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August 7

Posted by waltm, on August 7th, 2008, at 12:01 am

1882: Isaac “Honest Ike” Vincent is elected to an unprecedented third term as State Treasurer. Vincent promised that he would “endeavor in the future, as I have in the past, to guard and advance your interests as faithfully as I would my own.” On January 31, 1883, Gov. Edward A. O’Neal reported to the Legislature that Treasurer Vincent had absconded from office and that state funds totaling more than $200,000 were missing.

1946: Lt. Gen. Holland “Howlin’ Mad” Smith retires from the Marines after a forty-year career. A veteran of World Wars I and II, the Russell County native became known as “the father of amphibious warfare,” and was honored for his years of service by being retired as a full general.

Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History

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