| LC control no. | n 89108506 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shelby, Richard |
| Birth date | 19340506 |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Affiliation | University of Alabama University of Alabama. School of Law United States. District Court (Alabama : Northern District) Alabama. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Public prosecutors |
| Found in | United States. General Accounting Office. VA health care, 1986: t.p. (Honorable Richard Shelby, House of Representatives) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, July 31, 2013: ((Shelby, Richard C., Senate years of service: 1987- ; a Senator and a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Ala., May 6, 1934; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Alabama 1957; graduated, University of Alabama School of Law 1963; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1961 and commenced practice in Tuscaloosa; city prosecutor, Tuscaloosa 1963-1971; United States Commissioner, Northern District of Alabama 1966-1970; member, Alabama State senate 1970-1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1987; was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1986, but was elected to the United States Senate; reelected in 1992, 1998, 2004, and again in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017; changed from the Democratic to the Republican Party in 1994; chair, Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses, One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]); chair, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congresses)) Wikipedia website, July 31, 2013: (Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior United States Senator from Alabama) |
| Associated language | eng |
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