Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in Bath, Steuben County, N. Y. , April 19, 1943. B. S. , Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. , 1966. J. D. , Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. , 1969. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the New York state assembly, 1981-1986. Member of the New York state senate, 1987-2004. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2005-January 3, 2009). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.