Al Burruss

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name =Al Burruss

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| office=Member of the Georgia House of Representatives

| term_start =1964

| term_end =1986

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| birth_date ={{birth date |1927|7|3}}

| birth_place=Hopewell, Georgia, United States

| death_date ={{death date and age|1986|5|10|1927|7|3}}

| death_place =Marietta, Georgia, United States

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| party=Democratic

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A. L. "Al" Burruss (July 3, 1927 – May 10, 1986) was an American politician. Burruss was a member of the Democratic party. From 1964 to 1986, he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Burruss was the House majority leader, or the ranking Democrat, from 1982 until his death in 1986 from pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://statregister.galileo.usg.edu/statregister/view?docId=statregister/stat1971/stat1971-0559.xml&query=Burruss&brand=default|title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register Collection Items - Digital Library of Georgia}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgmaxwell.net/BurrussObits.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101535/http://www.cgmaxwell.net/BurrussObits.pdf |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}

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{{Democratic Party of Georgia}}

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Category:1927 births

Category:1986 deaths

Category:Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives

Category:20th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly

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