Lucy Baxley

Lucy Baxley
Baxley in 2006
President of the Alabama Public Service Commission
In office
November 5, 2008 – November 7, 2012
GovernorBob Riley
Robert J. Bentley
Preceded byJim Sullivan
Succeeded byTwinkle Andress Cavanaugh
28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
In office
January 20, 2003 – January 15, 2007
GovernorBob Riley
Preceded bySteve Windom
Succeeded byJim Folsom
37th Treasurer of Alabama
In office
January 16, 1995 – January 20, 2003
GovernorFob James
Don Siegelman
Preceded byGeorge Wallace Jr.
Succeeded byKay Ivey
Personal details
Born
Lucy Mae Bruner

(1937-12-21)December 21, 1937
Pansey, Alabama, U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 2016(2016-10-14) (aged 78)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
(m. 1974; div. 1987)
Jim Smith
(m. 1996)
Children2
EducationAuburn University, Montgomery

Lucy Mae Bruner Baxley Smith (December 21, 1937 – October 14, 2016) was an American politician who served from 2003 to 2007 as the 28th lieutenant governor of Alabama and from 2008 to 2012 as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.[1] She was the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor.[2] In 2006, she was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor. In 2008, Baxley was elected President of the Alabama Public Service Commission, and was the only Democrat to win statewide that year.[1] Until Doug Jones's swearing in after winning a 2017 U.S. Senate special election, Baxley had been the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama.[3]

  1. ^ a b Lyman, Brian. "Former Alabama Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley dies at 78". Montgomery Advertiser. USA Today Network. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Alabama Department of Archives and History: Ala Lieutenant Governors". www.archives.state.al.us. Archived from the original on 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  3. ^ Barnes, James (13 December 2017). "Measuring the 'Alabama earthquake': How Doug Jones won". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved 13 December 2017.