United States Representatives from Alabama

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Image currently unavailable	ABERCROMBIE, James (1795-1861)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Hancock County, Ga., in 1795; attended the common schools; moved to Alabama about 1812 and settled in Monroe (now Dallas) County, and later, in 1819, in Montgomery County; during the War of 1812 served as a corporal in Maj. F. Freeman’s Squadron of Georgia Cavalry; studied law; member of the State house of representatives 1820-1822 and in 1824; captain in the Alabama Militia and in command of the cavalry at the reception for General Lafayette in 1825; served in the State senate 1825-1833; moved to Russell County in 1834; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1838 and 1839; again served in the State senate 1847-1850; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; moved to Florida in 1856 and became engaged as a Government brick contractor; died in Pensacola, Fla., July 2, 1861; interment in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 33 1853-1854 Representative Whig 32 1851-1852

	ABERCROMBIE, John William (1866-1940)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Kellys Creek Post Office, St. Clair County, Ala., May 17, 1866; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Oxford (Ala.) College in 1886 and from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1888; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and practiced in Cleburne County, Ala., in 1889 and 1890; high school principal, city school superintendent, and college president 1888-1898; member of the State senate 1896-1898; State superintendent of education 1898-1902; president of the University of Alabama 1902-1911; president of the Southern Educational Association in 1906 and 1907; organizer and president of the Alabama Association of Colleges 1908-1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917); was not a candidate for reelection in 1916; served as Solicitor and Acting Secretary in the United States Department of Labor 1918-1920; appointed and subsequently elected State superintendent of education for the term 1920-1927; died in Montgomery, Ala., July 2, 1940; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

Image currently unavailable	ABERCROMBIE, James (1795-1861)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Hancock County, Ga., in 1795; attended the common schools; moved to Alabama about 1812 and settled in Monroe (now Dallas) County, and later, in 1819, in Montgomery County; during the War of 1812 served as a corporal in Maj. F. Freeman’s Squadron of Georgia Cavalry; studied law; member of the State house of representatives 1820-1822 and in 1824; captain in the Alabama Militia and in command of the cavalry at the reception for General Lafayette in 1825; served in the State senate 1825-1833; moved to Russell County in 1834; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1838 and 1839; again served in the State senate 1847-1850; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; moved to Florida in 1856 and became engaged as a Government brick contractor; died in Pensacola, Fla., July 2, 1861; interment in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 33 1853-1854 Representative Whig 32 1851-1852

	ABERCROMBIE, John William (1866-1940)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Kellys Creek Post Office, St. Clair County, Ala., May 17, 1866; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Oxford (Ala.) College in 1886 and from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1888; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and practiced in Cleburne County, Ala., in 1889 and 1890; high school principal, city school superintendent, and college president 1888-1898; member of the State senate 1896-1898; State superintendent of education 1898-1902; president of the University of Alabama 1902-1911; president of the Southern Educational Association in 1906 and 1907; organizer and president of the Alabama Association of Colleges 1908-1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917); was not a candidate for reelection in 1916; served as Solicitor and Acting Secretary in the United States Department of Labor 1918-1920; appointed and subsequently elected State superintendent of education for the term 1920-1927; died in Montgomery, Ala., July 2, 1940; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

	ADERHOLT, Robert (1965- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Haleyville, Winston County, Ala., July 22, 1965; B.A. Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Ala., 1987; J.D., Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 1990; lawyer, private practice; Haleyville, Ala., municipal judge, 1992-1995; staff, Governor Fob James of Alabama, 1995-1996; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present).
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 113 2013-2014 Representative Republican 112 2011-2012 Representative Republican 111 2009-2010 Representative Republican 110 2007-2008 Representative Republican 109 2005-2006 Representative Republican 108 2003-2004 Representative Republican 107 2001-2002 Representative Republican 106 1999-2000 Representative Republican 105 1997-1998

Image currently unavailable	ALDRICH, William Farrington (1853-1925)
	Bio: (brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great, great grandfather of William J. Edwards), a Representative from Alabama; born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., March 11, 1853; attended the public schools of his native city; moved with his father to New York City in 1865; attended several schools, and was graduated from Warren’s Military Academy in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1873; moved to Alabama in 1874; engaged in mining and manufacturing; built up the town that bears his name; successfully contested as a Republican the election of Gaston A. Robbins to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 13, 1896, to March 3, 1897; successfully contested the election of Thomas S. Plowman to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from February 9, 1898, to March 3, 1899; again successfully contested the election of Gaston A. Robbins to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 8, 1900, to March 3, 1901; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900; editor, owner, and publisher of the Birmingham (Ala.) Times; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1904; engaged in the development of mineral lands until his death in Birmingham, Ala., October 30, 1925; the remains were cremated and deposited in the family vault in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 56 1899-1900 Representative Republican 55 1897-1898 Representative Republican 54 1895-1896

Image currently unavailable	ALDRICH, Truman Heminway (1848-1932)
	Bio: (brother of William Farrington Aldrich), a Representative from Alabama; born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., October 17, 1848; attended the public schools, the military academy at West Chester, Pa., and was graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., in 1869; engaged in engineering in New York and New Jersey; moved to Selma, Ala., in 1871; engaged in banking and in the mining of coal, becoming vice president and general manager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., in 1892; founder of the Cahaba Coal Mining Co.; successfully contested as a Republican the election of Oscar W. Underwood to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from June 9, 1896, to March 3, 1897; was not a candidate for renomination in 1896; served as postmaster at Birmingham, Ala., by appointment of President Taft, from September 1, 1911, to December 15, 1915; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1904; served as a dollar-per-year man on the War Industries Board during the First World War; after the war was engaged as a mining engineer and geologist; died in Birmingham, Ala., April 28, 1932; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 54 1895-1896

Image currently unavailable	ALDRICH, William Farrington (1853-1925)
	Bio: (brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great, great grandfather of William J. Edwards), a Representative from Alabama; born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., March 11, 1853; attended the public schools of his native city; moved with his father to New York City in 1865; attended several schools, and was graduated from Warren’s Military Academy in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1873; moved to Alabama in 1874; engaged in mining and manufacturing; built up the town that bears his name; successfully contested as a Republican the election of Gaston A. Robbins to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 13, 1896, to March 3, 1897; successfully contested the election of Thomas S. Plowman to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from February 9, 1898, to March 3, 1899; again successfully contested the election of Gaston A. Robbins to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 8, 1900, to March 3, 1901; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900; editor, owner, and publisher of the Birmingham (Ala.) Times; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1904; engaged in the development of mineral lands until his death in Birmingham, Ala., October 30, 1925; the remains were cremated and deposited in the family vault in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 56 1899-1900 Representative Republican 55 1897-1898 Representative Republican 54 1895-1896

Image currently unavailable	ALLGOOD, Miles Clayton (1878-1977)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Chepultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Ala., February 22, 1878; attended the common schools of his native county and was graduated from the State Normal College at Florence, Ala., in 1898; taught school in Blount County; tax assessor of Blount County, Ala., 1900-1909; member of the State Democratic executive committee 1908-1910; Blount County agricultural demonstration agent 1910-1913; State auditor of Alabama 1914-1918; State commissioner of agriculture and industries 1918-1922; elected as a delegate at large from Alabama to the Democratic National Convention at San Francisco in 1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935); chairman, Committee on War Claims (Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; served as a member of the Farm Security Administration from September 4, 1935, until he retired on December 1, 1943; made an unsuccessful campaign for State treasurer in 1954; retired; died in Fort Payne, Ala., March 4, 1977; interment in Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

	ALMON, Edward Berton (1860-1933)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Moulton, Lawrence County, Ala., April 18, 1860; attended the rural schools; was graduated from the State Normal College, Florence, Ala., and from the law department of the University of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa, in 1883; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala.; served in the State senate 1892-1894; judge of the circuit court of the eleventh judicial circuit of Alabama 1898-1906; member of the State house of representatives 1910-1915, serving as speaker in 1911; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 22, 1933; chairman, Committee on Roads (Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses); interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916

Image currently unavailable	ALSTON, William Jeffreys (1800-1876)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Milledgeville, Ga., December 31, 1800; attended a private school in South Carolina; moved to Alabama and settled in Marengo County; taught school for several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Linden, Marengo County, in 1821; judge of the Marengo County Court for several years; member of the State house of representatives in 1837; served in the State senate 1839-1842; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; resumed the practice of his profession; again became a member of the State house of representatives, in 1855; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Magnolia, Marengo County, Ala., June 10, 1876; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 31 1849-1850

	ANDREWS, George William (1906-1971)
	Bio: (husband of Elizabeth Bullock Andrews), a Representative from Alabama; born in Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., December 12, 1906; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1928; was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Union Springs, Ala.; district attorney for the third judicial circuit of Alabama 1931-1943; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant (jg.) in the United States Naval Reserve from January 1943 until his election to Congress, at which time he was serving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Steagall; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 14, 1944, until his death in Birmingham, Ala., December 25, 1971; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 92 1971-1972 Representative Democrat 91 1969-1970 Representative Democrat 90 1967-1968 Representative Democrat 89 1965-1966 Representative Democrat 88 1963-1964 Representative Democrat 87 1961-1962 Representative Democrat 86 1959-1960 Representative Democrat 85 1957-1958 Representative Democrat 84 1955-1956 Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950 Representative Democrat 80 1947-1948 Representative Democrat 79 1945-1946 Representative Democrat 78 1943-1944

Image currently unavailable	ANDREWS, Arthur Glenn (1909-2008)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., January 15, 1909; attended the Birmingham public schools; graduated from Phillips High School and Mercersburg Academy; Princeton University, A.B., 1931; associated with National City Bank of New York, 1931-1933; International Business Machines, 1933-1936; district manager of an Eastman Kodak subsidiary, 1936-1946, and in advertising, 1946-1970; candidate for State house of representatives in 1956 and for secretary of state in 1958; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1964; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; Republican Fourth District Chairman, Alabama; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; trustee in bankruptcy court, 1973-1985; died on September 25, 2008, in White Plains, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 89 1965-1966

	ANDREWS, George William (1906-1971)
	Bio: (husband of Elizabeth Bullock Andrews), a Representative from Alabama; born in Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., December 12, 1906; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1928; was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Union Springs, Ala.; district attorney for the third judicial circuit of Alabama 1931-1943; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant (jg.) in the United States Naval Reserve from January 1943 until his election to Congress, at which time he was serving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Steagall; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 14, 1944, until his death in Birmingham, Ala., December 25, 1971; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 92 1971-1972 Representative Democrat 91 1969-1970 Representative Democrat 90 1967-1968 Representative Democrat 89 1965-1966 Representative Democrat 88 1963-1964 Representative Democrat 87 1961-1962 Representative Democrat 86 1959-1960 Representative Democrat 85 1957-1958 Representative Democrat 84 1955-1956 Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950 Representative Democrat 80 1947-1948 Representative Democrat 79 1945-1946 Representative Democrat 78 1943-1944

	ANDREWS, Elizabeth Bullock (1911-2002)
	Bio: (wife of George William Andrews), a Representative from Alabama; born Leslie Elizabeth Bullock in Geneva, Ala., February 12, 1911; attended Geneva public schools; B.S., Montevallo College, Montevallo, Ala., 1932; teacher; elected as a Democrat by special election to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative George W. Andrews (April 4, 1972-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; died on December 2, 2002, in Birmingham, Ala.; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 92 1971-1972

	ANDREWS, George William (1906-1971)
	Bio: (husband of Elizabeth Bullock Andrews), a Representative from Alabama; born in Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., December 12, 1906; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1928; was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Union Springs, Ala.; district attorney for the third judicial circuit of Alabama 1931-1943; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant (jg.) in the United States Naval Reserve from January 1943 until his election to Congress, at which time he was serving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Steagall; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 14, 1944, until his death in Birmingham, Ala., December 25, 1971; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 92 1971-1972 Representative Democrat 91 1969-1970 Representative Democrat 90 1967-1968 Representative Democrat 89 1965-1966 Representative Democrat 88 1963-1964 Representative Democrat 87 1961-1962 Representative Democrat 86 1959-1960 Representative Democrat 85 1957-1958 Representative Democrat 84 1955-1956 Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950 Representative Democrat 80 1947-1948 Representative Democrat 79 1945-1946 Representative Democrat 78 1943-1944

	BACHUS, Spencer T., III (1947- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Ala., December 28, 1947; B.A., Auburn University, 1969; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law, 1972; National Guard, 1969-1971; lawyer, private practice; member of the Alabama state senate, 1983-1984; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1984-1987; member, Alabama board of education, 1987-1991; chairman, Alabama Republican executive committee, 1991-1992; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present); chair, Committee on Financial Services (One Hundred Twelfth Congress).
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 113 2013-2014 Representative Republican 112 2011-2012 Representative Republican 111 2009-2010 Representative Republican 110 2007-2008 Representative Republican 109 2005-2006 Representative Republican 108 2003-2004 Representative Republican 107 2001-2002 Representative Republican 106 1999-2000 Representative Republican 105 1997-1998 Representative Republican 104 1995-1996 Representative Republican 103 1993-1994

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874-1940)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874-1940)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874-1940)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874-1940)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874-1940)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874-1940)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D.C., in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 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 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918

	BANKHEAD, John Hollis (1842-1920)
	Bio: (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Moscow, Marion (now Lamar) County, Ala., September 13, 1842; attended the common schools; planter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as captain in the Alabama Infantry; member, State house of representatives 1865-1867 and again in 1880 and 1881; member, State senate 1876-1877; warden of the State penitentiary at Wetumpka 1881-1885; moved to Fayette, Ala., in 1885 and resumed planting; in 1912 moved to Jasper, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1907); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906; appointed a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907; appointed and subsequently elected to the United States Senate in 1907 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John T. Morgan; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from June 18, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1920; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Interior (Sixty-sixth Congress); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Senator Democrat 63 1913-1914 Senator Democrat 62 1911-1912 Senator Democrat 61 1909-1910 Senator 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 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

Image currently unavailable	BANKHEAD, Walter Will (1897-1988)
	Bio: (son of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, grandson of John Hollis Bankhead, and nephew of William Brockman Bankhead), a Representative from Alabama; born in Jasper, Walker County, Ala., July 21, 1897; attended the public schools; was graduated from Marion (Ala.) Military Institute in 1916, from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1919, and from the law department of the same university in 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Jasper, Ala.; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress and served from January 3, 1941, until February 1, 1941, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law; chairman of the board of Bankhead Mining Co., Inc., and Bankhead Development Co., Inc.; president of Mammoth Packing Co. and Bankhead Broadcasting Co., Inc.; vice chairman, board of directors, First National Bank of Jasper; was a resident of Jasper, Ala., until his death in November 1988; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 77 1941-1942

	BATTLE, Laurie Calvin (1912-2000)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Wilsonville, Shelby County, Ala., May 10, 1912; graduated from Deshler High School, Tuscumbia, Ala., 1930; B.A., Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Ala., 1934; attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and Scarritt College, Nashville, Tenn., 1934 and 1935; M.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1939; attended University of Alabama, 1946; United States Army, 1942-1946; United States Army Reserves, 1946-1972; farm laborer; professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1940; insurance agent; professional advocate; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1955); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate; staff director and counsel of United States House of Representatives Committee on Rules, 1966-1976; special adviser, United States League of Savings Associations, Washington, D.C., 1976-1988; died on May 2, 2000, in Bethesda, Md.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950 Representative Democrat 80 1947-1948

Image currently unavailable	BAYLOR, Robert Emmett Bledsoe (1793-1874)
	Bio: (nephew of Jesse Bledsoe), a Representative from Alabama; born in Lincoln County, Ky., May 10, 1793; served in the War of 1812; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the Kentucky house of representatives in 1819, but resigned and moved to Alabama in 1820, continuing the practice of law; studied theology, was licensed to preach, and was ordained to the Baptist ministry; member of the Alabama house of representatives in 1824; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; commanded an Alabama regiment during the Creek War; moved to Texas in 1839; elected judge of the district and supreme courts of the Republic; member of the convention that framed the State constitution of Texas in 1845; district judge for twenty-five years; one of the founders of Baylor University at Independence, Tex. (now located at Waco, Tex.), and Baylor Female College at Belton, Tex.; professor of law in Baylor University; died at Gay Hill, Washington County, Tex., on January 6, 1874; interment in the Baylor University grounds; later the remains were removed to the campus of Baylor Female College at Belton, Tex.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Jacksonian 21 1829-1830

Image currently unavailable	BELSER, James Edwin (1805-1859)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Charleston, S.C., December 22, 1805; attended the public schools; in 1820 moved with his parents to Sumter District, S.C., where he continued his schooling under a private tutor; moved to Alabama in 1825 and settled in Montgomery; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Montgomery; elected clerk of the county court; member of the State house of representatives in 1828; edited the Planters Gazette for several years; appointed solicitor of Montgomery County in 1828 and later elected to that position; appointed by Governor Fitzpatrick in 1842 as a commissioner of the State to procure a settlement of the claims against the Federal Government for money advanced in the Indian War of 1836; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1844; resumed the practice of law in Montgomery; affiliated with the Whig Party in 1848; again elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1853 and reelected in 1857; died in Montgomery, Ala., January 16, 1859; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844

	BEVILL, Tom (1921-2005)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Townley, Walker County, Ala.,March 27, 1921; graduated from Walker County High School, 1939; graduated fromUniversity of Alabama School of Commerce and Business Administration, 1943;graduated from University of Alabama School of Law in 1948; United States Army,World War II, 1943; served in European theater of operations; lawyer, privatepractice; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1958-1966;elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the fourteen succeedingCongresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate forreelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress; died on March 28, 2005, inJasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994 Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992 Representative Democrat 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988 Representative Democrat 99 1985-1986 Representative Democrat 98 1983-1984 Representative Democrat 97 1981-1982 Representative Democrat 96 1979-1980 Representative Democrat 95 1977-1978 Representative Democrat 94 1975-1976 Representative Democrat 93 1973-1974 Representative Democrat 92 1971-1972 Representative Democrat 91 1969-1970 Representative Democrat 90 1967-1968

	BLACKMON, Fred Leonard (1873-1921)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born at Lime Branch, Polk County, Ga., September 15, 1873; moved with his parents to Calhoun County, Ala., in 1883; attended the public schools in Dearmanville and Choccolocco, the State normal college at Jacksonville, Ala., Douglasville (Ga.) College, and Mountain City Business College, Chattanooga, Tenn.; was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1894; was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced practice in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala.; city attorney for Anniston 1898-1902; member of the State senate 1900-1910; chairman of the congressional committee for the fourth Alabama district from 1906 until 1910, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1911; had also been reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress; died in Bartow, Polk County, Fla., on February 8, 1921; interment in the Hillside Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912

	BONNER, Josiah Robins (Jo), Jr. (1959- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., November 19, 1959; B.A., University of Alabama, 1982; attended University of Alabama Law School; staff, United States Representative Sonny Callahan of Alabama, 1985-2002; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present); chair, Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Twelfth Congress).
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 113 2013-2014 Representative Republican 112 2011-2012 Representative Republican 111 2009-2010 Representative Republican 110 2007-2008 Representative Republican 109 2005-2006 Representative Republican 108 2003-2004

Image currently unavailable	BOWDON, Franklin Welsh (1817-1857)
	Bio: (uncle of Sydney Johnston Bowie), a Representative from Alabama; born in Chester District, S.C., February 17, 1817; attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1836; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Talladega, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1844 and 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Felix G. McConnell; reelected to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from December 7, 1846, to March 3, 1851; chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-first Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; moved to Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., in 1852, where he resumed the practice of his profession; died in Henderson, Tex., June 8, 1857; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848 Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846

	BOWIE, Sydney Johnston (1865-1928)
	Bio: (nephew of Franklin Welsh Bowdon), a Representative from Alabama; born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., July 26, 1865; attended private schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885; was admitted to the bar June 1, 1885, and commenced practice in Talladega, Ala.; city clerk of Talladega in 1885 and 1886; member of the board of aldermen in 1891; member of the Democratic State executive committee 1894-1899; moved to Anniston, Ala., in 1899; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1907); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1906; moved to Birmingham and continued the practice of law until 1919, when he engaged in business there as an automobile dealer; member of the Southern Education Board in 1908 and 1909; member of the Birmingham Board of Education 1915-1919; chairman of the State educational commission in 1920; delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention in 1920; president of the Alabama Tuberculosis Commission 1920-1922; member of the State harbor commission in 1922 and 1923; died in Birmingham, Ala., May 7, 1928; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902

Image currently unavailable	BOWLING, William Bismarck (1870-1946)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Iron City, Calhoun County, Ala., September 24, 1870; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the State normal school, Jacksonville, Ala., in 1892; taught in the public schools of Montgomery, Ala., 1893-1895 and of Columbus, Ga., 1896-1899; moved to Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Lafayette; solicitor of the fifth judicial circuit of Alabama 1905-1920; member of the board of trustees of Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Thomas Heflin; reelected to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 14, 1920, until his resignation effective August 16, 1928, having been appointed judge for the fifth judicial circuit of Alabama, in which capacity he served until his death; died in Lafayette, Ala., on December 27, 1946; interment in Lafayette Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 70 1927-1928 Representative Democrat 69 1925-1926 Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922 Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920

	BOYKIN, Frank William (1885-1969)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw County, Ala., February 21, 1885; attended the public schools; moved to Fairford, Ala., in 1890 and was employed as a clerk in a store and later as store manager; moved to Malcolm, Ala., in 1905 and engaged in the manufacture of railroad cross ties; moved to Mobile, Ala., in 1915 and was occupied with real estate, farming, livestock, timber, lumber, and naval stores in southern Alabama; during the First World War served as an official in shipbuilding companies; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John McDuffie; reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from July 30, 1935, to January 3, 1963; chairman, Committee on Patents (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; convicted in July 1963, on charges of conspiracy and conflict-of-interest by using his congressional influence to gain dismissal of mail fraud charges against J. Kenneth Edlin; served six months’ probation, fined, and received full pardon from President Johnson in 1965; returned to his many business activities; died in Washington, D.C., March 12, 1969; interment in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 87 1961-1962 Representative Democrat 86 1959-1960 Representative Democrat 85 1957-1958 Representative Democrat 84 1955-1956 Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950 Representative Democrat 80 1947-1948 Representative Democrat 79 1945-1946 Representative Democrat 78 1943-1944 Representative Democrat 77 1941-1942 Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 Representative Democrat 75 1937-1938 Representative Democrat 74 1935-1936

Image currently unavailable	BRADFORD, Taul (1835-1883)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., January 20, 1835; attended the local school; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1854; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Talladega, Ala.; served in the Confederate Army as major of the Tenth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, and subsequently became lieutenant colonel of the Thirtieth Regiment, Alabama Infantry; member of the State house of representatives in 1871 and 1872; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; continued the practice of law in Talladega, Ala., until his death on October 28, 1883; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876

Image currently unavailable	BRAGG, John (1806-1878)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., January 14, 1806; attended the local academy at Warrenton, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Warrenton; member of the State house of commons of North Carolina 1830-1834; moved to Mobile, Ala., in 1836 and continued the practice of law; was appointed judge of the tenth judicial circuit in 1842; member of the State house of representatives; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1852; resumed the practice of his profession; delegate from Mobile to the State constitutional convention in 1861; died in Mobile, Ala., August 10, 1878; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852

Image currently unavailable	BREWER, Willis (1844-1912)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Livingston, Sumter County, Ala., March 15, 1844; attended the common schools; entered the Confederate Army at the age of eighteen years; journalist, author, and planter; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice at Haynesville, Ala.; treasurer of Lowndes County in 1871; State auditor 1876-1880; member of the State house of representatives 1880-1882; served in the State senate 1882-1890; again a member of the State house of representatives 1890-1894; again served in the State senate 1894-1897; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law and continued his work as an author until his death in Montgomery, Ala., on October 30, 1912; interment in the family mausoleum on Cedars plantation, near Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898

	BRIGHT, Bobby Neal (1952- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Midland, Dale County, Ala., July 21, 1952; graduated from Carroll High School, Ozark, Ala.; attended Enterprise State Junior College, Enterprise, Ala., 1970-1972; B.A., Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., 1975; M.S., Troy State University, Troy, Ala., 1977; J.D., Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Montgomery, Ala., 1982; lawyer, private practice; prison guard; mayor of Montgomery, Ala., 1999-2008; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 111 2009-2010

Image currently unavailable	BROMBERG, Frederick George (1837-1930)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in New York City June 19, 1837; moved with his parents to Mobile, Ala., in February 1838; attended the public schools; was graduated from Harvard University in 1858; studied chemistry at Harvard University 1861-1863; tutor of mathematics at Harvard University 1863-1865; appointed treasurer of the city of Mobile in July 1867 by Maj. Gen. John Pope, who commanded the department, and served until January 19, 1869; member of the State senate 1868-1872; appointed postmaster of Mobile in July 1869 but was removed in June 1871; chairman of the Alabama delegation to the Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati in 1872; elected as a Liberal Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessfully contested the election of Jeremiah Haralson to the Forty-fourth Congress; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Mobile, Ala.; Alabama commissioner of the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893; president of the State bar association in 1906; died in Mobile, Ala., on September 4, 1930; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Liberal Republican 43 1873-1874

	BROOKS, Mo (1954- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., April 29, 1954; graduated from Grissom High School, Huntsville, Ala., 1972; B.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1975; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1978; lawyer, private practice; prosecutor, Office of the District Attorney, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., 1978-1980; clerk, Circuit Court Judge John Snodgrass, 1980-1982; member of the Alabama house of representatives, 1982-1992; district attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Madison County, Ala., 1991-1993; special assistant attorney general, state of Alabama, 1995-2002; commissioner, Madison County, Ala., board of commissions, 1996-2010; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-present).
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 113 2013-2014 Representative Republican 112 2011-2012

	BROWDER, John Glen (1943- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Sumter, Sumter County, S.C., January 15, 1943; graduated, Edmunds High School, Sumter, S.C., 1961; B.A., Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., 1965; M.A., Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., 1971; Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., 1971; sportswriter, Atlanta Journal, 1966; investigator, United States Civil Service Commission, Atlanta, 1966-1968; professor of political science, Jacksonville State University, Alabama, 1971-1987; president, Data Associates, Anniston, Alabama, 1978-1987; Alabama state representative, 1982-1986; secretary of state, Alabama, 1987-1989; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William F. Nichols, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (April 4, 1989-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 1996, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994 Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992 Representative Democrat 101 1989-1990

	BUCHANAN, John Hall (1928- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Paris, Tenn., March 19, 1928; served in the United States Navy 1945-1946; graduated from Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., in 1949, did graduate work at the University of Virginia, and graduated from the Southern Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., in 1957; served as pastor of churches in Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama for ten years; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962; served as a supply pastor in the Birmingham, Ala., area and as director of finance for the Alabama Republican Party, 1962-1964; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; member, United States delegation to the United Nations, 1973 and 1984; member, United States delegation, United Nations Human Rights Committee, 1978-1980; chairman, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education in the Department of Education, 1981-1983; chairman, People for the American Way, 1982 to present; is a resident of Bethesda, Md.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 96 1979-1980 Representative Republican 95 1977-1978 Representative Republican 94 1975-1976 Representative Republican 93 1973-1974 Representative Republican 92 1971-1972 Representative Republican 91 1969-1970 Representative Republican 90 1967-1968 Representative Republican 89 1965-1966

	BUCK, Alfred Eliab (1832-1902)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, February 7, 1832; was graduated from Waterville (Maine) College in 1859; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as captain of Company C, Thirteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry; appointed lieutenant colonel of the Ninety-first United States Colored Troops in August 1863; transferred to the Fifty-first United States Colored Troops in October 1864; brevetted colonel of Volunteers for gallant conduct; mustered out of the service at Baton Rouge, La., in June 1866; delegate to the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1867; clerk of the circuit court of Mobile County in 1867 and 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); appointed president of the city council of Mobile in 1873; served as clerk of the United States circuit and district courts in Atlanta, Ga., 1874-1889; United States marshal for the northern district of Georgia 1889-1893; appointed Minister to Japan by President William McKinley in April 1897 and served until his death in Tokyo, Japan, on December 4, 1902; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 41 1869-1870

Image currently unavailable	BUCKLEY, Charles Waldron (1835-1906)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Unadilla, Otsego County, N.Y., February 18, 1835; attended the public schools in Unadilla and Freeport, Ill., where his parents moved in 1846; was graduated from Beloit College, Wisconsin, in 1860 and from the Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1863; entered the Union Army February 9, 1864, and served as chaplain of the Forty-seventh Regiment, United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and of the Eighth Regiment, Louisiana Colored Infantry, until January 5, 1866, when he was mustered out; Alabama superintendent of education for the bureau of refugees and freedmen in 1866 and 1867 and resided in Montgomery; delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention in 1867; engaged in agricultural pursuits, banking, the fire insurance business, and mining; upon the readmission of the State of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; probate judge of Montgomery County 1874-1878; resumed banking and also engaged in the fire insurance business; postmaster of Montgomery 1881-1885, 1890-1893, and 1897-1906; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896; died in Montgomery, Ala., on December 4, 1906; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 42 1871-1872 Representative Republican 41 1869-1870 Representative Republican 40 1867-1868

Image currently unavailable	BURNETT, John Lawson (1854-1919)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Ala., January 20, 1854; attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Ga., and the local high school at Gaylesville, Ala.; studied law and was graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in Cherokee County, Ala., in 1876 and commenced practice in Gadsden; served in the State house of representatives in 1884; member of the State senate in 1886; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death; chairman, Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses); member of the United States Immigration Commission 1907-1910; died in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., May 13, 1919; interment in Forest Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative 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 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902 Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900