Monroe County native Gessner T. McCorvey was a Democratic Alabama state senator. He was chair

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Gessner T. McCorvey

Monroe County native Gessner T. McCorvey was a Democratic Alabama state senator. He was chair of the Democratic Executive Committee in 1948, when the Dixiecrat faction split from the national Democratic Party over civil rights issues.