Biography
A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Erwin, Unicoi County, Tenn. , August 17, 1940. Graduated from Unicoi County High School, Erwin, Tenn. , 1957. Attended Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, N. C. , 1957-1959. B. A. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1961. B. D. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1964. Ph. D. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1969. Faculty, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1967-1973. Staff, United States Senator Edward Lewis Bartlett of Alaska, 1963-1967. Professor, Duke University, Durham, N. C. , 1973-1986 and 1995-1996. Staff director, commission on presidential nomination, Democratic National Committee, 1981-1982. Chairman, North Carolina Democratic Party, 1983-1984. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1995). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2023). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.