About W. F. Turner
Lived 1891 – 1958 (aged 66–67). W. F. Turner was an American politician and accountant.
William F. Turner (1891 – January 3, 1958) was a Montgomery accountant and a United States Democratic elector from Alabama during the 1956 United States presidential election.
1956 presidential election He is remembered as a faithless elector.
Although he pledged to vote for the Democratic ticket of Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson and his running-mate Estes Kefauver, he cast his presidential vote on December 17, 1956, for a circuit court judge from his hometown, Walter Burgwyn Jones, who was totally unknown outside his area: he was allowed to do so thanks to a 1949 Supreme Court of Alabama ruling stating electors were free agents.
Death Turner died on January 3, 1958, in Montgomery, aged 66.
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Who was W. F. Turner?
American politician (1891–1958)
When was W. F. Turner born?
W. F. Turner was born in 1891 in Crenshaw County.
When did W. F. Turner die?
W. F. Turner died on 3 January 1958 in Montgomery.
What was W. F. Turner's occupation?
W. F. Turner was a politician and accountant.
What nationality was W. F. Turner?
W. F. Turner was American.
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