Don Siegelman

Politician

1946 –

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Who is Don Siegelman?

Don Eugene Siegelman is an American Democratic Party politician who held numerous offices in Alabama. He was the 51st Governor of Alabama for one term from 1999 to 2003, and to date is the last member of the Democratic Party to hold that office. Siegelman is also the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to serve in all four of the top statewide elected offices: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor. He served in Alabama politics for 26 years.

In 2006 Siegelman was convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to seven years in prison. Various former attorneys general and officials have contended that his prosecution was intentionally wrongful. On March 6, 2009, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction counts against Siegelman and refused his request for a new trial. Siegelman is currently serving a 6.5 year sentence.

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Born
Feb 24, 1946
Mobile
Also known as
  • Donald Eugene Siegelman
Spouses
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • White people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Oxford
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Alabama
  • Georgetown University Law Center
Lived in
  • Mobile

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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