Alabama has a treasured history of famous political families.  Many of the legacies are of father and son dynasties.  The most prominent being the famous and powerful Bankheads of Jasper, which included a U.S. Senator, John Hollis Bankhead, and sons, Senator John H. Bankhead and Speaker of the U.S. House William Bankhead.  

There is a long line of fathers and sons who both served in the state senate.  We have had one father-son governor legacy.  James E. “Big Jim” Folsom, was governor in the 1940’s and 1950’s.  His son, Jim Folsom, Jr., was governor in the 1990’s. Little Jim was literally born in the Governor’s Mansion during his daddy, Big Jim’s first term as governor, 1946-1950.