Snapping his red galluses in the sunshine, he sometimes seemed the same old showman. A Goliath of a man (6 ft. 8 in., 245 Ibs.), he still had some big ideas.
Cried he: "Big Jim is going to furnish the leadership. We're going forward. If you want to go, I'll take you.'' James E. ("Kissin' Jim") Folsom. 53.
Governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and from 1955 to 1959, was trying for a political comebackĀand everyone thought he would make it. His campaign message was one of moderation on Alabama's most controversial question. "The Civil War is over!" Folsom orated. "Let us...
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