Big Jim Folsom

When George Wallace graduated from law school in 1942, the only job he could find was driving a dump truck for the state highway department in…

A lot of people believed Big Jim was going to win a third term, but it didn't happen...

After sitting out four years, Big Jim entered the governor's race again in 1954, beating three state senators, the president of the public service…

James E. "Big Jim" Folsom is by far Alabama's most colorful governor. Big Jim was only the second governor in the state's history to be elected to two…