Don Siegelman

Don Siegelman fascinates me precisely because of where he won. Becoming a Democratic governor in deeply Republican Alabama, while also being the only Catholic ever to hold that office, takes a rare kind of stubborn conviction. The Mobile-born lawyer planted his flag in unfriendly soil and still reached the summit. I'm drawn to politicians who refuse to drift with the prevailing wind, and Siegelman clearly swam against the current. But in 2006 he was convicted on federal corruption charges and sentenced to seven years in prison, and although questions were raised about prosecutorial misconduct, an appeals court upheld key bribery counts in 2009. That record cannot be glossed over.

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Name (English)

Don Siegelman

Name (Japanese)

ドン・シーゲルマン

Reading

どん・しーげるまん

Born

February 24, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer / governor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

High school

Murphy High School

University

University of Alabama

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Siegelman
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593533

Tags

• Alabama
• politician
• lawyer
• governor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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