A Representative from Alabama (AL 5th district) Born in Charleston, SC, April 29, 1954; graduated from Grissom High School, Huntsville, Ala., 1972; B.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1975; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1978; lawyer, private practice; prosecutor, Office of the District Attorney, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., 1978-1980; clerk, Circuit Court Judge John Snodgrass, 1980-1982; member of the Alabama house of representatives, 1982-1992; district attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Madison County, Ala., 1991-1993; special assistant attorney general, state of Alabama, 1995-2002; commissioner, Madison County, Ala., board of commissions, 1996-2010; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-present).