Biography
A Representative from Florida. Born in Albany, Albany County, N. Y. , October 5, 1943. B. S. , State University of New York, Albany, N. Y. , 1976. M. S. , Russell Sage College, Troy, N. Y. , 1984. Legislative director, New York state senate. Hernando County, Fla. , commissioner, 1990-1992. Member of the Florida state senate, 1992-2002. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2011). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.