United States Representatives from Alabama 4

Image currently unavailable	KELLOGG, Francis William (1810-1879)
	Bio: a Representative from Michigan and from Alabama; born in Worthington, Mass., May 30, 1810; attended the common schools; moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1833; thence to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1855 and engaged in the lumber business at Kelloggville, Kent County; member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858; elected from Michigan as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1865); during the Civil War organized the Second, Third, and Sixth Regiments by authority of the War Department and was appointed colonel of the Third Regiment; appointed by President Johnson collector of internal revenue for the southern district of Alabama April 30, 1866, and served until July 1868, residing in Mobile, Ala.; upon the readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 22, 1868, to March 3, 1869; moved to New York City and later to Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, where he died January 13, 1879; interment in Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 40 1867-1868

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

Image currently unavailable	LAWLER, Joab (1796-1838)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Union County, N.C., June 12, 1796; moved with his father to Tennessee and thence, in 1815, to Mississippi Territory; attended the public schools; studied theology and was licensed to preach; moved to Mardisville, Ala., in 1820 and pursued his ministerial duties; member of the State house of representatives 1826-1831; served in the State senate 1831 and 1832; receiver of public moneys for the Coosa land district 1832-1835; treasurer of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1833-1836; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress; reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1835, until his death in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 1838; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 25 1837-1838 Representative Jacksonian 24 1835-1836

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

Image currently unavailable	LEWIS, Burwell Boykin (1838-1885)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Ala., July 7, 1838; moved with his parents to Mobile, Ala.; after the death of his parents lived with an uncle in Montevallo, Shelby County, Ala.; attended a private school; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1857; studied law in Selma, Ala.; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Montevallo; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of captain of the Second Alabama Cavalry; member of the State house of representatives 1870-1872; moved to Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1872 and engaged in the iron and coal business; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; elected to the Forty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1879, to October 1, 1880, when he resigned to accept the presidency of the University of Alabama; served in this capacity until his death in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on October 11, 1885; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876

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

Image currently unavailable	LEWIS, Burwell Boykin (1838-1885)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Ala., July 7, 1838; moved with his parents to Mobile, Ala.; after the death of his parents lived with an uncle in Montevallo, Shelby County, Ala.; attended a private school; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1857; studied law in Selma, Ala.; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Montevallo; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of captain of the Second Alabama Cavalry; member of the State house of representatives 1870-1872; moved to Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1872 and engaged in the iron and coal business; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; elected to the Forty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1879, to October 1, 1880, when he resigned to accept the presidency of the University of Alabama; served in this capacity until his death in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on October 11, 1885; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876

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

Image currently unavailable	LIGON, Robert Fulwood (1823-1901)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Watkinsville, Oconee County, Ga., December 16, 1823; attended the country schools of his native county, the academy near Watkinsville, and the University of Georgia at Athens; moved to Athens, Ga., and later, in 1844, to Tuskegee, Ala.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Tuskegee; served in the Mexican War as a captain in the First Alabama Battalion; member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850; served in the State senate 1861-1864; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as captain of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Rhodes’ division; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1872; Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; continued the practice of law until 1884, when he retired from active practice and moved to Montgomery; engaged in banking and as a planter; served forty years as president of the board of trustees of the Alabama Female College; also a trustee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn for many years; died in Montgomery, Ala., October 11, 1901; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878

Image currently unavailable	LOWE, William Manning (1842-1882)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., on June 12, 1842; attended the Wesleyan University, Florence, Ala., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as private, lieutenant, captain, and lieutenant colonel; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; solicitor of the fifth judicial circuit 1865-1867; member of the State house of representatives in 1870; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875; elected as a National candidate to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); successfully contested the election of Joseph Wheeler to the Forty-seventh Congress and served from June 3, 1882, until his death in “The Grove,” Huntsville, Ala., October 12, 1882; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative National 47 1881-1882 Representative National 46 1879-1880

Image currently unavailable	LYON, Francis Strother (1800-1882)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Danbury, Stokes County, N.C., February 25, 1800; attended the common schools; moved to St. Stephens (an Indian agency), Ala., in 1817; employed in the bank at St. Stephens and in the office of the clerk of the county court; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Demopolis; secretary of the State senate 1822-1830; member of the State senate in 1833; reelected to the State senate in 1834 and served as president of that body; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agriculture; in 1845, when the State banks were placed in liquidation, he was selected as one of three commissioners to adjust all claims and was afterward chosen sole commissioner until the final settlement in 1853; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1860; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston in 1860, when the southern delegates withdrew, he among them; member of the State house of representatives in 1861; elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress but declined to serve; elected to the First and Second Confederate Congresses and served from 1862 until the close of the Civil War; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875 and made the draft of the constitution adopted by the convention; again elected to the State senate in 1876; died in Demopolis, Ala., December 31, 1882; interment in the Old Glover Vault.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 25 1837-1838 Representative Anti-Jacksonian 24 1835-1836

Image currently unavailable	MANASCO, Carter (1902-1992)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Townley, Walker County, Ala., January 3, 1902; attended the public schools and Howard College, Birmingham, Ala.; graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, LL.B., 1927 and J.D. 1929; was admitted to the bar the same year and began practice in Jasper, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives, 1930-1934; served as secretary to Speaker William B. Bankhead 1933-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter W. Bankhead; reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from June 24, 1941, to January 3, 1949; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed the practice of law and engaged in public relations work; member, first Hoover Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Departments, 1947-1949; legislative counsel, National Coal Association, 1949-1985; was a resident of McLean, Va., until his death in Arlington, Va., on February 5, 1992; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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

Image currently unavailable	MARDIS, Samuel Wright (1800-1836)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Fayetteville, Tenn., June 12, 1800; received an academic training; attended an “old field” school; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Montevallo, Ala., in 1823; member of the State house of representatives 1823-1825, 1828, and 1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); moved to Mardisville, Talladega County, Ala., in 1835 and continued the practice of his profession until his death in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., November 14, 1836; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Jacksonian 23 1833-1834 Representative Jacksonian 22 1831-1832

Image currently unavailable	MARTIN, Joshua Lanier (1799-1856)
	Bio: (father of John Mason Martin), a Representative from Alabama; born in Blount County, Tenn., December 5, 1799; attended the country schools; taught school; studied law in Maryville, Tenn.; moved to Russellville, Franklin County, Ala., in 1819 and continued the study of law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Athens, Limestone County, Ala.; member of the state house of representatives 1822-1828; served as state solicitor 1827-1831; judge of the circuit court in 1834; chancellor of middle Alabama in 841; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); was not a candidate for renomination in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; governor of Alabama 1845-1847; resumed the practice of law in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; again a member of the state house of representatives in 1853; died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., on November 2, 1856; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Jacksonian 24 1835-1836

Image currently unavailable	MARTIN, John Mason (1837-1898)
	Bio: (son of Joshua Lanier Martin), a Representative from Alabama; born in Athens, Limestone County, Ala., January 20, 1837; attended the common schools, the high school in Green Springs, Ala., and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; member of the State senate 1871-1876 and served as president pro tempore 1873-1876; professor of equity jurisprudence in the University of Alabama 1875-1886; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Birmingham, Ala.; died in Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., June 16, 1898; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886

Image currently unavailable	MARTIN, Joshua Lanier (1799-1856)
	Bio: (father of John Mason Martin), a Representative from Alabama; born in Blount County, Tenn., December 5, 1799; attended the country schools; taught school; studied law in Maryville, Tenn.; moved to Russellville, Franklin County, Ala., in 1819 and continued the study of law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Athens, Limestone County, Ala.; member of the state house of representatives 1822-1828; served as state solicitor 1827-1831; judge of the circuit court in 1834; chancellor of middle Alabama in 841; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); was not a candidate for renomination in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; governor of Alabama 1845-1847; resumed the practice of law in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; again a member of the state house of representatives in 1853; died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., on November 2, 1856; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Jacksonian 24 1835-1836

Image currently unavailable	MARTIN, James Douglas (1918- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Tarrant, Jefferson County, Ala., September 1, 1918; educated in the public schools of Jefferson County and the Birmingham School of Law; employed in the petroleum industry in 1937; enlisted in the United States Army in July 1941, and commanded a battery of artillery in Europe; also served as an intelligence officer in the Army of Occupation and was discharged as a major in March 1946; returned to the oil industry; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1962; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate for relection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Alabama in 1966; unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination to the United States Senate in 1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1978 for the unexpired term of James B. Allen; resumed work in the petroleum industry; commissioner, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1987 to present; is a resident of Gadsden, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 89 1965-1966

Image currently unavailable	McCONNELL, Felix Grundy (1809-1846)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Nashville, Tenn., April 1, 1809; moved with his parents to Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1811; received a limited education and became a saddler; moved to Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., in 1834; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Talladega, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1838; served in the State senate 1839-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 10, 1846; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844

Image currently unavailable	McDUFFIE, John (1883-1950)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in River Ridge, Monroe County, Ala., September 25, 1883; educated by private tutors and attended Southern University, Greensboro, Ala.; was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn in 1904 and from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1908; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1911; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Monroeville, Ala.; prosecuting attorney for the first judicial circuit of Alabama 1911-1919; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation, effective March 2, 1935, having been appointed a judge in the United States district court, and served until his death in Mobile, Ala., November 1, 1950; minority whip (Seventy-first Congress), majority whip (Seventy-second Congress); chairman, Committee on Insular Affairs (Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses); interment in Pine Crest 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

Image currently unavailable	McDUFFIE, John Van (1841-1896)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Addison, Steuben County, N.Y., May 16, 1841; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Bureau County, Ill., in 1855; attended Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, in July 1861 and served through the Civil War; settled in Lowndes County, Ala., and became a planter; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hayneville, Ala.; elected judge of probate in 1868; reelected in 1874 and served until 1880; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872 and 1876; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; successfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin to the Fifty-first Congress and served from June 4, 1890, until March 3, 1891; unsuccessfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin to the Fifty-second Congress; engaged in mercantile pursuits and continued as a planter; died in Hayneville, Lowndes County, Ala., November 18, 1896; interment in Pines Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 51 1889-1890

Image currently unavailable	McDUFFIE, John (1883-1950)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in River Ridge, Monroe County, Ala., September 25, 1883; educated by private tutors and attended Southern University, Greensboro, Ala.; was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn in 1904 and from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1908; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1911; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Monroeville, Ala.; prosecuting attorney for the first judicial circuit of Alabama 1911-1919; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation, effective March 2, 1935, having been appointed a judge in the United States district court, and served until his death in Mobile, Ala., November 1, 1950; minority whip (Seventy-first Congress), majority whip (Seventy-second Congress); chairman, Committee on Insular Affairs (Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses); interment in Pine Crest 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

	McKEE, John (1771-1832)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Va., in 1771; attended Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va.; United States agent for the Choctaw Indians in East Mississippi 1802-1816; appointed an officer in the land office at Tuscaloosa March 9, 1821, and was one of the first settlers of Tuscaloosa County; member of the commission to settle the boundary line between the States of Kentucky and Tennessee; elected as a Jackson Republican candidate to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829); was not a candidate for renomination in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; was one of the commissioners in 1829 who negotiated the treaty of Dancing Rabbit, by which a large tract of land west of the Tombigbee River was acquired from the Choctaw Indians; died at his home, “Hill of Howth,” near Boligee, Green County, Ala., August 12, 1832; interment in Bethsalem Cemetery, Boligee, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Jacksonian 20 1827-1828 Representative Jacksonian 19 1825-1826 Representative Jackson Republican 18 1823-1824

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

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

	MOORE, Sydenham (1817-1862)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., May 25, 1817; pursued classical studies; attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1833-1836; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensboro, Ala.; judge of Greene County court 1840-1846 and 1848-1850; judge of the circuit court in 1857; served in the war with Mexico as captain in Colonel Coffey’s regiment of Alabama Infantry from June 1846 to June 1847; elected brigadier general of Alabama Militia; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, until January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; during the Civil War served as colonel of the Eleventh Alabama Regiment in the Confederate Army; died in Richmond, Va., from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862; interment in the City Cemetery, Greensboro, Hale County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858

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

Image currently unavailable	MULKEY, William Oscar (1871-1943)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Brundidge, Pike County, Ala., July 27, 1871; attended the public schools and was graduated from State Normal College, Troy, Ala., in 1892; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Troy, Geneva County, Ala., in 1894; member of the State constitutional convention in 1901; served in the State house of representatives in 1911; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry D. Clayton and served from June 29, 1914, to March 3, 1915; was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; resumed the practice of law; died in Geneva, Ala., June 30, 1943; interment in Geneva Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914

Image currently unavailable	MURPHY, John (1786-1841)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Columbia, Robeson County, N.C., in 1786; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1808; served as clerk of the State senate 1810-1817; moved to Alabama in 1818; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1819; studied law and was admitted to the bar; member of the State senate in 1822; Governor of Alabama 1825-1829; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-second Congress; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-sixth Congress; died near Gosport, Clarke County, Ala., September 21, 1841; interment on his plantation near Gosport, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Jacksonian 23 1833-1834

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Image currently unavailable	NEWSOME, John Parks (1893-1961)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 13, 1893; attended the public schools of Thompsons Station, Tenn., and Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tenn.; stock clerk for wholesale hardware company in 1912; engaged as salesman 1913-1920; in 1920 became president and treasurer of an electrical company; during the First World War was commissioned a first lieutenant on November 27, 1917; later promoted to captain of Infantry, Fifth Division, and served until April 29, 1919, with overseas service; chairman of Appeals Board No. 2, State of Alabama, Selective Service System in 1942 and 1943; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944; president of Associated Industries of Alabama 1953-1955; was a director of the Exchange Security Bank and the Alabama Gas Corp.; died in Birmingham, Ala., November 10, 1961; interment in Elwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 78 1943-1944

	NICHOLS, William Flynt (1918-1988)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born on a small farm in Monroe County, near Becker, Miss., October 16, 1918; graduated from Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga, Ala., in 1935; B.S., Auburn University, 1939, and a master’s degree in 1941; entered military service in 1942, served five years in European Theater, wounded in battle of Hurtgen Forest, Germany, November 30, 1944; retired in 1947 with rank of captain; awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart; vice president, Parker Fertilizer Company, and, president, Parker Gin Company, Sylacauga, Ala., 1947-1966; member, Alabama house of representatives, 1959; elected to Alabama senate in 1963; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1967, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 1988; had been reelected to the One Hundred First Congress: interment in Marble City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years 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

Image currently unavailable	NORRIS, Benjamin White (1819-1873)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Monmouth, Maine, January 22, 1819; prepared for college at Monmouth Academy, and was graduated from Waterville (now Colby) College, Maine, in 1843; taught one term in Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the grocery business in Skowhegan, Maine; delegate to the Free-Soil Convention at Buffalo in 1848; went to California in 1849, remaining one year, then returned to Skowhegan, and studied law; was admitted to the bar of Somerset County in January 1852 and commenced practice there; land agent for the State of Maine 1860-1863; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864; served as paymaster in the Union Army in 1864 and 1865; appointed major and additional paymaster in the Bureau of Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, serving from May 1 to August 2, 1865, at Mobile, Ala.; resided on a plantation in Elmore County and in Wetumpka, Ala., until 1872; member of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1868; upon the readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; died in Montgomery, Ala., January 26, 1873; interment in South Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 40 1867-1868