A Representative from Alabama; born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., November 19, 1959; B.A., University of Alabama, 1982; attended University of Alabama Law School; staff, United States Representative Sonny Callahan of Alabama, 1985-2002; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses until his resignation on August 2, 2013 (January 3, 2003-August 2, 2013); chair, Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Twelfth Congress).