Gordon Persons
Seth Gordon Persons | |
|---|---|
Official campaign portrait, 1950 | |
| 43rd Governor of Alabama | |
| In office January 15, 1951 – January 17, 1955 | |
| Lieutenant | James Allen |
| Preceded by | Jim Folsom |
| Succeeded by | Jim Folsom |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 5, 1902 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 1965 (aged 63) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery (Montgomery, Alabama) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Auburn University |
Seth Gordon Persons (February 5, 1902 – May 29, 1965) was an American Democratic politician who was the 43rd Governor of Alabama from 1951 to 1955. A relative moderate, Persons provided reforms to the state prison system, and limited poll tax reform, while expanding highway spending and creating the state's educational television system. His term was relatively quiet, between the Dixiecrat revolt and the eve of the turbulent civil rights era.