Gordon Persons

Seth Gordon Persons ( born February 5, 1902 in Montgomery, Alabama, † May 29, 1965 ibid ) was an American politician and governor of Alabama. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Early years and political rise

Gordon Persons visited the Strong University School in Montgomery and then studied electrical engineering from 1921 to 1922 at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University. Persons had an extensive career in broadcasting, where he was the owner of Southern Radio Service from 1928 to 1930, President of Montgomery Broadcasting Company radio station WSFA 1935-1939, and a member of the Director Board of the National Association of Broadcasters in 1935 and 1939. Thereafter he was a principal consultant Radio ( Radio Chief consultant ) of the Office of War Information 1941-1943 worked and belonged to four years of Alabama Public Service Commission.

Governor of Alabama

On November 7, 1950 Persons was elected the 46th Governor of Alabama, and sworn in on 15 January 1951. During his tenure, the Educational Television Commission was created to raise funding for highways, education and passed laws that reformed the prison leave, and the welfare system. Furthermore, in 1954 precipitated the Supreme Court its leading judgment (see Brown vs.. Board of Education ), which declared segregation in public schools illegal. In addition, laws were passed, which were directed against the formation of a union of government workers, as well as a draft law, the new voting requirements specifically codifying, to deprive the blacks the right to vote.

Further CV

Persons leaving on January 17, 1955 his office and retired to private life in Montgomery back. He died because of a stroke on 29 May 1965 and was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery. Persons was married to Alice McKeithen, with whom he had two children together.

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