Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink was an English sculptor and printmaker. Her Times obituary noted the three essential themes in her work as "the nature of Man;the 'horseness' of horses;and the divine in human form".
Frank Minis Johnson Jr. was a United States district judge and United States circuit judge serving 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama,United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He made landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South. In the words of journalist and historian Bill Moyers,Judge Johnson "altered forever the face of the South."
Bettye LaVette is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen,but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005,when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim,and was named on many critics' "Best of 2005" lists. Her next album,The Scene of the Crime,debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards. She received the Legacy of Americana Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Americana Music Honors &Awards.
The Alabama State Board of Education is a nine-member body which sets and authorizes the education policy for the state of Alabama for K-12 schools. The state has a separate appointed board that administers the Alabama Community College System. The governor is the ex officio president of the K-12 board and has voting privileges on all matters,although they are seldom exercised. The remaining eight members are elected to four-year terms in partisan elections from single-member districts of approximately equal population. However,most issues before the board are not necessarily considered as partisan in nature. There is no limit on the number of terms to which members may be elected. Members in Districts 1,3,5,and 7 are elected in the same cycle as the President of the United States. Members in Districts 2,4,6,and 8 are elected in the same cycle as the Governor of Alabama,with their most recent election occurring in 2018. The eight single-member districts are re-drawn by the Alabama Legislature following each di-cennial U.S. Census.
State auditors are fiscal officers lodged in the executive or legislative branches of U.S. state governments who serve as external auditors,program evaluators,financial controllers,bookkeepers,or inspectors general of public funds. The office of state auditor may be a creature of the state constitution or one created by statutory law.
Susan D. Parker is an American Democratic politician from Alabama. A resident of Rogersville,Parker was elected Alabama State Auditor in 1998 and served until 2002.
Beth Killough Chapman is an American politician from Alabama. A member of the Republican Party,she served as the state's 51st secretary of state from 2007 until she resigned on July 31,2013 in order to accept a position with the Alabama Farmers Federation.
Clay Lancaster,was an authority on American architecture,an orientalist,and an influential advocate of historical preservation. According to The New York Times,Lancaster's 1961 study of the architecture of Brooklyn Heights "proved to be one of the earliest and loudest shots in the historic preservation struggle in New York City.”
Bettye Jean Davis was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.
Samantha Slimp Shaw is an American politician. She is a Republican who served as State Auditor of Alabama from 2007 to 2015. She was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Alabama Republican Party.
The state auditor of Alabama is constitutionally required to make a complete report to the governor of Alabama showing the receipts and disbursement of every character,all claims audited and paid out,and all taxes and revenues collected and paid into the treasury. The office also makes other reports to the governor and the Alabama Legislature as the law requires. Since 1969,the office has been responsible for maintaining all property records of all non-consumable property of the State of Alabama. Until 1899 the office was responsible for maintaining all land records of the state when at that time,that function was transferred to the Alabama Forestry Commission. A separate Office of Public Examiners administers audits conducted by the state.
Bettye Kimbrell is a master folk artist for quilting,and one of the charter members of the North Jefferson Quilter's Guild in Mount Olive,Alabama.
Golden Asro Frinks was an American civil rights activist and a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) field secretary who represented the New Bern,North Carolina SCLC chapter. He is best known as a principal civil rights organizer in North Carolina during the 1960s.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 4,2014. All of Alabama's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.
Jim Zeigler is an American lawyer and politician who served as state auditor of Alabama from 2015 to 2023. Before becoming state auditor,he served on the Alabama Public Service Commission from 1974 to 1978.
Bess Bolden Walcott (1886-1988) was an American educator,librarian,museum curator and activist who helped establish the historical significance of the Tuskegee University. Recruited by Booker T. Washington to help him coordinate his library and teach science,she remained at the institute until 1962,but continued her service into the 1970s. Throughout her fifty-four year career at Tuskegee,she organized Washington's library,taught science and English at the institute,served as founder and editor of two of the major campus publications,directed public relations,established the Red Cross chapter,curated the George Washington Carver collection and museum and assisted in Tuskegee being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Agnes Beahn Baggett was an American politician who served in the state of Alabama. She served as Alabama's Secretary of State from 1951 to 1955,1963–1967 and 1975–1979. She also served as Alabama State Treasurer from 1959–1963 and 1967–1975. She was also the inaugural holder of the position of State Auditor.
Mary Texas Hurt Garner was a politician from Alabama. She served as Alabama State Treasurer from 1963 to 1967,State Auditor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963 and Secretary of State of Alabama from 1955 to 1959.
Melba Till Allen was an American politician who served as the Auditor of Alabama from 1967 to 1975 and as the Treasurer of Alabama from 1975 to 1978.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 7,1962. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor,Secretary of State,Auditor,Treasurer,and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Republicans ran the table on the state's executive offices,defeating incumbent Governor Jack R. Gage and incumbent Superintendent Velma Linford and picking up the Secretary of State's office. Republican State Auditor Minnie A. Mitchell was re-elected and Republicans also held the Treasurer's office.
