 He was narrowly defeated for re-election in 1994 by Perry O. Hooper Sr., who became Alabama's third Republican Chief Justice and the first GOP member to hold the post in 120 years when Thomas Minott Peters (1872–1874) left office during Reconstruction.Jess Sweetser

Jesse William Sweetser (April 18, 1902 – May 27, 1989) was an amateur golfer, best known as the first American-born player to win the British Amateur.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Sweetser later attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University.