Sibyl Murphree Pool (1901–1973) was a politician from

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. She was first appointed as the

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in 1944 following the resignation of David Howell Turner. In 1950, she was elected

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and served until 1955. Pool was born in 1901 in

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. She graduated from Alabama State College for Women, now known as the University of Montevallo. She then went on to attend the Livingston State Teacher's College. In 1936, she was elected to fill in a two-year vacancy in the

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. In 1944, Governor Chauncey Sparks appointed Pool to serve as Secretary of State. In 1946, she became the first woman elected to statewide office in Alabama as Secretary of State. She ran for treasurer in 1950 and carried 65 of 67 of Alabama's counties. In 1954, she was elected to the first of four terms on the

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, garnishing the largest percentage of the vote in all 67 counties. She died in 1973.

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* 1901 births 1973 deaths Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives Women state legislators in Alabama Secretaries of State of Alabama State treasurers of Alabama People from Sumter County, Alabama 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians Women state constitutional officers of Alabama {{Alabama-politician-stub