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MacDonald Gallion (
April 5,
1913 —
August 11,
2007) served as the
Attorney General of
Alabama for two non-consecutive terms from
1959 until
1963 and again from
1967 until
1971.
Gallion was born in 1913 in
Montgomery. He attended Lakeview Grammar School, Paul Hyne and Phillips High Schools in
Birmingham. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church.
Gallion attended the
University of Alabama from
1931 until
1937, when he received his law degree. He then began the practice of law. While a student, he was a member of the
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Gallion married his wife Velma Lee on
July 10,
1942 in
Oneonta. Together, they'd a son and a daughter.
During
World War II, Gallion served in the
U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 until 1945. He rose to the rank of
1st Lieutenant and saw combat in the
Central Pacific and was wounded at
Saipan.
After the war, Gallion served as a
special counsel for the
State of Alabama in the
Phenix City trials. He served as the Chief Assistant Attorney General during the tenure of then-Attorney General
John M. Patterson from
1955-
1959.
Gallion was elected
Attorney General in
1958 as a
Democrat for the 1959-1963 term of office. He declined to seek re-election in 1962 and instead opted to run for
governor but lost the Democratic primary to
George C. Wallace. He successfully sought re-election to his old office of Attorney General in
1966. He then served once again from 1967-1971.
During his tenure as Attorney General, Gallion successfully led litigation that established Alabama's offshore oil and gas rights. This helped the state later establish what is now a multimillion-dollar trust fund.
Gallion was a
Mason. He was also a member of the
Loyal Order of Moose,
Elks and
Woodmen of the World. He died on August 11, 2007.
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