Biography
A Representative from Florida. Born in Lake City, Columbia County, Fla. , September 21, 1943. Graduated from Taylor County High School, Perry, Fla. , 1960. B. A. , Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. , 1963. Graduate work, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Bank executive. Business executive. Member of the Florida state senate, 1982-1984. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1991), changed party affiliation from a Democrat to a Republican on February 21, 1989. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1992.