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'''Lurleen Burns Wallace''' (1926 – 1968) was the 46th Governor of [[Alabama]] succeeding her husband, [[George C. Wallace]] after he was term-limited out. The Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms.<ref>AL Const. art. V, § 114</ref>  She was Alabama's first female governor serving for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death in May  1968.

'''Lurleen Burns Wallace''' (1926 – 1968) was the 46th Governor of [[Alabama]] succeeding her husband, [[George C. Wallace]] after he was term-limited out. The Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms.<ref>AL Const. art. V, § 114</ref>  She was Alabama's first female governor serving for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death from [[cancer]] in May  1968, while her husband was in the process of assembling his American Independent Party to challenge [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Hubert Humphrey]] in the presidential election.

 

In 1966, Lurleen Wallace defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[James Douglas Martin]] in the gubernatorial [[general election]].  

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