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{{Officeholder
|name=Fob James
|image=000ForrestHoodJames.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]<br/>[[Republican]]
|spouse=Bobbie Mooney
|religion=Episcopalian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Alabama
|terms=January 15, 1979 – January 17, 1983<br/>January 16, 1995 – January 18, 1999
|preceded=[[George Wallace]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Don Siegelman]]
}}
}}
'''Forrest Hood "Fob" James, Jr.''' (born September 15, 1934) served as [[Governor]] of [[Alabama]] from 1979-1983, and again from 1995-1999. During his first [[administration]] the state faced considerable financial difficulties. A [[conservative Democrat]], James implemented a ten percent State spending cut, instituted a hiring freeze and laid off a considerable number of the state employee workforce. James was unsuccessful when he attempted to impose a fuel tax, and also failed to eliminate income tax deductions for [[Social Security]] payments. Fob James was defeated for reelection in 1982 to [[George Wallace]]. However, he won a second term in 1994 as a [[Republican]]. During his tenure he took a tough stance on [[crime]], strongly advocating [[capital punishment]] over life in prison.
Prior to entering politics, James played professional [[football]] in [[Canada]] and was a successful manufacturing executive. <ref>http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-4481</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Alabama Governors]]
[[Category:Democratic Governors]]
[[Category:Republican Governors]]
|name=Fob James
|image=000ForrestHoodJames.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]<br/>[[Republican]]
|spouse=Bobbie Mooney
|religion=Episcopalian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Alabama
|terms=January 15, 1979 – January 17, 1983<br/>January 16, 1995 – January 18, 1999
|preceded=[[George Wallace]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Don Siegelman]]
}}
}}
'''Forrest Hood "Fob" James, Jr.''' (born September 15, 1934) served as [[Governor]] of [[Alabama]] from 1979-1983, and again from 1995-1999. During his first [[administration]] the state faced considerable financial difficulties. A [[conservative Democrat]], James implemented a ten percent State spending cut, instituted a hiring freeze and laid off a considerable number of the state employee workforce. James was unsuccessful when he attempted to impose a fuel tax, and also failed to eliminate income tax deductions for [[Social Security]] payments. Fob James was defeated for reelection in 1982 to [[George Wallace]]. However, he won a second term in 1994 as a [[Republican]]. During his tenure he took a tough stance on [[crime]], strongly advocating [[capital punishment]] over life in prison.
Prior to entering politics, James played professional [[football]] in [[Canada]] and was a successful manufacturing executive. <ref>http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-4481</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Alabama Governors]]
[[Category:Democratic Governors]]
[[Category:Republican Governors]]