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{{Officeholder
|name=T. Eugene “Bull” Connor
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Beara Levens
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=President of the Alabama Public Service Commission
|terms=January 18, 1965 – January 17, 1972
|preceded=Jack Owen
|former=y
|succeeded=Kenneth Hammond
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety
|terms=1957–1963
|preceded=Robert Lindbergh
|former=y
|succeeded=''(none, position abolished)
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety
|terms=1937–1954
|preceded=W. O. Downs
|former=y
|succeeded=Robert Lindbergh
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=State Senator [[Alabama
|terms=1935–1937
|preceded=???
|former=y
|succeeded=???
}}
}}
[[File:Democratic voter suppression.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat voter suppression in the Bull Connor era.]]
[[File:Democratic voter suppression.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat voter suppression in the Bull Connor era.]]
'''Theophilus Eugene Connor''' (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973), known as '''T. Eugene Connor''' or more commonly '''Bull Connor''', was a prominent [[Democratic Party]] leader in Alabama known for his militant white supremacism consistent with the state's Progressive tradition. Alabama was a hard-core Confederate state which was still coming to terms with the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. Connor is known for his violent reprisals against peaceful civil rights demonstrations in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], where his shameful actions epitomized the racial problems that long existed in [[the South]].
'''Theophilus Eugene Connor''' (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973), known as '''T. Eugene Connor''' or more commonly '''Bull Connor''', was a prominent [[Democratic Party]] leader in Alabama known for his militant white supremacism consistent with the state's Progressive tradition. Alabama was a hard-core Confederate state which was still coming to terms with the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. Connor is known for his violent reprisals against peaceful civil rights demonstrations in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], where his shameful actions epitomized the racial problems that long existed in [[the South]].