Charles T. Canady

A Representative from Florida; born in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., June 22, 1954; B.A., Haverford College, 1976; J.D., Yale University School of Law, 1979; admitted to the bar in 1979 and commenced the practice of law in Lakeland; served as counsel to the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, 1983-1984; member, Florida house of representatives, 1984-1990; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton; was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress.