Biography
A Representative from Texas; born in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1945; graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, Sulphur Springs, Tex., 1963; B.B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1968; J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Tex., 1970; admitted to the Texas State bar in 1970; lawyer, private practice; district attorney, Eighth Judicial District, 1976-1985; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Sam B. Hall, Jr.; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (August 3, 1985-January 3, 1997); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
