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      • Richard Shelby Party

      • Party

        Republican
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/4/1986
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      • Next Election

        2016
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      • Missed Vote %

        1.37%
      • Votes With Party Icon

      • Votes with Party

        87.50%
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      1000 Glenn Hearn Boulevard #20127 Huntsville, AL

      Ph: 256-772-0460
      Fx: 256-772-8387

    • Richard Craig Shelby is the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is the ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations and was the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from 2003 to 2007.
      Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he went on to serve as city prosecutor (1963–1971). During this period he worked as a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama (1966–1970) and Special Assistant Attorney General of Alabama (1969–1971). He won a seat in the Alabama Senate in 1970. In 1978 he was elected ...
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Date Born

BORN

5/6/1934

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

Birmingham, AL

Home City

HOME CITY

Tuscaloosa, AL

Religion

Religion

  Presbyterian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lawyer, 1963-1978 Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama, 1969-1971 Prosecutor, City of Tuscaloosa, 1963-1971 United States Commissioner, Northern District of Alabama, 1966-1970 Law Clerk, Alabama Supreme Court, 1961-1962

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 1987-present Switched from Democratic to Republican Party, November 9, 1994 Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1979-1987 Legislative Counsel, 1977-1978 Senator, Alabama State Senate, 1970-1978

EDUCATION

LLB, University of Alabama, 1963 BA, University of Alabama, 1957

FAMILY

Wife: Annette; 2 Children: Richard Jr., Claude Nevin

COMMITTEES JOINED

  • Sen. Richard Shelby

    Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Member, Subcommittee on Defense, Member, Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development, Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, Ranking Member, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, Member,
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