Perry O. Hooper, Sr.
Perry Oliver Hooper Sr. (April 8, 1925 – April 24, 2016) was an American jurist who served as the twenty-seventh Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001. He was the first Republican Party (United States), Republican since Reconstruction era in the United States, Reconstruction to have been elected to his state's highest court. His case was ultimately settled by the US Supreme Court. Background With receipt of his Juris Doctor degree, he entered private practice. Hooper was active in the Republican Party during the days when it barely existed in Alabama. In 1964, during the Barry Goldwater sweep of Alabama, Hooper was elected probate judge of Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery County, the first Republican to have been elected to that position since the 19th century. He continued as the probate judge, handling wills, successions, and estate transactions, until 1974, when was elected Judge of Alabama's 15th Judicial Circuit. In 1983, he returned to pr ...
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