Lurleen Wallace, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lurleen Wallace

American politician

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 07-May-1968

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was the 46th Governor of Alabama for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death in May 1968.
She was the first wife of Alabama Governor George Wallace, whom she succeeded as governor because the Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms.
She was Alabama's first female Governor and was the only female governor to hold the position until Kay Ivey became the second woman to succeed to the office in 2017.
She is also (as of 2019) the only female governor in U.S.
history to have died in office.
In 1973, she was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.