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|image=Lurleen Wallace of AL.jpg

|image=Lurleen Wallace of AL.jpg

|office=46th [[Governor]] of [[Alabama]]

|office=46th [[Governor]] of [[Alabama]]

|term_start=January 16, 1967

|term_start=January 16, 1967

|term_end=May 7, 1968

|term_end=May 7, 1968

|succeeded2=George Wallace (as First Gentleman)

|succeeded2=George Wallace (as First Gentleman)

|birth_date=September 19, 1926

|birth_date=September 19, 1926

|birth_place=[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama}Tuscaloosa]], Alabama

|birth_place=[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]], Alabama

|death_date=May 7, 1968 (aged 41)

|death_date=May 7, 1968 (aged 41)

|death_place=[[Montgomery]], Alabama

|death_place=[[Montgomery]], Alabama

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'''Lurleen Burns Wallace''' September 19, 1926 &ndash; May 7, 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.

'''Lurleen Burns Wallace''' September 19, 1926 &ndash; May 7, 1968) was the 46th Governor of [[Alabama]] succeeding her husband, [[George C. Wallace]], who was term-limited. 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]].  

In 1966, Lurleen Wallace handily defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] James Douglas Martin (1918-2017) in the gubernatorial [[general election]].  

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Alabama]]

[[Category:Alabama]]

[[Category:Former Governors]]

[[Category:Former Governors]]