Biography
A Representative from Missouri. Born in Louisville, Ky. , January 13, 1934. Attended public schools in Bevier, Mo. B. A. , Northeast Missouri State University, 1972. Vice chair, Ninth Congressional District Democratic Committee, northeast Missouri, 1970-1972. Chair, Macon County Democratic Committee, 1970-1972. District assistant to Representative Jerry L. Litton, 1973-1976. Federal co-chair, Ozarks Regional Commission, 1977-1981. Member, State senate, 1983-1993. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress.