Senator Robert Kendall with Bull Connor during at a filibuster over the Jefferson County "chop-up" bill in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
The bill, ultimately unsuccessful, would have divided Jefferson County (a legislative district of its own) into four districts attached to surrounding counties. It was introduced in response to the results of the 1960 census, after which Alabama lost a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and h...
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| Summary: | The bill, ultimately unsuccessful, would have divided Jefferson County (a legislative district of its own) into four districts attached to surrounding counties. It was introduced in response to the results of the 1960 census, after which Alabama lost a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and had to condense its nine legislative districts into eight. |
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