Biography
A Representative from Tennessee. Born in Jackson, Cooksville County, Tenn. , September 7, 1948. Graduated from Jackson High School, Jackson, Tenn. , 1966. B. A. , University of Mississippi, University, Miss. , 1970. J. D. , University of Mississippi, University, Miss. , 1972. United States Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1970. United States Army, 1970-1978. Faculty, United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. , 1977-1978. United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1991-1993. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003). One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton. Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.