Spencer T Bachus III

Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., December 28, 1947; B.A., Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., 1969; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1972; National Guard, 1969-1971; lawyer, private practice; member of the Alabama state senate, 1983-1984; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1984-1987; member, Alabama state board of education, 1987-1991; chairman, Alabama Republican executive committee, 1991-1992; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2015); chair, Committee on Financial Services (One Hundred Twelfth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.