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Vivian Davis Figures was born on 24 January, 1957 in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Vivian Davis Figures's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 24 January 1957
Birthday 24 January
Birthplace Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Vivian Davis Figures's Husband?

Her husband is Michael Figures (m. 1982-September 13, 1996)

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1957

Vivian Davis Figures (born January 24, 1957) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 33rd District in Mobile County since she was elected on January 28, 1997, to serve the remaining term of her late husband, Senator Michael Figures, who was the President pro tempore of the Alabama Senate.

1993

Figures was elected to the Mobile City Council in 1993.

In that capacity, she was known as a staunch community advocate.

Early in her council career, she led the opposition to a proposed facility for burning petroleum-contaminated oil near downtown Mobile.

As a council member, Figures was also the initial proponent of naming Mobile's new minor league baseball park for home run legend Hank Aaron, a Mobile native.

1996

Following her husband's death in 1996, Figures ran for his seat in the Alabama Senate.

She earned the most votes in the first round of the Democratic Party's primary election, with 47 percent, but missed the majority needed to avoid a runoff election.

1997

She defeated James Buskey in the runoff, before defeating Republican Gregory Ramos to win election to the state senate, and was sworn into office in January 1997.

In the Alabama Senate, Figures serves as the chairwoman of the Education and Mobile County Local Legislation Committees.

In the legislature, Figures may be best known as the perennial sponsor of a bill to ban smoking in indoor, public places statewide in Alabama.

1998

She was re-elected without opposition in 1998 and 2002.

Figures graduated from Williamson High School in Mobile, Alabama, and earned a Bachelor of Science in management science from the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

She put herself through college by working at Yale University and in a family owned grocery.

She was attending the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama, when her husband's death forced her to discontinue her legal education.

Figures is President/CEO of Figures Legacy Education Foundation and serves on the board of directors of the Mobile Area Education Foundation.

She is a past at-large member of the Democratic National Committee.

2002

She was initiated into the Delta Theta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 2002.

2007

Her youngest, Jelani, played basketball on scholarship for Morehouse College from 2007 to 2011.

2008

In the 2008 general session, the bill passed the Senate, was believed to have sufficient support to pass the House, and Governor Bob Riley had indicated he would sign it.

The bill died when legislative filibusters prevented a final vote in the House.

Figures was also instrumental in the passage of economic incentives that were critical in the location of a Thyssen-Krupp steel plant near Mobile.

Figures was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate seat that was held by Republican Jeff Sessions in the 2008 election, after winning the June 2008 Democratic primary with 64% of the vote.

Aaron campaigned for Figures and hosted fundraisers in several Alabama cities.

On November 4, she was defeated by Sessions with 37% of the vote to Sessions's 63%.

2012

In November 2012, Alabama Senate Democrats selected Figures to be their floor leader for the next two year term.

She became the first woman to lead either the majority or minority party in either house of the Alabama Legislature.

2019

In April 2019, Davis Figures announced that she would run to be the chair of the Alabama Democratic Party.

She dropped out of the race in June.

Davis Figures led the opposition to a bill restricting abortion, with a penalty of 99 years imprisonment for any doctor performing an abortion, and no exceptions for rape or incest.

She proposed an amendment outlawing vasectomies, arguing that "there’s no law on the books anywhere in this country that mandate[s] what a man can and can’t do with his body, yet for us there are a number of them."

In 2021, Davis Figures' house in Toulminville, Alabama, was attacked by an unknown assailant.

23 shots were fired into her home, but there were no injuries as the house was empty at the time.

Figures has three sons.

Her middle son, Shomari, worked for the Obama administration and as deputy chief of staff for Merrick Garland while he was attorney general of the United States.