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GEORGE WALLACE . In 1953 he was elected judge in the Third Judicial Circuit Court . Here he became known as "the little fightin' judge", a reference to his boxing days.
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In 1953 he was elected judge in the Third Judicial Circuit Court. Here he became known as "the little fightin' judge", a reference to his boxing days. • In the wake of his defeat, Wallace adopted a hard-line segregationist style, and used this stand to court the white vote in the next gubernatorial election. In 1962, he was elected governor on a pro-segregation, pro-states' rights platform in a landslide victory. He took the oath of office standing on the gold star where 102 years prior Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America. In his inaugural speech, he used the line for which he is best known: • "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
In the wake of his defeat, Wallace adopted a hard-line segregationist style, and used this stand to court the white vote in the next gubernatorial election. In 1962, he was elected governor on a pro-segregation, pro-states' rights platform in a landslide victory. He took the oath of office standing on the gold star where 102 years prior Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America. In his inaugural speech, he used the line for which he is best known: "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.“
Governor George Wallace (in front of door) standing defiantly against desegregation while being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach at the University of Alabama.
On a sunny afternoon in Laurel, Md., at the Laurel Shopping Center, George Wallace delivered a campaign speech to a crowd assembled in the adjacent parking lot. After the speech, Wallace stepped from behind the bulletproof podium from which he had been speaking and moved out among the people to shake hands. A young man with short blond hair called to the governor several times. "Hey George, over here!" he shouted. As George Wallace approached the people near the man, the blond youth suddenly fired a fusillade of shots toward Wallace, hitting him several times. The gunman, Arthur Herman Bremer, was grabbed almost immediately, and in the ensuing struggle, he emptied his weapon. Wallace was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in nearby Silver Spring, where he was placed under the care of Dr. Joseph Schanno. Later Dr. Schanno reported that the Alabama governor had been shot at least 4 times. Two bullets were recovered during the immediate emergency operation. The medical team was able to control hemorrhaging and repair damage done to the intestine and intestinal ligaments. The thorax, or chest cavity, was also perforated by a bullet, and paralysis is still plaguing Gov. George Wallace due to a bullet which lodged near the spinal column.
Wallace died at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery after suffering septic shock from what hospital officials described as an "overwhelming" bacterial blood infection. He was admitted to the hospital Thursday morning with breathing difficulties and high blood pressure.
