Bradley Byrne

A Representative from Alabama. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. , February 16, 1955. Graduated from University Military School, Mobile, Ala. , 1973. B. A. , Duke University, Durham, N. C. , 1977. J. D. , University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala. , 1980. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Alabama state board of education, 1994-2002. Member of the Alabama state senate, 2002-2007. Chancellor of the Alabama department of postsecondary education, 2007-2009. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Alabama in 2010. Elected as a Republican, by special election, to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Josiah Robins (Jo) Bonner, Jr. , and to the three succeeding Congresses (December 17, 2013-January 3, 2021). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.