United States Representatives from Alabama 3

Image currently unavailable	GARTH, William Willis (1828-1912)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Morgan County, Ala., October 28, 1828; pursued classical studies in Lagrange, Va., and at Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va.; studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted to the Alabama bar and commenced the practice of law in Huntsville, Ala.; during the Civil War was lieutenant colonel on the staff of General Longstreet in the Confederate Army; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878; resumed the practice of law; died in Huntsville, Ala., on February 25, 1912; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	GAYLE, John (1792-1859)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Sumter District, S.C., September 11, 1792; pursued classical studies and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mobile, Ala., in 1818; member of the Territorial council in 1817; solicitor of the first judicial district in 1819; member of the State house of representatives in 1822 and 1823; judge of the State supreme court 1823-1828; member and speaker of the State house of representatives in 1829; Governor of Alabama 1831-1835; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirtieth Congress); appointed United States district judge of Alabama on March 13, 1849; died near Mobile, Ala., July 21, 1859; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 30 1847-1848

Image currently unavailable	GOODWYN, Albert Taylor (1842-1931)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born at Robinson Springs, Montgomery County, Ala., December 17, 1842; attended Robinson Springs Academy and South Carolina College at Columbia; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army and served until June 1865; mustered out at the close of the war as captain of a company of sharpshooters and was decorated with the Confederate Cross of Honor; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1867; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Robinson Springs; State inspector of convicts 1874-1880; member of the State house of representatives in 1886 and 1887; served in the State senate 1892-1896; successfully contested as a Populist the election of James E. Cobb to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from April 22, 1896, until March 3, 1897; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans May 8, 1928; resumed agricultural pursuits near Robinson Springs, Ala.; died while on a visit in Birmingham, Ala., on July 2, 1931; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Populist 54 1895-1896

Image currently unavailable	GRANT, George McInvale (1897-1982)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Louisville, Barbour County, Ala., July 11, 1897; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1922; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Troy, Ala.; served as a private and aviation cadet in the aviation section of the Signal Corps of the United States Army in 1918 and 1919; county solicitor of Pike County, Ala., 1927-1937; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lister Hill; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from June 14, 1938, to January 3, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; lobbyist; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until the time of his death on November 4, 1982, at sea, aboard the Queen Elizabeth II; interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 Representative Democrat 77 1941-1942 Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940 Representative Democrat 75 1937-1938

Image currently unavailable	GRAY, Oscar Lee (1865-1936)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Mississippi July 2, 1865; attended the common schools of Choctaw County, and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885; taught school for several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in March 1919 in Alabama; superintendent of education for Choctaw County; solicitor for the first judicial circuit 1904-1910; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919); resumed the practice of law; elected judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama in November 1934; died at Shreveport, La., January 2, 1936; interment in Forest Park Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916

	GRIFFITH, Parker (1942- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., August 6, 1942; attended Loyola University, Chicago, Ill., 1962-1964; B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., 1966; M.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., 1970; United States Army Reserve, 1970-1973; teacher; physician; businessman; real estate developer; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Huntsville, Ala., in 2004; member, Alabama state senate, 2006-2008; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress; changed from the Democratic to Republican Party on December 22, 2009 (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for nomination for One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 111 2009-2010

Image currently unavailable	HANDLEY, William Anderson (1834-1909)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born at Liberty Hill, near Franklin, Heard County, Ga., December 15, 1834; moved to Alabama; attended the public schools; moved to Roanoke, Randolph County, Ala.; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as captain of the Twenty-fifth Regiment; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); served in the State senate 1888-1892; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; member of the State house of representatives 1903-1907; resumed his former mercantile activities; died in Roanoke, Ala., June 23, 1909; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 42 1871-1872

	HARALSON, Jeremiah (1846-1916)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born on a plantation near Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., April 1, 1846; raised as a slave; self-educated; moved to Alabama and engaged in agricultural pursuits; became a minister; member of the State house of representatives in 1870; served in the State senate in 1872; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); appointed to a Federal position in the United States customhouse in Baltimore, Md.; later employed as a clerk in the Interior Department; appointed August 12, 1882, to the Pension Bureau in Washington, D.C., and resigned August 21, 1884; moved to Louisiana, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and thence to Arkansas in 1904; served as pension agent for a short time; returned to Alabama and settled in Selma in 1912; moved to Texas and later to Oklahoma and Colorado and engaged in coal mining in the latter State; killed by wild beasts near Denver, Colo., about 1916.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 44 1875-1876

Image currently unavailable	HARRIS, Sampson Willis (1809-1857)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Elbert County, Ga., February 23, 1809; obtained his early education from his mother and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1828; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Athens, Ga.; member of the State house of representatives in 1834 and 1835; moved to Wetumpka, Ala., in 1838; elected solicitor of the eighth circuit in 1841; member of the State senate in 1844 and 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856; died in Washington, D.C., April 1, 1857; interment in Oconee Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

Image currently unavailable	HARRIS, Claude (1940-1994)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Bessemer, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., June 29, 1940; B.S., University of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., 1962; University of Alabama Law School, Birmingham, Ala., 1965; admitted to the Alabama state bar, 1965; assistant district attorney, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1965-1976; circuit judge, 1977-1985; Alabama Army National Guard; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1993-1994; died on October 2, 1994, in Birmingham, Ala.; interment in Memory Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992 Representative Democrat 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988

Image currently unavailable	HARRIS, Sampson Willis (1809-1857)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Elbert County, Ga., February 23, 1809; obtained his early education from his mother and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1828; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Athens, Ga.; member of the State house of representatives in 1834 and 1835; moved to Wetumpka, Ala., in 1838; elected solicitor of the eighth circuit in 1841; member of the State senate in 1844 and 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856; died in Washington, D.C., April 1, 1857; interment in Oconee Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

Image currently unavailable	HARRIS, Christopher Columbus (1842-1935)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Mount Hope, Lawrence County, Ala., January 28, 1842; educated in the common schools and also by private tutors; enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 as a private in Company F, Sixteenth Alabama Infantry; was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant; taken as a prisoner to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he remained until the close of the war; clerk of the circuit court of Lawrence County 1865-1867; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Moulton, Ala., in 1868; moved to Decatur, Ala., in 1872 and continued the practice of law; in 1887 assisted in organizing the First National Bank of Decatur, of which he served as president until January 1913; organized the Bank of Commerce in 1913 and became its president; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of the eighth congressional district; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Richardson and served from May 11, 1914, to March 3, 1915; was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; became president of the City National Bank of Decatur, Ala.; elected chairman of the board of directors on January 10, 1928; died in Decatur, Ala., December 28, 1935; interment in Decatur Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

Image currently unavailable	HARRIS, Claude (1940-1994)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Bessemer, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., June 29, 1940; B.S., University of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., 1962; University of Alabama Law School, Birmingham, Ala., 1965; admitted to the Alabama state bar, 1965; assistant district attorney, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1965-1976; circuit judge, 1977-1985; Alabama Army National Guard; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1993-1994; died on October 2, 1994, in Birmingham, Ala.; interment in Memory Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992 Representative Democrat 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988

	HARRISON, George Paul (1841-1922)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born at “Monteith Plantation,” near Savannah, Ga., March 19, 1841; attended Effingham Academy and the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as second lieutenant of the First Georgia Regulars and was successively promoted to first lieutenant, major, colonel, and brigadier general; moved to Alabama in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Auburn, Ala.; member of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1875; served in the State senate 1878-1884 and was its president 1882-1884; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William C. Oates; reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from November 6, 1894, to March 3, 1897; resumed the practice of law in Opelika, Lee County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; general counsel for the Western Railway of Alabama; division counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway; died in Opelika, Ala., July 17, 1922; interment in Rosemere Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894

Image currently unavailable	HAUGHEY, Thomas (1826-1869)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1826; received a limited education; immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in New York City; moved to Jefferson County, Ala., in 1841; while teaching in St. Clair County, studied medicine; was granted a diploma by the New Orleans Medical College and engaged in practice at Elyton, Jefferson County; served as a surgeon in the Third Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, in the Union Army 1862-1865; resumed the practice of his profession in Decatur, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; upon the readmission of the State of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869; was a candidate for renomination and while making a political speech was assassinated in Courtland, Ala., on July 31, 1869, and died on August 5, 1869; interment in Green Cemetery, near Pinson, Jefferson County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 40 1867-1868

	HAYS, Charles (1834-1879)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born at “Hays Mount,” near Boligee, Greene County, Ala., February 2, 1834; completed preparatory studies under private teachers; attended the University of Georgia at Athens and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was a cotton planter and also engaged in other agricultural pursuits; was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860; during the Civil War was a major in the Confederate Army; member of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1867; served in the State senate in 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Forty-third Congress); died at his home, “Myrtle Hall,” in Greene County, Ala., June 24, 1879; interment in the family cemetery, “Hays Mount” plantation.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 44 1875-1876 Representative Republican 43 1873-1874 Representative Republican 42 1871-1872 Representative Republican 41 1869-1870

	HEFLIN, James Thomas (1869-1951)
	Bio: (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, Robert Stell (1815-1901)
	Bio: (uncle of James Thomas Heflin), a Representative from Alabama; born near Madison, Morgan County, Ga., April 15, 1815; pursued academic studies; served in the Creek War in 1836; clerk of the superior court of Fayette County, Ga., 1836-1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Fayetteville, Ga., and Wedowee, Ala.; served in the State senate of Georgia in 1840 and 1841; moved to Randolph County, Ala., in 1844; member of the Alabama house of representatives in 1849 and 1860; served in the State senate in 1860; judge of probate of Randolph County, Ala., in 1865 and 1866; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); died near Wedowee, Randolph County, Ala., January 24, 1901; interment in Masonic Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 41 1869-1870

	HEFLIN, James Thomas (1869-1951)
	Bio: (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

	HERBERT, Hilary Abner (1834-1919)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., March 12, 1834; moved with his parents to Greenville, Butler County, Ala., in 1846; attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1853 and 1854 and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855 and 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Greenville, Ala.; entered the Confederate service as captain of the Greenville Guards; promoted to the rank of colonel of the Eighth Regiment, Alabama Infantry; disabled at the Battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864; resumed the practice of law in Greenville, Ala., until 1872, when he moved to Montgomery, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1893); chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-second Congresses); served in the Cabinet of President Cleveland as Secretary of the Navy 1893-1897; located in Washington, D.C., and practiced law until his death; died in Tampa, Fla., March 6, 1919; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882 Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	HERNDON, Thomas Hord (1828-1883)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Erie, Greene (now Hale) County, Ala., July 1, 1828; attended a private school; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1847; attended the law school of Harvard University in 1848; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Eutaw, Ala.; editor of the Eutaw Democrat in 1850; moved to Mobile, Ala., in 1853 and resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858; trustee of the University of Alabama in 1858 and 1859; returned to Greene County in 1859; member of the State secession convention in 1861; during the Civil War served as major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in the Confederate Army and was wounded twice in battle; again moved to Mobile and resumed the practice of his profession; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Alabama in 1872; member of the State constitutional convention which met September 6, 1875; member of the State house of representatives in 1876 and 1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Mobile, Ala., March 28, 1883, before the convening of the Forty-eighth Congress; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882 Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880

Image currently unavailable	HEWITT, Goldsmith Whitehouse (1834-1895)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Elyton (now Birmingham), Jefferson County, Ala., February 14, 1834; attended the country schools; entered the Confederate Army in June 1861 as a private in Company B, Tenth Regiment, Alabama Infantry; was promoted to captain of Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in 1862; was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1866; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Birmingham, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; served in the State senate from 1872 to 1874 and resigned in the latter year; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); elected to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on Pensions (Forty-eighth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed the practice of law; again a member of the State house of representatives 1886-1888; died in Birmingham, Ala., on May 27, 1895; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878 Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876

	HILL, Joseph Lister (1894-1984)
	Bio: 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 21, 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 Representative Democrat 75 1937-1938 Senator 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

	HILLIARD, Earl Frederick (1942- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Ala., April 9, 1942; graduated from Western-Olin High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1960; B.A., Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., 1964; J.D., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1967; M.B.A., Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., 1970; lawyer, private practice; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1974-1980; member of the Alabama state senate, 1981-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998 Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994

Image currently unavailable	HILLIARD, Henry Washington (1808-1892)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., on August 4, 1808; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826; studied law; moved to Athens, Ga., where he was admitted to the bar in 1829; professor in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa from 1831 to 1834, when he resigned to practice law in Montgomery, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives 1836-1838; member of the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; Whig presidential elector in 1840; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840; Chargé d’Affaires to Belgium from May 12, 1842, to August 15, 1844; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; presidential elector on the National American ticket in 1856; during the Civil War served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army; moved to Augusta, Ga., in 1865 and resumed the practice of his profession; appointed by Jefferson Davis Confederate commissioner to Tennessee; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Augusta, Ga., moving later to Atlanta; Minister to Brazil 1877-1881; died in Atlanta, Ga., December 17, 1892; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 31 1849-1850 Representative Whig 30 1847-1848 Representative Whig 29 1845-1846

	HILLIARD, Earl Frederick (1942- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Ala., April 9, 1942; graduated from Western-Olin High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1960; B.A., Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., 1964; J.D., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1967; M.B.A., Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., 1970; lawyer, private practice; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1974-1980; member of the Alabama state senate, 1981-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998 Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994

Image currently unavailable	HILLIARD, Henry Washington (1808-1892)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., on August 4, 1808; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826; studied law; moved to Athens, Ga., where he was admitted to the bar in 1829; professor in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa from 1831 to 1834, when he resigned to practice law in Montgomery, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives 1836-1838; member of the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; Whig presidential elector in 1840; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840; Chargé d’Affaires to Belgium from May 12, 1842, to August 15, 1844; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; presidential elector on the National American ticket in 1856; during the Civil War served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army; moved to Augusta, Ga., in 1865 and resumed the practice of his profession; appointed by Jefferson Davis Confederate commissioner to Tennessee; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Augusta, Ga., moving later to Atlanta; Minister to Brazil 1877-1881; died in Atlanta, Ga., December 17, 1892; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 31 1849-1850 Representative Whig 30 1847-1848 Representative Whig 29 1845-1846

	HILLIARD, Earl Frederick (1942- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Ala., April 9, 1942; graduated from Western-Olin High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1960; B.A., Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., 1964; J.D., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1967; M.B.A., Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., 1970; lawyer, private practice; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1974-1980; member of the Alabama state senate, 1981-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998 Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994

Image currently unavailable	HOBBS, Samuel Francis (1887-1952)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., October 5, 1887; attended the public schools, Callaway’s Preparatory School, Selma, Ala., Marion (Ala.) Military Institute, Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1908; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Selma, Ala.; appointed judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Alabama in 1921; elected to the same office in 1923 and served until his resignation in 1926; resumed the practice of law; chairman of the Muscle Shoals Commission in 1931 and of the Alabama National Recovery Administration Committee in 1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1951); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1936 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Halsted L. Ritter, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; did not seek renomination in 1950; returned to Selma, Ala., and reestablished his law practice; died in Selma, Ala., May 31, 1952; interment in Live Oak Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

	HOBSON, Richmond Pearson (1870-1937)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., August 17, 1870; attended private schools and Southern University; was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1889 and from the French National School of Naval Design at Paris in 1893; served in the United States Navy from 1885 until 1903; special representative of the Navy Department to the Buffalo Exposition in 1901 and to the Charleston Exposition in 1901 and 1902; naval architect, author, and lecturer; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and later to New York City; organized the American Alcohol Education Association in 1921 and served as general secretary; organized the International Narcotic Education Association in 1923 and served as president; organized the World Conference on Narcotic Education in 1926 and served as secretary general and as chairman of the board of governors; founder of the World Narcotic Defense Association in 1927, serving as president; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1933 for sinking the collier in 1898; was made a rear admiral by act of Congress in 1934; founder and president of the Constitutional Democracy Association in 1935; died in New York City March 16, 1937; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908

	HOUSTON, George Smith (1811-1879)
	Bio: 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

	HOWARD, Milford Wriarson (1862-1937)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Rome, Floyd County, Ga., December 18, 1862; attended the common schools; studied law in Cedartown, Ga.; moved to Fort Payne, De Kalb County, Ala., in 1880; was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Fort Payne; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); was not a candidate for renomination in 1898; resumed the practice of law in Fort Payne in 1904; moved to Montrose, near Los Angeles, Calif., in 1918 and engaged in literary pursuits; returned to Fort Payne in 1923; established the Master Schools for underprivileged children; resumed literary pursuits and also engaged in educational work; died in Los Angeles, Calif. December 28, 1937; interment in His Shrine Chapel, atop Lookout Mountain, near Mentone, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Populist 55 1897-1898 Representative Populist 54 1895-1896

Image currently unavailable	HUBBARD, David (1792-1874)
	Bio: (cousin of Samuel Houston), a Representative from Alabama; born near the town of Old Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford County, Va., in 1792; attended the county schools and an academy; during the War of 1812 entered the Army and served as major in the Quartermaster Corps; moved to Huntsville, Ala., where he worked as a carpenter; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1820 and commenced practice in Huntsville; moved to Florence and served as solicitor 1823-1826; moved to Moulton in 1827 and entered the mercantile business; member of the State senate in 1827 and 1828; member of the board of trustees of the University of Alabama 1828-1835; moved to Courtland in 1829, where he engaged in buying and selling Chickasaw Indian land; member of the State house of representatives in 1831, 1842, 1843, 1845, and 1853; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law; elected to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; delegate to the Southern Commercial Congress at Savannah, Ga., in 1859; presidential elector on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket in 1860; member of the Confederate States House of Representatives 1861-1863; first Confederate States Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1863-1865; moved to Spring Hill, Tenn.; died at the home of his son in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., January 20, 1874; interment in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Rosedale, Iberville Parish, La.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 26 1839-1840

	HUDDLESTON, George (1869-1960)
	Bio: (father of George Huddleston, Jr.), a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 11, 1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced in Birmingham, Ala., until 1911, when he retired from practice; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; died in Birmingham, Ala., February 29, 1960; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916

Image currently unavailable	HUDDLESTON, George Jr. (1920-1971)
	Bio: (son of George Huddleston), a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., March 19, 1920; attended the public schools; attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C., for one year; Birmingham (Ala.) Southern College, A.B., 1941; coeditor of an index to the official proceedings of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901; served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, 1942-1946, with thirty-two months overseas in the Pacific Theater; captain in the Naval Reserve; University of Alabama Law School, LL.B., 1948; was admitted to the bar in 1948; deputy circuit solicitor for the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama in 1948 and 1949; assistant United States attorney for the northern district of Alabama, 1949-1952; engaged in the practice of law in Birmingham, Ala., 1952-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; joined North American Rockwell Corp. in 1964 and was the firm’s director of governmental affairs at the time of his death in Washington, D.C., September 14, 1971; was a resident of Middleburg, Va.; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

	HUDDLESTON, George (1869-1960)
	Bio: (father of George Huddleston, Jr.), a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 11, 1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced in Birmingham, Ala., until 1911, when he retired from practice; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; died in Birmingham, Ala., February 29, 1960; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916

Image currently unavailable	HUDDLESTON, George Jr. (1920-1971)
	Bio: (son of George Huddleston), a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., March 19, 1920; attended the public schools; attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C., for one year; Birmingham (Ala.) Southern College, A.B., 1941; coeditor of an index to the official proceedings of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901; served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, 1942-1946, with thirty-two months overseas in the Pacific Theater; captain in the Naval Reserve; University of Alabama Law School, LL.B., 1948; was admitted to the bar in 1948; deputy circuit solicitor for the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama in 1948 and 1949; assistant United States attorney for the northern district of Alabama, 1949-1952; engaged in the practice of law in Birmingham, Ala., 1952-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; joined North American Rockwell Corp. in 1964 and was the firm’s director of governmental affairs at the time of his death in Washington, D.C., September 14, 1971; was a resident of Middleburg, Va.; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

	HUDDLESTON, George (1869-1960)
	Bio: (father of George Huddleston, Jr.), a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 11, 1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced in Birmingham, Ala., until 1911, when he retired from practice; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; died in Birmingham, Ala., February 29, 1960; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916

Image currently unavailable	HUDDLESTON, George Jr. (1920-1971)
	Bio: (son of George Huddleston), a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., March 19, 1920; attended the public schools; attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C., for one year; Birmingham (Ala.) Southern College, A.B., 1941; coeditor of an index to the official proceedings of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901; served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, 1942-1946, with thirty-two months overseas in the Pacific Theater; captain in the Naval Reserve; University of Alabama Law School, LL.B., 1948; was admitted to the bar in 1948; deputy circuit solicitor for the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama in 1948 and 1949; assistant United States attorney for the northern district of Alabama, 1949-1952; engaged in the practice of law in Birmingham, Ala., 1952-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; joined North American Rockwell Corp. in 1964 and was the firm’s director of governmental affairs at the time of his death in Washington, D.C., September 14, 1971; was a resident of Middleburg, Va.; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

Image currently unavailable	INGE, Samuel Williams (1817-1868)
	Bio: (nephew of William Marshall Inge), a Representative from Alabama; born in Warren County, N.C., on February 22, 1817; moved to Greene County, Ala.; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Livingston, Sumter County, Ala.; member of the Alabama house of representatives in 1844 and 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Thirty-first Congress); participated in a duel with Edward Stanly, a Representative from North Carolina, in Bladensburg, near Washington, D.C., but neither was seriously injured; resumed the practice of law; was appointed by President Franklin Pierce a United States attorney for the northern district of California on April 1, 1853; died in San Francisco, Calif., on June 10, 1868; interment in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

	JARMAN, Peterson Bryant (Pete) (1892-1955)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Greensboro, Hale County,Ala., on October 31, 1892; attended the public schools, the Normal College,Livingston, Ala., and Southern University, Greensboro, Ala.; was graduated fromthe University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1913, and attended the University ofMontpellier, France, in 1919; clerk in probate office in Sumter County, Ala.,1913-1917; during the First World War served overseas as second and firstlieutenant in the Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry; served in theAlabama National Guard as inspector general with rank of major 1922-1924, andas division inspector of the Thirty-first Infantry Division with rank oflieutenant colonel 1924-1940; assistant State examiner of accounts 1919-1930;secretary of state of Alabama 1931-1934; assistant State comptroller in 1935and 1936; member of the State Democratic executive committee of Alabama1927-1930; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the fivesucceeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1949); chairman, Committee onMemorials (Seventy-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1948; appointed by President Harry S Truman as Ambassador to Australia on June8, 1949, and served until July 31, 1953; died in Washington, D.C., February 17,1955; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

	JEFFERS, Lamar (1888-1983)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., April 16, 1888; attended the public schools and the Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston; served with the Alabama National Guard, 1904-1914; clerk of the circuit court of Calhoun County, taking office in January 1917; resigned that office in May 1917 and entered the U.S. Army, serving with the Eighty-second Division in France; was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the United States Government; promoted to rank of major of infantry; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Fred L. Blackmon; reelected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from June 7, 1921, to January 3, 1935; chairman, Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; resided in Daytona Beach, Fla., until his death there on June 1, 1983; interment at Arlington National Cemetery.
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

Image currently unavailable	JONES, Robert Emmett (1912-1997)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Ala., June 12, 1912; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, January 7, 1937; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Scottsboro, Ala.; elected judge of Jackson County Court in July 1940; reelected in absentia in May 1945 and served until October 1946; served in the United States Navy as a gunnery officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters from December 1943 until February 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, January 28, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 28, 1947, to January 3, 1977; chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; died June 4, 1997.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 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

Image currently unavailable	JONES, James Taylor (1832-1895)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1832; moved with his father to Marengo County, Ala., in 1834; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Demopolis, Ala.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment; elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862; appointed judge advocate in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State senate in 1872 and 1873; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Herndon; reelected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and served from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1889; was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Ala.; circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1890 until his death in Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., February 15, 1895; interment in Lyon Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	JONES, Robert Emmett (1912-1997)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Ala., June 12, 1912; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, January 7, 1937; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Scottsboro, Ala.; elected judge of Jackson County Court in July 1940; reelected in absentia in May 1945 and served until October 1946; served in the United States Navy as a gunnery officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters from December 1943 until February 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, January 28, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 28, 1947, to January 3, 1977; chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; died June 4, 1997.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 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

Image currently unavailable	JONES, James Taylor (1832-1895)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1832; moved with his father to Marengo County, Ala., in 1834; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Demopolis, Ala.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment; elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862; appointed judge advocate in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State senate in 1872 and 1873; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Herndon; reelected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and served from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1889; was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Ala.; circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1890 until his death in Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., February 15, 1895; interment in Lyon Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	JONES, Robert Emmett (1912-1997)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Ala., June 12, 1912; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, January 7, 1937; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Scottsboro, Ala.; elected judge of Jackson County Court in July 1940; reelected in absentia in May 1945 and served until October 1946; served in the United States Navy as a gunnery officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters from December 1943 until February 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, January 28, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 28, 1947, to January 3, 1977; chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; died June 4, 1997.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 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

Image currently unavailable	JONES, James Taylor (1832-1895)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1832; moved with his father to Marengo County, Ala., in 1834; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Demopolis, Ala.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment; elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862; appointed judge advocate in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State senate in 1872 and 1873; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Herndon; reelected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and served from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1889; was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Ala.; circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1890 until his death in Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., February 15, 1895; interment in Lyon Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	JONES, Robert Emmett (1912-1997)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Ala., June 12, 1912; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, January 7, 1937; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Scottsboro, Ala.; elected judge of Jackson County Court in July 1940; reelected in absentia in May 1945 and served until October 1946; served in the United States Navy as a gunnery officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters from December 1943 until February 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, January 28, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 28, 1947, to January 3, 1977; chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; died June 4, 1997.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 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

Image currently unavailable	JONES, James Taylor (1832-1895)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1832; moved with his father to Marengo County, Ala., in 1834; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Demopolis, Ala.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment; elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862; appointed judge advocate in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State senate in 1872 and 1873; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Herndon; reelected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and served from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1889; was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Ala.; circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1890 until his death in Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., February 15, 1895; interment in Lyon Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	JONES, Robert Emmett (1912-1997)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Ala., June 12, 1912; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, January 7, 1937; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Scottsboro, Ala.; elected judge of Jackson County Court in July 1940; reelected in absentia in May 1945 and served until October 1946; served in the United States Navy as a gunnery officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters from December 1943 until February 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, January 28, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 28, 1947, to January 3, 1977; chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; died June 4, 1997.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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 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

Data Source: U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory

Data Source: U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory