Don Siegelman | Alabama Lt Governor | Campaign Ad | 1994
9Don Siegelman | Alabama Lt Governor | Campaign Ad | 1994
Donald Eugene Siegelman (born February 24, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician who held numerous offices in Alabama. He was the 51st Governor of Alabama for one term from 1999 to 2003, and to date is the latest member of the Democratic Party, as well as the only Roman Catholic, to hold that office. Siegelman is also the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to serve in all four of the top statewide elected offices: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor. He served in Alabama politics for 26 years.
In 2006 Siegelman was convicted on felony corruption charges and sentenced to seven years in prison.[1] More than 100 former attorneys general and officials, both Democrat and Republican, have contended that his prosecution was marred by prosecutorial misconduct.[2][3][4] On March 6, 2009, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction counts against Siegelman and refused his request for a new trial. Siegelman is currently serving a 6.5 year sentence.