Jimmy Evans (politician)

Jimmy Evans
43rd Attorney General of Alabama
In office
January 21, 1991  January 16, 1995
Governor
Preceded byDon Siegelman
Succeeded byJeff Sessions
Personal details
Born
James Harold Evans

(1939-03-28)March 28, 1939
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
DiedFebruary 15, 2021(2021-02-15) (aged 81)
Political partyDemocratic
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

James Harold Evans (March 28, 1939 – February 15, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the attorney general of Alabama from 1991 to 1995. He lost his reelection bid for a second term in 1994 to Jeff Sessions.

Evans was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He went to Huntingdon College and Auburn University. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Evans was also a lawyer in Montgomery, Alabama and a judge for Montgomery County, Alabama. He died of pneumonia and heart attack.