"Alcee Hastings" in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2008.
HASTINGS, Alcee Lamar
.jpg)
1936–
Biography
HASTINGS, Alcee Lamar, a Representative from Florida; born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Fla., September 5, 1936; graduated Crooms Academy, Sanford, Fla, 1953; B.A., Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1958; attended Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., 1958-1960; J.D., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, 1963; lawyer, private practice; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1970; Broward County, Fla., circuit court judge, 1977-1979; United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-1989; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present).
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
[ Top ]External Research Collections
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
In the Frank Minis Johnson papers, 1945-1989, 133.6 linear feet.
Subjects covered include Hastings.
[ Top ]
Committee Assignments
- House Committee - Foreign Affairs
- House Committee - International Relations
- House Committee - Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- House Committee - Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- House Committee - Post Office and Civil Service
-
House Committee - Rules
- Legislative and Budget Process - Chair
- House Committee - Science