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alabama senators

HEFLIN, James Thomas (1869-1951)

Bio: HEFLIN, James Thomas, (nephew of Robert Stell Heflin and uncle of Howell Thomas Heflin), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Louina, Randolph County, Ala., April 9, 1869; attended the common schools of Randolph County, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Auburn University), Auburn, Ala.; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1893, and commenced practice in Lafayette, Ala.; mayor of Lafayette 1893-1894; register in chancery from 1894 to 1896, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1896-1900; member of the State constitutional convention in 1901; secretary of State 1902-1904, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Thompson; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from May 19, 1904, until November 1, 1920, when he resigned, having become a candidate for Senator; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-second Congress); elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat on November 2, 1920, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Bankhead [1842-1920], in the term ending March 3, 1925; reelected in 1924 and served from November 3, 1920, to March 3, 1931; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930, and for election to the House and Senate on several other occasions; special assistant to the United States Attorney General in Alabama 1936-1937; appointed special representative of the Federal Housing Administration 1935-1936, 1939-1942; retired; died in Lafayette, Ala., April 22, 1951; interment in Lafayette Cemetery.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat711929-1930
SenatorDemocrat701927-1928
SenatorDemocrat691925-1926
SenatorDemocrat681923-1924
SenatorDemocrat671921-1922
SenatorDemocrat661919-1920
RepresentativeDemocrat651917-1918
RepresentativeDemocrat641915-1916
RepresentativeDemocrat631913-1914
RepresentativeDemocrat621911-1912
RepresentativeDemocrat611909-1910
RepresentativeDemocrat601907-1908
RepresentativeDemocrat591905-1906
RepresentativeDemocrat581903-1904

HEFLIN, Howell Thomas (1921-2005)

Bio: HEFLIN, Howell Thomas, (nephew of James Thomas Heflin), a Senator from Alabama; born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921; attended the Alabama public schools; graduated, Birmingham Southern College 1942; graduated, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1948; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1948 and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1946; law professor; chief justice, Alabama supreme court 1971-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in November 1978; reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); was a resident of Tuscumbia, Ala., until his death due to a heart attack on March 29, 2005; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat1041995-1996
SenatorDemocrat1031993-1994
SenatorDemocrat1021991-1992
SenatorDemocrat1011989-1990
SenatorDemocrat1001987-1988
SenatorDemocrat991985-1986
SenatorDemocrat981983-1984
SenatorDemocrat971981-1982
SenatorDemocrat961979-1980

HEFLIN, James Thomas (1869-1951)

Bio: HEFLIN, James Thomas, (nephew of Robert Stell Heflin and uncle of Howell Thomas Heflin), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Louina, Randolph County, Ala., April 9, 1869; attended the common schools of Randolph County, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Auburn University), Auburn, Ala.; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1893, and commenced practice in Lafayette, Ala.; mayor of Lafayette 1893-1894; register in chancery from 1894 to 1896, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1896-1900; member of the State constitutional convention in 1901; secretary of State 1902-1904, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Thompson; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from May 19, 1904, until November 1, 1920, when he resigned, having become a candidate for Senator; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-second Congress); elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat on November 2, 1920, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Bankhead [1842-1920], in the term ending March 3, 1925; reelected in 1924 and served from November 3, 1920, to March 3, 1931; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930, and for election to the House and Senate on several other occasions; special assistant to the United States Attorney General in Alabama 1936-1937; appointed special representative of the Federal Housing Administration 1935-1936, 1939-1942; retired; died in Lafayette, Ala., April 22, 1951; interment in Lafayette Cemetery.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat711929-1930
SenatorDemocrat701927-1928
SenatorDemocrat691925-1926
SenatorDemocrat681923-1924
SenatorDemocrat671921-1922
SenatorDemocrat661919-1920
RepresentativeDemocrat651917-1918
RepresentativeDemocrat641915-1916
RepresentativeDemocrat631913-1914
RepresentativeDemocrat621911-1912
RepresentativeDemocrat611909-1910
RepresentativeDemocrat601907-1908
RepresentativeDemocrat591905-1906
RepresentativeDemocrat581903-1904

HEFLIN, Howell Thomas (1921-2005)

Bio: HEFLIN, Howell Thomas, (nephew of James Thomas Heflin), a Senator from Alabama; born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921; attended the Alabama public schools; graduated, Birmingham Southern College 1942; graduated, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1948; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1948 and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1946; law professor; chief justice, Alabama supreme court 1971-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in November 1978; reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); was a resident of Tuscumbia, Ala., until his death due to a heart attack on March 29, 2005; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat1041995-1996
SenatorDemocrat1031993-1994
SenatorDemocrat1021991-1992
SenatorDemocrat1011989-1990
SenatorDemocrat1001987-1988
SenatorDemocrat991985-1986
SenatorDemocrat981983-1984
SenatorDemocrat971981-1982
SenatorDemocrat961979-1980

HEFLIN, James Thomas (1869-1951)

Bio: HEFLIN, James Thomas, (nephew of Robert Stell Heflin and uncle of Howell Thomas Heflin), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Louina, Randolph County, Ala., April 9, 1869; attended the common schools of Randolph County, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Auburn University), Auburn, Ala.; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1893, and commenced practice in Lafayette, Ala.; mayor of Lafayette 1893-1894; register in chancery from 1894 to 1896, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1896-1900; member of the State constitutional convention in 1901; secretary of State 1902-1904, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Thompson; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from May 19, 1904, until November 1, 1920, when he resigned, having become a candidate for Senator; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-second Congress); elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat on November 2, 1920, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Bankhead [1842-1920], in the term ending March 3, 1925; reelected in 1924 and served from November 3, 1920, to March 3, 1931; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930, and for election to the House and Senate on several other occasions; special assistant to the United States Attorney General in Alabama 1936-1937; appointed special representative of the Federal Housing Administration 1935-1936, 1939-1942; retired; died in Lafayette, Ala., April 22, 1951; interment in Lafayette Cemetery.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat711929-1930
SenatorDemocrat701927-1928
SenatorDemocrat691925-1926
SenatorDemocrat681923-1924
SenatorDemocrat671921-1922
SenatorDemocrat661919-1920
RepresentativeDemocrat651917-1918
RepresentativeDemocrat641915-1916
RepresentativeDemocrat631913-1914
RepresentativeDemocrat621911-1912
RepresentativeDemocrat611909-1910
RepresentativeDemocrat601907-1908
RepresentativeDemocrat591905-1906
RepresentativeDemocrat581903-1904

HEFLIN, Howell Thomas (1921-2005)

Bio: HEFLIN, Howell Thomas, (nephew of James Thomas Heflin), a Senator from Alabama; born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921; attended the Alabama public schools; graduated, Birmingham Southern College 1942; graduated, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1948; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1948 and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1946; law professor; chief justice, Alabama supreme court 1971-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in November 1978; reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); was a resident of Tuscumbia, Ala., until his death due to a heart attack on March 29, 2005; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat1041995-1996
SenatorDemocrat1031993-1994
SenatorDemocrat1021991-1992
SenatorDemocrat1011989-1990
SenatorDemocrat1001987-1988
SenatorDemocrat991985-1986
SenatorDemocrat981983-1984
SenatorDemocrat971981-1982
SenatorDemocrat961979-1980

HEFLIN, James Thomas (1869-1951)

Bio: HEFLIN, James Thomas, (nephew of Robert Stell Heflin and uncle of Howell Thomas Heflin), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Louina, Randolph County, Ala., April 9, 1869; attended the common schools of Randolph County, Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Auburn University), Auburn, Ala.; studied law, admitted to the bar in 1893, and commenced practice in Lafayette, Ala.; mayor of Lafayette 1893-1894; register in chancery from 1894 to 1896, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1896-1900; member of the State constitutional convention in 1901; secretary of State 1902-1904, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Thompson; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from May 19, 1904, until November 1, 1920, when he resigned, having become a candidate for Senator; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-second Congress); elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat on November 2, 1920, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Bankhead [1842-1920], in the term ending March 3, 1925; reelected in 1924 and served from November 3, 1920, to March 3, 1931; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930, and for election to the House and Senate on several other occasions; special assistant to the United States Attorney General in Alabama 1936-1937; appointed special representative of the Federal Housing Administration 1935-1936, 1939-1942; retired; died in Lafayette, Ala., April 22, 1951; interment in Lafayette Cemetery.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat711929-1930
SenatorDemocrat701927-1928
SenatorDemocrat691925-1926
SenatorDemocrat681923-1924
SenatorDemocrat671921-1922
SenatorDemocrat661919-1920
RepresentativeDemocrat651917-1918
RepresentativeDemocrat641915-1916
RepresentativeDemocrat631913-1914
RepresentativeDemocrat621911-1912
RepresentativeDemocrat611909-1910
RepresentativeDemocrat601907-1908
RepresentativeDemocrat591905-1906
RepresentativeDemocrat581903-1904

HEFLIN, Howell Thomas (1921-2005)

Bio: HEFLIN, Howell Thomas, (nephew of James Thomas Heflin), a Senator from Alabama; born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921; attended the Alabama public schools; graduated, Birmingham Southern College 1942; graduated, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1948; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1948 and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1946; law professor; chief justice, Alabama supreme court 1971-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in November 1978; reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); was a resident of Tuscumbia, Ala., until his death due to a heart attack on March 29, 2005; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat1041995-1996
SenatorDemocrat1031993-1994
SenatorDemocrat1021991-1992
SenatorDemocrat1011989-1990
SenatorDemocrat1001987-1988
SenatorDemocrat991985-1986
SenatorDemocrat981983-1984
SenatorDemocrat971981-1982
SenatorDemocrat961979-1980

HILL, Joseph Lister (1894-1984)

Bio: HILL, Joseph Lister, a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Ala., December 29, 1894; attended the public schools and the Starke University School at Montgomery, Ala.; graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1914 and from its law department in 1915; also studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Columbia University, New York City; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1916 and commenced practice at Montgomery, Ala.; president, Montgomery Board of Education 1917-1922; served in the Army with the Seventeenth and Seventy-first United States Infantry Regiments during the First World War 1917-1919; elected on August 14, 1923, as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Tyson; reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from August 14, 1923, to January 11, 1938, when he resigned, having been appointed to the United States Senate on January 10, 1938; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Seventy-fifth Congress); subsequently elected to the Senate as a Democrat on April 26, 1938, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dixie Bibb Graves for the term ending January 3, 1939; reelected in 1938, 1944, 1950, 1956, and again in 1962 and served from January 11, 1938, to January 2, 1969; was not a candidate for reelection in 1968; Democratic whip 1941-1947; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Eighty-fourth through Ninetieth Congresses); chairman, National Committee on Biological Research; a strong advocate of health care; the Lister Hill Center at the National Institutes of Health, which he helped create, was named for him in 1968; died in Montgomery, Ala., December 20, 1984; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat901967-1968
SenatorDemocrat891965-1966
SenatorDemocrat881963-1964
SenatorDemocrat871961-1962
SenatorDemocrat861959-1960
SenatorDemocrat851957-1958
SenatorDemocrat841955-1956
SenatorDemocrat831953-1954
SenatorDemocrat821951-1952
SenatorDemocrat811949-1950
SenatorDemocrat801947-1948
SenatorDemocrat791945-1946
SenatorDemocrat781943-1944
SenatorDemocrat771941-1942
SenatorDemocrat761939-1940
SenatorDemocrat751937-1938
RepresentativeDemocrat751937-1938
RepresentativeDemocrat741935-1936
RepresentativeDemocrat731933-1934
RepresentativeDemocrat721931-1932
RepresentativeDemocrat711929-1930
RepresentativeDemocrat701927-1928
RepresentativeDemocrat691925-1926
RepresentativeDemocrat681923-1924

HOUSTON, George Smith (1811-1879)

Bio: HOUSTON, George Smith, a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born near Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., January 17, 1811; moved with his parents to Lauderdale County, Ala., and attended an academy there; studied law in Florence, Ala., and Harrodsburg, Ky.; admitted to the bar in 1831; commenced practice in Florence, Ala.; member, State house of representatives 1832; settled in Athens, Ala., in 1835; State’s attorney for the Florence judicial district in 1836; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1849); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1848; elected to the Thirty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1851, until January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses), Committee on Judiciary (Thirty-fifth Congress); presented credentials as a Senator-elect to the United States Senate on February 9, 1866, for the term ending March 3, 1867, but was not permitted to take his seat; Governor of Alabama 1874-1878; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Athens, Ala., December 31, 1879; interment in Athens City Cemetery.
PositionPartySession of CongressYears
SenatorDemocrat461879-1880
RepresentativeDemocrat361859-1860
RepresentativeDemocrat351857-1858
RepresentativeDemocrat341855-1856
RepresentativeDemocrat331853-1854
RepresentativeDemocrat321851-1852
RepresentativeDemocrat301847-1848
RepresentativeDemocrat291845-1846
RepresentativeDemocrat281843-1844
RepresentativeDemocrat271841-1842

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