GOVERNOR FOB JAMES - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 315654
Price: $160.00
FORREST HOOD "FOB" JAMES
Color image of the Alabama Governor
Photograph signed: "Fob James". Color, 8x10. Forrest Hood
"Fob" James, Jr. (b. 1934) was an All-American halfback at Auburn
(1952-1955). In 1962 he founded Diversified Products, Inc.,
manufacturing fitness equipment, and expanded it from an operation in his
basement to a firm employing 1,500 with $1 billion in annual sales. He was
elected Governor of Alabama as a Democrat in 1978, serving until 1983.
After two unsuccessful bids for the office, he was elected again - this time
as a Republican - in 1994. The controversial James signed into law a bill
allowing classroom prayer (subsequently voided by the US Supreme Court),
supported posting of the Ten Commandments in courtrooms, and expressed his
disbelief in the theory of evolution. He established the Gregory Fleming James
Cystic Fibrosis Center at the University of Alabama (1981), named in honor of
his son, who died of the disease. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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