George Darden
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George "Buddy" Darden (born November 22, 1943) is an American politician and laywer.
Darden was born in Hancock County, Georgia and graduated from Sparta High School in Sparta, Georgia in 1961. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens in 1965 and his Juris Doctor from the UGA School of Law in 1967.
After serving as assistant district attorney in Cobb County, Georgia from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1973 to 1976, Darden was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1980 and served in that body until 1983. Upon the sudden death of U.S. Representative Larry McDonald in the 1983 downing of Korean Air Flight 007, Darden won the special election to fill McDonald's seat for the remainder of the Ninety-eighth Congress and was reelected to five more terms in that seat until losing his reelection bid in 1994. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House again in 2002.
Darden served as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Since 2002, he has been a member of the board of trustees for LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.
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- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
| Preceded by Larry McDonald |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 7th congressional district November 8, 1983 - January 3, 1995 |
Succeeded by Bob Barr |
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