Fred Crawford was appointed Alabama's 46th Secretary of State in 1989 and became the first Republican

Secretary of State of Alabama The secretary of state of Alabama is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Alabama. The office actually predates the statehood of Alabama, dating back to the Alabama Territory. From 1819 to 1901, the secretary of state served ...

since Reconstruction. Crawford served as National President of the University of Montevallo's Alumni Association and on the Alumni Board. He also has been on the Board of the American Village, Advisory Board for the Michael E. Stevens College of Business, Alabama Council of Association Management, the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park and other organizations. Crawford is an alumnus of the University of Montevallo, then known as Alabama College, where he graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science.

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*http://www.archives.alabama.gov/conoff/crawford_fred.html Living people Alabama Republicans University of Montevallo alumni Secretaries of State of Alabama Year of birth missing (living people) {{Alabama-politician-stub