Clanton is a city in Chilton County,Alabama,United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2020 census,the population was 14,545. The city is the county seat of Chilton County. Clanton is near the site of the geographic center of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Lucy Mae Bruner Baxley Smith was an American politician who served from 2003 to 2007 as the 28th lieutenant governor of Alabama and from 2008 to 2012 as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission. She was the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor. In 2006,she was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor. In 2008,Baxley was elected President of the Alabama Public Service Commission,and was the only Democrat to win statewide that year. Until Doug Jones's swearing in after winning a 2017 U.S. Senate special election,Baxley had been the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama.
BBVA USA was a bank headquartered in Birmingham,Alabama. It was a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from 2007 until 2021,when it was acquired by PNC Financial Services. It operated mainly in Alabama,Arizona,California,Colorado,Florida,New Mexico,and Texas. The bank was earlier named Central Bank and Trust Company,Central Bank,Central Bancshares of the South,and Compass Bancshares.
The Birmingham News was the principal newspaper for Birmingham,Alabama,United States in the latter half of the 20th century and the first quarter of the 21st. The paper was owned by Advance Publications and was a daily newspaper from its founding through September 30,2012. After that day,the News and its two sister Alabama newspapers,the Press-Register in Mobile and The Huntsville Times,moved to a thrice-weekly print-edition publication schedule.
Walter Edward Gaskin Sr. is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served as the 19th Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from May 2009 to August 2013. In that role,he served as Acting Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from November 2011 to January 2012. He was the first African American to be appointed as deputy chairman and chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
Stephen Ralph Windom is an American attorney and politician who served as member of the Alabama State Senate from 1989 to 1998 and as the 27th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003.
Kay Ellen Ivey is an American politician who is the 54th governor of Alabama,serving since 2017. Originally a conservative Southern Democrat,Ivey became a member of the Republican Party in 2002. She was the 38th Alabama state treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and the 30th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017.
Troy Robin King is the former attorney general of the state of Alabama. He previously served as an assistant attorney general and a legal adviser to both Republican governors Bob Riley and Fob James. King was appointed by Governor Bob Riley in 2004,when William Pryor resigned to accept a federal judgeship.
The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) was an American civil rights organization in Birmingham,Alabama,which coordinated boycotts and sponsored federal lawsuits aimed at dismantling segregation in Birmingham and Alabama during the civil rights movement. Fred Shuttlesworth,pastor of Bethel Baptist Church,served as president of the group from its founding in 1956 until 1969. The ACMHR's crowning moment came during the pivotal Birmingham campaign which it coordinated along with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the spring of 1963.
Malcolm Laney was a head coach for the Alabama men's basketball team (1944–1945),the Alabama golf team (1952–1954) and an assistant coach for the Alabama football team (1944–1957). He was also the head football coach at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham,Alabama (1934–1943).
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.
Gary James Palmer is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district since 2015. His district includes the wealthier parts of Birmingham,as well as most of its suburbs. Before becoming an elected official,Palmer co-founded and served as the longtime president of the Alabama Policy Institute,a conservative think tank.
John Harold Merrill is an American politician who served as the 53rd secretary of state of Alabama from 2015 to 2023. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014. Merrill is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey (R),who took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of Robert Bentley (R) ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn in for her first full term on January 14,2019. This was the first time since 1966 that a woman was elected Governor of Alabama.
Perry A. Hand was appointed Alabama's 47th Secretary of State in November 1989 and served from 1989 to January 1991. He attempted to run for a full term in 1990,but lost to Billy Joe Camp by over 115,000 votes. He also served as Alabama Highway Director from 1991 to 1993 and served for two terms in the Alabama State Senate,representing the 32nd district.
Will Ainsworth is an American politician serving as the 31st lieutenant governor of Alabama since 2019. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018,representing its 27th district.
Danny Garrett is an American politician who has represented District 44 in the Alabama House of Representatives since 2014. A member of the Republican Party,Garrett currently serves as the House majority whip. He represents the 44th House District in Jefferson County,which includes the cities of Trussville,Clay and portions of Pinson.
W. Cooper Green was an American politician who served as President of the Birmingham City Commission,President of the Jefferson County,Alabama County Commission,a member of the Alabama House of Representatives,and postmaster of Birmingham,Alabama. He also served as president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Hezekiah Wagstaff was an American political consultant and activist from the state of Alabama. A member of the Democratic Party,he is most known for having served as Governor George Wallace's assistant press secretary from 1983 until his dismissal in 1985. Wagstaff was replaced by Montgomery reporter Frank Mastin Jr. after a series of scandals and criticism of Governor Wallace.
