Biography
A Representative from Kentucky. Born in Barrier, Wayne County, Ky. , December 31, 1937. Graduated from Wayne County High School, Monticello, Ky. , 1955. Attended Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky. , 1956-1957. A. B. , University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. , 1962. LL. B. , University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. , 1964. Staff sergeant, Kentucky and North Carolina Army National Guard, 1956-1963. Lawyer, private practice. Commonwealth attorney, Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties, Ky. , 1969-1980. Delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the twenty-two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-present). Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fourteenth Congresses).