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Before Roy Moore, Alabama Grappled With 'Kissing Jim'

"Big Jim" Folsom during a campaign event in 1946. He also would bring a bucket and mop to campaign events, vowing to clean up state government. The bucket was used to collect campaign donations. (Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History)
"Big Jim" Folsom during a campaign event in 1946. He also would bring a bucket and mop to campaign events, vowing to clean up state government. The bucket was used to collect campaign donations. (Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History)

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