E.Luna Pantaleon

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  • Dixie Graves Birth Date and Place

    Dixie Graves Birth Date and Place

    Dixie graves was born in Montgomery, AL.
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    At the age of 18, she married state ( real date unknown).
  • Campaign

    Campaign

    Dixie Graves was comfortable enough on the stump to fill in for her husband, beginning with the 1934 campaign.
    (real date unknow)
  • Spotlight

    Spotlight

    Dixie Graves stepped into the national spotlight in August 1937, during her husband's second term as governor of Alabama (real date unknown ).
  • Democrat

    Democrat

    Appointed on August 20, 1937, as a Democrat by her husband
  • Speech

    Speech

    For her part Senator Graves gained celebrity for her maiden Senate speech of November 19, 1937.
  • Resinged

    Resinged

    She resigned her position following the election of Lister Hill to the seat, she made another speech on the Senate floor.
  • Husband's Death

    Husband's Death

    Graves's public activities continued beyond her years in the mansion and her husband's death in 1942.(real date unknow)
  • Death

    Death

    At the time of her death on January 21, 1965, at the age of 83, she was a member of the Alabama Historical Association.