HJR322 Summary

• House Joint Resolution mourning the death of former Alabama House Speaker Joseph Charles McCorquodale, Jr., who died on April 17, 2017

• McCorquodale was born December 2, 1920, in Mobile, Alabama and was a graduate of Marion Military Institute and the University of Alabama

• Served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983 after being elected in 1959, and held positions on multiple legislative committees and state authorities

• Recognized by the Capitol Press Corps as the Hardest Working Member of the House in 1967 and Outstanding Member of the House in 1971

• Owned McCorquodale Insurance Agency, served as President of Overstreet and McCorquodale Forest Products, Inc., and Chair of the Board of Washington County State Bank