Biography
A Representative from Alabama. Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. , August 31, 1931. Graduated from Ramsay High School, Birmingham, Ala. , 1949. B. S. , Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. , 1954. United States Navy, 1954-1956. Insurance agent. Delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1984. Member of the Federal Council on the Aging, Washington, D. C. , 1985. Died on August 12, 1997, in Birmingham, Ala. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.