Bill Baxley

William Joseph "Bill" Baxley (born June 27, 1941 in Dothan , Alabama ) is an American politician and lawyer.

After Baxley successfully at the Law School of the University of Alabama had finished his studies he became district attorney in 1966 in Houston County . At only 25 years of age, he was the youngest holder of this office. In 1970 he became Attorney General of Alabama. In this office he prosecuted environmental polluters and corrupt politicians, among others. His best-known case was when he tried Robert Edward Chambliss , a member of the Ku Klux Klan , in 1977 for carrying out a bomb attack that killed four African American girls in Birmingham in November 1963 . Chambliss was sentenced to life in prison. In this context, his response (printed under official letterhead) to a threatening letter from a clan leader: “Kiss my ass” ( lick my ass ) was also remembered .

Baxley held his highest political office when he was elected lieutenant governor of Alabama in 1982 . He held this post for a term of office. Like almost all of his predecessors, Baxley is a member of the Democratic Party . His former wife, Lucy Baxley , who divorced in 1987, was Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2007.

Web links

• Alabama Department of Archives and History

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Letters of Note: Kiss my ass