Alabama Hall of Fame
The Alabama Hall of Fame was established by Act of Alabama No. 646 (1951)[1] to recognize "worthy citizens of the state who rendered outstanding service or who won fame on account of their achievements as to make them exceptional in the history of Alabama". Its membership consists of people considered to be instrumental to the history of the state of Alabama, as selected by a nine-member board. The board was dissolved in 1990.[2] The Hall of Fame plaques are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Inductees[]
Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year | Area of achievement |
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Clement Comer Clay | ![]() |
(1789–1866) | 1953 | Statesman |
Samuel Dale | ![]() |
(1772–1841) | 1953 | Pioneer frontiersman |
William Crawford Gorgas | ![]() |
(1854–1920) | 1953 | Surgeon General of the United States Army |
John Tyler Morgan | ![]() |
(1824–1927) | 1953 | United States Senator |
Daniel Pratt | ![]() |
(1799–1873) | 1953 | Industrialist |
Raphael Semmes | ![]() |
(1809–1877) | 1953 | Naval commander, captain of the CSS Alabama |
James Marion Sims | ![]() |
(1813–1883) | 1953 | Pioneering gynecologist |
Eugene Allen Smith | ![]() |
(1841–1927) | 1953 | Geologist |
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler | ![]() |
(1841–1916) | 1953 | Educator, reformer |
Joseph Wheeler | ![]() |
(1836–1906) | 1953 | Military commander, politician |
Robert Lee Bullard | (1861–1947) | 1954 | World War I military commander | |
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(1811–1894) | 1954 | Judge | |
John Allan Wyeth | ![]() |
(1845–1922) | 1954 | Physician, educator |
Braxton Bragg Comer | ![]() |
(1848–1927) | 1955 | Industrialist, statesman |
John Pelham | ![]() |
(1838–1863) | 1955 | Soldier |
Booker Taliaferro Washington | ![]() |
(1856–1915) | 1955 | Educator, author |
Charles Allen Cary | (1861–1935) | 1957 | Pioneer veterinarian | |
Walter Lynwood Fleming | (1874–1932) | 1957 | Educator, historian | |
Oscar Wilder Underwood | ![]() |
(1862–1929) | 1957 | United States congressman |
(1865–1937) | 1961 | Conservationist | ||
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson | ![]() |
(1835–1909) | 1961 | Author |
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(1831–1896) | 1961 | Public health officer | |
William Luther Sibert | ![]() |
(1860–1935) | 1961 | Engineer, soldier |
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(1834–1892) | 1965 | Pioneer psychiatrist | |
Seale Harris | (1870–1957) | 1965 | Physician, medical journal editor | |
Charles A. Boswell | (1916–1995) | 1972 | World War II hero, blind golf champion |
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- [1] Alabama Department of Archives and History
Categories:
- Lists of people from Alabama
- Halls of fame in Alabama
- State halls of fame in the United States
- 1951 establishments in Alabama
- Awards established in 1951
- Awards disestablished in 1990