 1943-1946; member of the Alabama State senate 1946-1950; lieutenant governor of Alabama 1951-1955, 1963-1967; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 5, 1968; reelected in 1974, and served from January 3, 1969, until his death in Gulf Shores, Ala. on June 1, 1978; interment in Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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