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Walter Flowers

Official portrait of Walter Flowers
Walter Flowers
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative AL
Democratic

Democratic
AL
House
A Representative from Alabama. Born in Greenville, Butler County, Ala. , April 12, 1933. Educated in public schools of Tuscaloosa. University of Alabama, A. B. , 1955, and LL. B. , 1957. Rotary Foundation Fellow at University of London, England, 1957-1958 (graduate student in international law). Commissioned as a Reserve officer, Military Intelligence, Army, 1955. Served on active duty as lieutenant, 1958-1959. Was admitted to the bar in 1957 and commenced practice in Alabama. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to the United States House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate. Businessman. Was a resident of McLean, Va. , until his death there April 12, 1984. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.