Glen Browder
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| In office 1989 - 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Nichols |
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| Succeeded by | Bob R. Riley |
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| Born | January 15, 1943 Sumter, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
John Glen Browder (b. January 15, 1943) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina and graduated from Edmunds High School in 1961. He attended Presbyterian College where he graduated with a degree in 1965. He went on to obtain a Masters Degree and Ph.D from Emory University in Atlanta in 1971.
Before earning his graduate degrees, Browder served a brief stint as a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal in 1966 and later as an investigator with the United States Civil Service Commission from 1966 until 1968. Following completion of his degrees, he became a professor of political science at Jacksonville State University, Alabama, 1971 – 1987 and served as the president of Data Associates in Anniston, Alabama from 1978 – 1987.
[edit] Political career
Browder's political career began in the Alabama statehouse, where he served as a representative from 1982 – 1986 and then as Alabama secretary of state from 1987 – 1989.
He was elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William F. Nichols, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997).
In the House, Browder served on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Budget Committee. He focused on military readiness and balancing the federal budget. He was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1996, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.
[edit] After Congress
Following his time in the House of Representatives, Browder accepted two academic positions, the first as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School (1997 – present), with primary responsibility in the area of "Congress and the Pentagon". He also is Eminent Scholar in American Democracy at Jacksonville State University in Alabama.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
