Perry Hooper Sr.

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Perry Hooper Sr.
Alabama Supreme Court
In office
October 20, 1995 – January 15, 2001
Preceded byErnest C. Hornsby
Succeeded byRoy Moore
Circuit Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Montgomery County, Alabama
In office
1974–1983
Montgomery County Probate Judge
In office
1965–1974
Personal details
Born
Perry Oliver Hooper

(1925-04-08)April 8, 1925
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
DiedApril 24, 2016(2016-04-24) (aged 91)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMarilyn Yost Hooper
Children4, including Perry Hooper Jr.
Parent(s)Ernest and Mary Lou Perry Hooper
Alma mater
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Marine Corps

Perry Oliver Hooper Sr. (April 8, 1925 – April 24, 2016) was an American

Reconstruction
to have been elected to his state's highest court.

Background

With receipt of his Juris Doctor degree, he entered private practice.

Hooper was active in the Republican Party during the days when it barely existed in Alabama. In 1964, during the

probate judge of Montgomery County
, the first Republican to have been elected to that position since the 19th century. He continued as the probate judge, handling wills, successions, and estate transactions, until 1974, when was elected Judge of Alabama's 15th Judicial Circuit. In 1983, he returned to private practice.

1968 Senate election

In 1968, Hooper was the Republican nominee for the

precincts
in both Montgomery and Birmingham. Lower-income whites, conversely, supported Allen by a wide margin.

Supreme Court election and service

In 1994, Hooper was narrowly elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, with a winning margin of just 262 votes. He was not sworn in until October 20, 1995, almost nine months after his term had begun.

11th Circuit Court of Appeals and a stay granted by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy expired on October 14. The full court declined to hear the case on October 19, 1995, and Hooper was seated.[2]

Hooper served as chief justice until his retirement in 2001, when he was succeeded by fellow Republican Roy Moore.

Personal life

Perry Hooper Sr. lived in Montgomery with his wife. They have four children.

Perry O. Hooper Jr., also of Montgomery, is a Republican former member of the Alabama House of Representatives. The junior Hooper was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the Alabama Public Service Commission in the general election held on November 7, 2006. George Wallace Jr.
, formerly a Democrat, vacated the PSC position and ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor.

Hooper died at home on April 24, 2016. He was 91.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 0-933451-41-5
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  2. ^ "Chief Justice Takes Office In Alabama". New York Times. October 22, 1995.
  3. ^ "Alabama Supreme Court Justices: Perry O. Hooper Sr". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  4. ^ Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper dies at 91 Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
Party political offices
Preceded by
Class 3)
1968
 Vacant
Title next held by
George W. Nichols
Legal offices
Preceded by
Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama

1995–2001 		Succeeded by
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