alabama senators

	UNDERWOOD, Oscar Wilder (1862-1929)
	Bio: UNDERWOOD, Oscar Wilder, (grandson of Joseph Rogers Underwood), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 6, 1862; attended the common schools, the Rugby School, Louisville, Ky., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Birmingham, Ala.; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to June 9, 1896, when he was succeeded by Truman H. Aldrich, who contested his election; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1915); did not seek renomination in 1914, having become a candidate for Senator; minority whip (Fifty-sixth Congress); majority leader 1911-1915; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912 and 1924; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1914; reelected in 1920, and served from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1927; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1926; minority leader 1920-1923; chairman, Committee on Cuban Relations (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses); represented the United States as a member of the Conference on Limitation of Armament in 1921 and 1922; represented the United States as a delegate to the Sixth International Conference of American States at Havana, Cuba, in 1928; retired to his estate, ‘Woodlawn Mansion,’ near Accotink, Fairfax County, Va., and engaged in literary pursuits until his death there on January 25, 1929; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902 Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898 Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896