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	PETTUS, Edmund Winston (1821-1907)
	Bio: PETTUS, Edmund Winston, a Senator from Alabama; born in Limestone County, Ala., July 6, 1821; attended the common schools of Alabama and Clinton College in Smith County, Tenn.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Gainesville, Ala.; elected solicitor for the seventh circuit in 1844; served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War; again solicitor 1853-1855; elected judge of the seventh circuit in 1855 but resigned in 1858 and moved to Dallas County; resumed the practice of law; served as envoy from Alabama to Mississippi during the formation of the Southern Confederacy; entered the Confederate Army as major in 1861; was made a brigadier general of Infantry in 1863 and served until the close of the Civil War; returned to Selma, Ala., and practiced law; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1897; reelected in 1903 and served from March 4, 1897, until his death at Hot Springs, Madison County, N.C., July 27, 1907; interment in Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 60 1907-1908 Senator Democrat 59 1905-1906 Senator Democrat 58 1903-1904 Senator Democrat 57 1901-1902 Senator Democrat 56 1899-1900 Senator Democrat 55 1897-1898

	PICKENS, Israel (1780-1827)
	Bio: PICKENS, Israel, a Representative from North Carolina and a Senator from Alabama; born near Concord, Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, N.C., January 30, 1780; moved to Burke County, N.C.; received instruction from private teachers and graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1802; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; member, North Carolina State senate 1808-1809; elected as a Republican from North Carolina to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1817); register of the land office of Mississippi Territory (which included the present State of Alabama) 1817-1821; Governor of Alabama 1821-1825; appointed to the United States Senate from Alabama to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Chambers and served from February 17, 1826, to November 27, 1826, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; declined an appointment as judge of the United States Court for the District of Alabama in 1826; died near Matanzas, Cuba, on April 24, 1827; interment in the family cemetery near Greensboro, Hale County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Jacksonian 19 1825-1826

	PRYOR, Luke (1820-1900)
	Bio: PRYOR, Luke, a Senator and a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., July 5, 1820; moved with his parents to Limestone County in 1824; pursued academic studies; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Athens, Ala.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State house of representatives 1855-1856; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George S. Houston and served from January 7 to November 23, 1880, when a successor was elected; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1884; chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty-eighth Congress); retired to his farm near Athens, Ala., where he died August 5, 1900; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Senator Democrat 46 1879-1880

	PUGH, James Lawrence (1820-1907)
	Bio: PUGH, James Lawrence, a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Burke County, Ga., December 12, 1820; moved with his parents to Alabama in 1824; pursued an academic course in Alabama and Georgia; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Eufaula, Ala.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; Democratic presidential elector in 1848, 1856, and 1876; elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; during the Civil War joined the Eufaula Rifles, First Alabama Regiment, as a private; elected to the Confederate Congress in 1861 and reelected in 1863; after the war resumed the practice of law; member of the convention that framed the State constitution in 1875; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1876; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 2, 1885, caused by the death of George S. Houston; reelected in 1884 and 1890 and served from November 24, 1880, to March 3, 1897; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Fifty-fourth Congress); retired from active business and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death there on March 9, 1907; interment in the Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 54 1895-1896 Senator Democrat 53 1893-1894 Senator Democrat 52 1891-1892 Senator Democrat 51 1889-1890 Senator Democrat 50 1887-1888 Senator Democrat 49 1885-1886 Senator Democrat 48 1883-1884 Senator Democrat 47 1881-1882 Senator Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860

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	McKINLEY, John (1780-1852)
	Bio: McKINLEY, John, a Senator and a Representative from Alabama; born in Culpeper County, Va., May 1, 1780; moved to Kentucky; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in Louisville, Ky.; moved to Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; member, State house of representatives 1820-1822; elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Chambers and served from November 27, 1826, to March 3, 1831; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830; member, State legislature 1831; moved to Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); did not seek reelection; again a member of the State legislature; again elected to the United States Senate, as a Democrat, for the term beginning March 4, 1837, but resigned April 22, 1837, before qualifying; appointed by President Martin Van Buren as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in April 1837, and served until his death in Louisville, Ky., July 19, 1852; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Jacksonian 23 1833-1834 Senator Jacksonian 21 1829-1830 Senator Jacksonian 20 1827-1828 Senator Jacksonian 19 1825-1826

	MOORE, Gabriel (1785-1845)
	Bio: MOORE, Gabriel, a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Stokes County, N.C., around 1785; pursued an academic course and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1810; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Huntsville, Mississippi Territory; member, Mississippi and then Alabama Territorial house of representatives and served as speaker in 1817; delegate to the Alabama State constitutional convention in 1819; member, Alabama State senate 1819-1820, and served as speaker in 1820; elected to the Seventeenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1829); was not a candidate for renomination in 1828; Governor of Alabama 1829-1831; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1837; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; moved to Caddo, Tex., in 1843, where he died in 1845; interment in Moore Family Cemetery, Caddo, Wilson County, Tex.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Jacksonian 24 1835-1836 Senator Jacksonian 23 1833-1834 Senator Jacksonian 22 1831-1832 Representative Jacksonian 20 1827-1828 Representative Jacksonian 19 1825-1826 Representative Jackson Republican 18 1823-1824 Representative Republican 17 1821-1822

	MORGAN, John Tyler (1824-1907)
	Bio: MORGAN, John Tyler, a Senator from Alabama; born in Athens, McMinn County, Tenn., June 20, 1824; moved with his parents to Alabama in 1833 and settled in Calhoun County; attended frontier schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Talladega, Ala.; moved to Dallas County, Ala., in 1855 and resumed the practice of law in Selma and Cahaba; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1860; delegate from Dallas County to the State convention of 1861 which passed the ordinance of secession; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 and rose to brigadier general; after the war resumed the practice of law in Selma, Ala.; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1876; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1876; reelected in 1882, 1888, 1894, 1900, and 1906, and served from March 4, 1877, until his death; chairman, Committee on Rules (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Fifty-ninth Congress); died in Washington, D.C., June 11, 1907; interment in Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Dallas County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 60 1907-1908 Senator Democrat 59 1905-1906 Senator Democrat 58 1903-1904 Senator Democrat 57 1901-1902 Senator Democrat 56 1899-1900 Senator Democrat 55 1897-1898 Senator Democrat 54 1895-1896 Senator Democrat 53 1893-1894 Senator Democrat 52 1891-1892 Senator Democrat 51 1889-1890 Senator Democrat 50 1887-1888 Senator Democrat 49 1885-1886 Senator Democrat 48 1883-1884 Senator Democrat 47 1881-1882 Senator Democrat 46 1879-1880 Senator Democrat 45 1877-1878

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	LEWIS, Dixon Hall (1802-1848)
	Bio: LEWIS, Dixon Hall, (nephew of Bolling Hall), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born on Bothwick plantation, Dinwiddie County, Va., August 10, 1802; moved to Hancock County, Ga., with his parents in 1806; graduated from Mount Zion Academy and from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1820; moved to Autauga County, Ala., the same year; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823, and commenced the practice of law in Montgomery, Ala.; member, State house of representatives 1826-1828; elected as a States Rights Democrat to the Twenty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to April 22, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed Senator; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King; reelected in 1847 and served from April 22, 1844, until his death in New York City on October 25, 1848; chairman, Committee on Finance (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Retrenchment (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 30 1847-1848 Senator Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844 Senator Democrat 28 1843-1844 Representative Democrat 27 1841-1842 Representative Democrat 26 1839-1840 Representative Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Democrat 24 1835-1836 Representative Democrat 23 1833-1834 Representative Democrat 22 1831-1832 Representative Democrat 21 1829-1830

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Image currently unavailable	KELLY, William (1786-1834)
	Bio: KELLY, William, a Senator from Alabama; born September 22, 1786; probably in South Carolina; received a classical education; studied law; admitted to the bar; moved to Tennessee where he practiced law and became a judge; moved to Alabama in 1818 and commenced practice in Huntsville; elected as a Democratic Republican (later Jacksonian Democrat) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. Walker and served from December 12, 1822, to March 3, 1825; member, State house of representatives 1825, 1827, serving as speaker in 1825; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1830 and died there on August 24, 1834.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Jacksonian 18 1823-1824 Senator Democratic Republican 17 1821-1822

	KING, William Rufus de Vane (1786-1853)
	Bio: KING, William Rufus de Vane, a Representative from North Carolina, a Senator from Alabama, and a Vice President of the United States; born in Sampson County, N.C., April 7, 1786; attended private schools; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1803; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Clinton, N.C.; member, State house of commons 1807-1809; city solicitor of Wilmington, N.C., 1810; elected to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, until November 4, 1816, when he resigned; secretary of the legation at Naples and later at St. Petersburg; returned to the United States in 1818 and located in Cahaba, Ala.; planter; delegate to the convention which organized the State government; upon the admission of Alabama as a State into the Union in 1819 was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate; reelected as a Democratic Republican and as a Jacksonian in 1822, 1828, 1834, and 1841, and served from December 14, 1819, until April 15, 1844, when he resigned; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Twenty-fourth through Twenty-seventh Congresses; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-second Congress), Committee on Commerce (Twenty-second, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses); Minister to France 1844-1846; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arthur P. Bagby and served from July 1, 1848, until his resignation on December 20, 1852, due to poor health; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Thirty-first Congress), Committee on Pensions (Thirty-first Congress); elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with Franklin Pierce in 1852 and took the oath of office March 24, 1853, in Havana, Cuba, where he had gone for his health, which was a privilege extended by special act of Congress; returned to his plantation, “King’s Bend,” Alabama, and died there April 18, 1853; interment in a vault on his plantation; reinterment in Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Dallas County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 32 1851-1852 Senator Democrat 31 1849-1850 Senator Democrat 30 1847-1848 Senator Democrat 28 1843-1844 Senator Democrat 27 1841-1842 Senator Democrat 26 1839-1840 Senator Democrat 25 1837-1838 Senator Jacksonian 24 1835-1836 Senator Jacksonian 23 1833-1834 Senator Jacksonian 22 1831-1832 Senator Jacksonian 21 1829-1830 Senator Jacksonian 20 1827-1828 Senator Jacksonian 19 1825-1826 Senator Jackson Republican 18 1823-1824 Senator Democratic Republican 17 1821-1822 Senator Democratic Republican 16 1819-1820

alabama senators

	JOHNSTON, Joseph Forney (1843-1913)
	Bio: JOHNSTON, Joseph Forney, a Senator from Alabama; born at “Mount Welcome,” Lincoln County, N.C., March 23, 1843; attended the country schools in Lincoln County; while attending a military school in Alabama at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army, rose to the rank of captain, and served from 1861 to 1865; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced in Selma, Ala.; moved to Birmingham, Ala., in 1884 and became president of the Alabama National Bank, resigning in 1894; became president of the Sloss Iron & Steel Co. in 1887; Governor of Alabama 1896-1900; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in August 1909 to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1909, caused by the death of Edmund W. Pettus; simultaneously elected for the term commencing March 4, 1909, and served from August 6, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1913; chairman, Committee on the University of the United States (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-third Congress); interment Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator Democrat 60 1907-1908

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	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 71 1929-1930 Senator Democrat 70 1927-1928 Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative 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

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 104 1995-1996 Senator Democrat 103 1993-1994 Senator Democrat 102 1991-1992 Senator Democrat 101 1989-1990 Senator Democrat 100 1987-1988 Senator Democrat 99 1985-1986 Senator Democrat 98 1983-1984 Senator Democrat 97 1981-1982 Senator Democrat 96 1979-1980

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 71 1929-1930 Senator Democrat 70 1927-1928 Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative 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

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 104 1995-1996 Senator Democrat 103 1993-1994 Senator Democrat 102 1991-1992 Senator Democrat 101 1989-1990 Senator Democrat 100 1987-1988 Senator Democrat 99 1985-1986 Senator Democrat 98 1983-1984 Senator Democrat 97 1981-1982 Senator Democrat 96 1979-1980

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 71 1929-1930 Senator Democrat 70 1927-1928 Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative 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

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 104 1995-1996 Senator Democrat 103 1993-1994 Senator Democrat 102 1991-1992 Senator Democrat 101 1989-1990 Senator Democrat 100 1987-1988 Senator Democrat 99 1985-1986 Senator Democrat 98 1983-1984 Senator Democrat 97 1981-1982 Senator Democrat 96 1979-1980

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 71 1929-1930 Senator Democrat 70 1927-1928 Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative 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

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 104 1995-1996 Senator Democrat 103 1993-1994 Senator Democrat 102 1991-1992 Senator Democrat 101 1989-1990 Senator Democrat 100 1987-1988 Senator Democrat 99 1985-1986 Senator Democrat 98 1983-1984 Senator Democrat 97 1981-1982 Senator Democrat 96 1979-1980

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 90 1967-1968 Senator Democrat 89 1965-1966 Senator Democrat 88 1963-1964 Senator Democrat 87 1961-1962 Senator Democrat 86 1959-1960 Senator Democrat 85 1957-1958 Senator Democrat 84 1955-1956 Senator Democrat 83 1953-1954 Senator Democrat 82 1951-1952 Senator Democrat 81 1949-1950 Senator Democrat 80 1947-1948 Senator Democrat 79 1945-1946 Senator Democrat 78 1943-1944 Senator Democrat 77 1941-1942 Senator Democrat 76 1939-1940 Senator Democrat 75 1937-1938 Representative Democrat 75 1937-1938 Representative Democrat 74 1935-1936 Representative Democrat 73 1933-1934 Representative Democrat 72 1931-1932 Representative Democrat 71 1929-1930 Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924

	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.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848 Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844 Representative Democrat 27 1841-1842