Biography
A Representative from Florida. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. , September 8, 1954. Graduated Lake Worth High School, Lake Worth, Fla. , 1973. Attended Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Fla. , 1973-1975. Business owner. Lake Worth, Fla. , city commissioner, 1977. Vice mayor, Lake Worth, Fla. , 1983-1984. Member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1990-1992. Member of the Florida state senate, 1993-1995. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses until his resignation on September 29, 2006 (January 3, 1995-September 29, 2006).