On This Day In Alabama History: Gov. Albert Brewer Was Born
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
October 26, 1928: Albert Brewer, who served an abbreviated term as governor following the death of Gov. Lurleen Wallace, was born in Bethel Springs, Tennessee. He moved to Alabama as a child. Brewer, who practiced law in Decatur after graduating from the University of Alabama, entered politics as a state representative and eventually rose to speaker of the Alabama House. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1966, and became governor when Mrs. Wallace died in May 1968. In office for a little more than two years, Brewer’s administration made improvements in public education, notably through significant increases in per-pupil spending and teacher pay. Despite these and other successes, Brewer lost his bid for a full term in a bitter campaign against George Wallace. After another failed campaign for governor, Brewer left politics and taught law and government at Samford University. He died in 2017.
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