Biography
A Senator from Alabama. Born in Hybart, Ala. , December 24, 1946. Attended the public schools. Graduated from Huntingdon College, Montgomery 1969. Graduated from University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa 1973. Admitted to the Alabama bar in 1973, and engaged in the practice of law in Russellville 1973-1975. Served in the U. S. Army reserves 1975-1985, attaining the rank of captain. Practiced law in Mobile 1977-1981. United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama 1981-1993. Alabama Attorney General 1994-1996. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1996. Reelected in 2002, 2008, and again in 2014, and served from January 3, 1997, until his resignation on February 8, 2017, to accept a Cabinet position. Attorney General in the Cabinet of President Donald Trump, 2017-2018.