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Senate Years of Service: 1979-1997 Party: Democrat
HEFLIN, Howell Thomas, (nephew of James Thomas Heflin),
a Senator from Alabama; born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921;
attended the Alabama public schools; graduated, Birmingham Southern College 1942; graduated,
University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1948; admitted to the Alabama bar in 1948
and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1946;
law professor; chief justice, Alabama supreme court 1971-1977; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate in November 1978; reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from
January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Select
Committee on Ethics (Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); was
a resident of Tuscumbia, Ala., until his death due to a heart attack on March 29, 2005; interment in
Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
BibliographyHayman, John. Judge in the Senate: Howell
Heflins Career of Politics and Principle. Mongtomery, Alab.: New South Books, 2001.
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