Maryon Allen at a press conference at a Sheraton during her U.S. Senate campaign, possibly in Mobile, Alabama.
After the death Senator James B. Allen in June 1978, Governor George Wallace appointed his widow, Maryon, to fill the vacant seat until a special election could be held in November. The winner of that election would serve out the remaining two years of James Allen's original term; Maryon ran fo...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/108668 |
