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William A. "Bill" Allain (February 14, 1928 December 2, 2013) was an American politician who held office as the 58th Governor of Mississippi as a Democrat from 1984 to 1988.[1]

William Allain
58th Governor of Mississippi In office January 10, 1984 January 12, 1988 Lieutenant Preceded by Brad Dye William Winter Ray Mabus

Allain was born in Washington, Mississippi. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and received his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law at Oxford.[2] Allain served in the United States infantry in the Korean War.[2] A Catholic,[3] he was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.[2] After the war, he practiced law in Natchez, Mississippi, until his appointment as assistant state attorney general in 1962.

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36th Mississippi Attorney General In office January 22, 1980 January 10, 1984 Governor Preceded by Succeeded by William Winter Albioun Fernando Summer Ed Pittman Personal details Born February 14, 1928 Washington, Mississippi

Allain was elected state attorney general in 1979, Died December 2, 2013 (aged 85) having defeated the Republican State Senator Jackson, Mississippi Charles W. Pickering of Laurel. Allain earned a Political party Democratic reputation as a consumer advocate, fighting utility rate increases and stopping the storage of Religion Catholic nuclear waste in Mississippi. State labor president Claude Ramsay sought to broker an agreement between the Democratic Party presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale and the subject when the latter sought a veto over the federal storage of nuclear waste in Mississippi as a condition for his political support of Mondale.[4] He also fought the powerful Mississippi Legislature, which for decades had diluted executive branch power by appointing legislators to executive department boards and commissions. The Mississippi Supreme Court, at Allain's insistence, struck the practice as a violation of the constitutional principle of separation of powers. The resulting decision, Allain v. Alexander, is sometimes referred to as "Mississippi's Marbury vs. Madison," after the landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which delineated the powers of the three branches of the federal government. Allain's efforts strengthened the Mississippi executive and streamlined Mississippi's political processes. Allain as governor instituted a legal panel to study the possibility of re-writing the 1890 Bourbon state constitution and created an administrative task force of state agency heads to reduce the use of illegal drugs. He was unsuccessful in the former and successful in the later
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case, particularly in the interdiction and seizure of almost a ton of cocaine.[5][6] In 1983, while running for the post of governor against Republican candidate Leon Bramlett, Rex Armistead helped spread rumors that Allain had sexual intercourse with two African-American male transvestites.[7][8][9] Allain denied the charges.[8] Both men went on the record with a lie detector, but in 1984 claimed they had never met Allain, and had been paid for their testimony.
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Allain died December 2, 2013 in Jackson, Mississippi.[11][12]

1. ^ David Sansing (January 2004). "William A. Allain: Fifty-eighth Governor of Mississippi: 1984-1988" (http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/265/index.php?s=extra&id=156). Mississippi Historical Society. Retrieved January 22, 2010. 2. ^ a b c John Howard, Men Like That: A Southern Queer History, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 286287 3. ^ "Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1983-1988 - Marie Marmo Mullaney Google Books" (http://books.google.ca/books?id=QsqHAAAAMAAJ& q=%22Allain,+William%22+1928+catholic&dq=%22Allain,+William%22+1928+catholic&hl=en& sa=X&ei=lXedUtXIHszaoASLsoKYBA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA). Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2013-12-03. 4. ^ Cawthon, Raad. "Allain's behavior befuddles Democrats". Clarion Ledger. August 24, 1984. p. 3B. 5. ^ State of Mississippi. (December 1986) A draft of a new constitution for the State of Mississippi. Constitutional Study Committee. Mississippi Department of Archives and History call no. 342.02/C7585 p 3 6. ^ State of Mississippi. (1986) Governor's Alliance against drugs. Report on Phase 1: Task Force Hearings. Report to Governor Bill Allain. MDAH call no. 101GA.7:198601 p 28 7. ^ a b John Howard, Men Like That: A Southern Queer History, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 281297 8. ^ a b "Elections '83; A Winning Round", Time magazine (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article /0,9171,926319-3,00.html) 9. ^ Warren Johansson, William A. Percy, Outing: Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence, Routledge, 1994, p. 156 [1] (http://books.google.com/books?id=-lZ903C-dkMC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156& dq=%22william+allain%22+gay&source=bl&ots=ISXBGprjeF&sig=nE1rqGnui1yUI7p_V6Yb_4RolY&hl=en&ei=U42US7mzL4uWtgeCt9HUCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result& resnum=9&ved=0CB8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false) 10. ^ "Transvestites withdraw allegations" (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3S0tAAAAIBAJ& sjid=Gb0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2384,1323234&dq=bill-allain&hl=en), Rock Hill Herald 11. ^ http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131202/NEWS01/131202028 12. ^ Wagster, Emily (2004-06-29). "JACKSON, Miss.: Former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain dies at 85 | Politics" (http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/02/5161569/former-mississippi-gov-bill-allain.html). The Sun Herald. Retrieved 2013-12-03.

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Legal offices Preceded by Albioun Fernando Summer Attorney General of Mississippi 19801984 Political offices Preceded by William Winter Governor of Mississippi 19841988 Party political offices Preceded by William Winter Democratic nominee for Governor of Mississippi 1983 Succeeded by Ray Mabus Succeeded by Ray Mabus Succeeded by Ed Pittman

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