Albert A. Carmichael Explained

Albert A. Carmichael
Office:30th & 33rd Attorney General of Alabama
Governor:Jim Folsom
Term Start:January 20, 1947
Term End:January 15, 1951
Predecessor:William N. McQueen
Successor:Si Garrett
Governor1:Bibb Graves
Term Start1:January 14, 1935
Term End1:January 17, 1939
Predecessor1:Thomas E. Knight
Successor1:Thomas S. Lawson
Order2:14th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
Term Start2:January 17, 1939
Term End2:January 19, 1943
Governor2:Frank M. Dixon
Predecessor2:Thomas E. Knight
Successor2:Leven H. Ellis
Birth Name:Albert Augustus Carmichael
Birth Date:27 July 1895
Birth Place:Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Education:University of Alabama (LLB)
Allegiance: United States
Branch:United States Army
Rank:Colonel
Battles:World War I
World War II

Albert Augustus Carmichael (July 27, 1895 – June 4, 1952) was an American politician who served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1939 to 1943.

Before assuming his role as lieutenant governor, Carmichael gained notoriety for his position in the Albert A. Carmichael V. Southern Coal Company Records supreme court case. This case tested the constitutionality of pooled-based state unemployment insurance laws. He accused the legislature of arbitrary and unreasonable assessment of some employers which allegedly colluded in order to pay benefits to workers who were employed by other firms.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Albert A. Carmichael vs. Southern Coal Company Records #5349. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.