Vivian Davis Figures

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 A. Figures, who was the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. She was re-elected without opposition in 1998 and 2002.

Biography

Figures graduated from Williamson High School in Mobile, and received her bachelor of science degree 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 Jones School of Law in Montgomery when her husband's death forced her to discontinue her legal education. Figures has three sons. Her youngest, Jelani, is on a basketball scholarship at Morehouse College.

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