A Representative from Alabama. Born in Paris, Tenn. , March 19, 1928. Served in the United States Navy 1945-1946. Graduated from Samford University, Birmingham, Ala. , in 1949, did graduate work at the University of Virginia, and graduated from the Southern Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. , in 1957. Served as pastor of churches in Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama for ten years. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. Served as a supply pastor in the Birmingham, Ala. , area and as director of finance for the Alabama Republican Party, 1962-1964. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. Member, United States delegation to the United Nations, 1973 and 1984. Member, United States delegation, United Nations Human Rights Committee, 1978-1980. Chairman, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education in the Department of Education, 1981-1983. Board member, People for the American Way, 1982 to 2018. Died on March 5, 2018, in Rockville, Md. Remains cremated. Ashes interred at St. Alban's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Washington, D. C.
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