Richard Craig Shelby ( born Richard Craig Shelby ; May 6, 1934 , Birmingham , Birmingham ) - American Republican politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 , a US senator from Alabama from 1987 .
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| English Richard Shelby | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Jeremiah Denton | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Walter Flowers | ||||||
| Successor | Claude Harris | ||||||
| Birth | May 6, 1934 (85 years old) Birmingham , Alabama | ||||||
| Spouse | Annette Nevin | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| The consignment | Democratic Party (before 1994) Republican Party (since 1994) | ||||||
| Education | University of Alabama | ||||||
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| Site | shelby.senate.gov | ||||||
Senator Shelby and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin , July 3, 2018
He was educated at the University of Alabama . He worked as a prosecutor in the city of Tuscaloosa ( 1963 - 1971 ), a US magistrate in the Northern District of Alabama ( 1966 - 1970 ) and a special assistant to the Attorney General of Alabama ( 1969 - 1971 ). In 1970 , he was elected a member of the Alabama Senate .
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Links
- Senator Richard Shelby official US Senate site
- Richard Shelby at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress