Before becoming a US senator representing Alabama, Tommy Tuberville was a long serving college football head coach for several colleges, the last being Auburn University.
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(Not So) Fun Fact: Richard Shelby’s Party Switching
Despite being fairly conservative for most of his political career, United States Senator Richard Shelby stayed a Democrat well after the party switch in 1964. He did finally cross over to the Republican party in 1994, as the early 90s were common for the last conservative Democrats to finally become members of the GOP.
(Not So) Fun Fact: Richard Shelby’s Presidential Impeachment Hypocrisy
Alabama Senator Richard Shelby voted to remove Bill Clinton from office during his impeachment trial. He twice did not vote convict Donald Trump.
Fun Fact: Longest Serving Senator From Alabama
Richard Shelby is the longest serving US Senator representing Alabama. A record he won’t be extending, as he’s retiring with the new Congress coming in 2023.
(Not So) Fun Fact: First Female Governor of Alabama Was Elected For Horrible Reasons
Lurleen Wallace was the first female Governor of Alabama, not because of progressive times but as a way to have her segregationist husband George Wallace in office again after he couldn’t legally have consecutive terms as Governor. She ended up dying of cancer before her term was up.