Tag: Alabama political history

A restored military aircraft on display at a memorial park

Battleship Memorial Park to Honor Late Senator Jeremiah Denton on His Birthday

James Bullard, July 7, 2014July 16, 2026

Battleship Memorial Park is hosting a celebration of the life of Mobile native and former U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton on his 90th birthday.

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A historic legislative chamber, representing the Alabama Senate where Pierre Pelham served

Pierre Pelham, 1929-2009: The Chatom Lawyer Who Ran the Alabama Senate

James Bullard, December 4, 2009

Pierre Pelham, the Harvard-trained lawyer from Chatom who served two terms in the Alabama Senate and became its president pro tem, died at 80. Friends and rivals recalled a formidable and elusive figure.