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CHAMBLISS, Saxby

CHAMBLISS, Saxby

Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office
CHAMBLISS, Saxby
1943–

Office

Representative, Senator

State/Territory

Georgia

Party

Republican

Congress(es)

104th (1995–1997), 105th (1997–1999), 106th (1999–2001), 107th (2001–2003), 108th (2003–2005), 109th (2005–2007), 110th (2007–2009), 111th (2009–2011), 112th (2011–2013), 113th (2013–2015)

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Concise Biography

CHAMBLISS, Saxby, a Senator and a Representative from Georgia; born in Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., November 10, 1943; graduated C.E. Byrd High School, Shreveport, La.; B.A., University of Georgia, Athens 1966; J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law 1968; attorney, Moultrie, Ga.; elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fourth and the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003); not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002; reelected in 2008, and served from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (One Hundred Ninth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 2014.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Athens, GA
Papers: Senatorial papers.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

U.S. Congress. Tributes Delivered in Congress: Saxby Chambliss, United States Congressman, 1995-2003, United States Senator, 2003-2015. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2015.

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