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Big Jim Folsom

Roads vital and political for Alabama

It is an acknowledged fact that having adequate roads is a major factor when it comes to economic growth and development in a state.

September 27, 2023

Big Jim: “Just spell my name right!”

The saying is now famous among Alabama politicians, “just spell my name right.” Big Jim coined it.

August 23, 2023

Big Jim’s run for Congress

Big Jim always knew that he wanted to go into politics, so he jumped right in.

August 16, 2023

Big Jim Folsom: Friends and lawyers

Big Jim was a true politician, and he was not above straddling the fence, but at least he was honest about it.

August 9, 2023

Siegelman meets Big Jim

As Siegelman was beginning his first foray into Alabama politics, he met Big Jim Folsom.

August 2, 2023

Big Jim Folsom: Alabama’s most uninhibited governor

Big Jim Folsom was the epitome of unbridled candidness.

July 26, 2023

“Buck’s Pocket”

For decades, losing political candidates in Alabama have been exiled to “Buck’s Pocket.”

September 7, 2022

Alabama is a big front porch

Kathryn Tucker Wyndham would simply smile and agree that her adage lives on.

August 31, 2022

Big Jim’s show in 1962 governor’s race

The night Big Jim came on television drunk was the end of his political career.

August 3, 2022

A Mo Brooks story

He has continued that same consistency of longing to be a loud voice in the wilderness of ineffectiveness during his 11 years in Congress.

April 27, 2022