branch lieutenant governor predecessor successor birth_place allegiance party office battles rank order term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
20px albert boutwell jim folsom jim folsom bernard sykes george wallace macdonald gallion goldville , alabama , u.s. united states democratic party attorney general of alabama world war ii korean war 15px major 44th governor of alabama january 19 , 1959 january 17 , 1955 tina sawyers john malcolm patterson
 january 14 , 1963 january 19 , 1959 john malcolm patterson university of alabama , tuscaloosa
john malcolm patterson

john malcolm patterson -lrb- born september 27 , 1921 -rrb- is a retired american politician who was the 44th governor of the u.s. state of alabama , having served a single term from 1959 to 1963 .
previously , from 1955 to 1959 , he was his state 's attorney general .
in 2003 , patterson was the presiding judge over former chief justice roy moore 's appeal against his removal from the alabama supreme court .
