E.Luna Pantaleon

By bistechclass2

  • Dixie Graves Birth Date and Place

    Dixie Graves Birth Date and Place
    Dixie graves was born in Montgomery, AL.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    At the age of 18, she married state ( real date unknown).

  • Campaign

    Campaign
    Dixie Graves was comfortable enough on the stump to fill in for her husband, beginning with the 1934 campaign.
    (real date unknow)

  • Spotlight

    Spotlight
    Dixie Graves stepped into the national spotlight in August 1937, during her husband's second term as governor of Alabama (real date unknown ).

  • Democrat

    Democrat
    Appointed on August 20, 1937, as a Democrat by her husband

  • Speech

    Speech
    For her part Senator Graves gained celebrity for her maiden Senate speech of November 19, 1937.

  • Resinged

    Resinged
    She resigned her position following the election of Lister Hill to the seat, she made another speech on the Senate floor.

  • Husband's Death

    Husband's Death
    Graves's public activities continued beyond her years in the mansion and her husband's death in 1942.(real date unknow)

  • Death

    Death
    At the time of her death on January 21, 1965, at the age of 83, she was a member of the Alabama Historical Association.