Biography
A Representative from Alabama. Born in Midland, Dale County, Ala. , July 21, 1952. Graduated from Carroll High School, Ozark, Ala. , 1970. Attended Enterprise State Junior College, Enterprise, Ala. , 1970-1972. B. A. , Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. , 1975. M. S. , Troy State University, Troy, Ala. , 1977. J. D. , Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Montgomery, Ala. , 1982. Lawyer, private practice. Prison guard. Mayor of Montgomery, Ala. , 1999-2008. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.