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  Buchanan Jr., John Hall
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  1965-01-01  
 
NameJohn Hall Buchanan Jr.
Address120 Crestview Dr.
Birmingham, Alabama , United States
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Born March 19, 1928
DiedMarch 05, 2018 (89 years)
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Tags Caucasian - Navy - Baptist - Straight -
InfoBorn in Paris, Tenn., March 19, 1928; served in the United States Navy 1945-1946; graduated from Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., in 1949, did graduate work at the University of Virginia, and graduated from the Southern Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., in 1957; served as pastor of churches in Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama for ten years; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962; served as a supply pastor in the Birmingham, Ala., area and as director of finance for the Alabama Republican Party, 1962-1964; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; member, United States delegation to the United Nations, 1973 and 1984; member, United States delegation, United Nations Human Rights Committee, 1978-1980; chairman, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education in the Department of Education, 1981-1983; chairman, People for the American Way, 1982 to present; is a resident of Bethesda, Md.

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RACES
  09/02/1980 AL District 6 - R Primary Lost 44.65% (-10.71%)
  11/07/1978 AL District 6 Won 61.71% (+23.41%)
  09/05/1978 AL District 6 - R Primary Won 53.18% (+13.33%)
  11/02/1976 AL District 06 Won 56.68% (+13.99%)
  11/05/1974 AL District 06 Won 57.05% (+15.76%)
  11/07/1972 AL District 6 Won 59.75% (+24.16%)
  11/03/1970 AL District 6 Won 60.07% (+22.42%)
  11/05/1968 AL District 6 Won 59.34% (+29.77%)
  11/08/1966 AL District 6 Won 63.44% (+26.88%)
  11/03/1964 AL District 6 Won 60.56% (+21.13%)
  11/06/1962 AL At-Large Lost 5.26% (-6.07%)
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