Biography
A Representative from Georgia. Born in Aynor, Horry County, S. C. , June 27, 1945. Graduated from Campbell High School, Daytona Beach, Fla. , 1963. B. A. , Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Fla. , 1967. M. B. A. , Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1969. Business owner. Member of the Georgia state house of representatives, 1974-1982. Member of the Georgia state senate, 1982-2002. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present). Chair, Committee on Agriculture (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).