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  Flowers, Walter
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NameWalter Flowers
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama , United States
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Born April 12, 1933
DiedApril 12, 1984 (51 years)
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Dec 21, 2014 08:18pm
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Infoborn in Greenville, Butler County, Ala., April 12, 1933; educated in public schools of Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama, A.B., 1955, and LL.B., 1957; Rotary Foundation Fellow at University of London, England, 1957-1958 (graduate student in international law); commissioned as a Reserve officer, Military Intelligence, Army, 1955; served on active duty as lieutenant, 1958-1959; was admitted to the bar in 1957 and commenced practice in Alabama; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to the United States House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; businessman; was a resident of McLean, Va., until his death there April 12, 1984; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.


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  09/26/1978 AL US Senate - D Runoff Lost 35.07% (-29.86%)
  09/05/1978 AL US Senate - D Primary Won 31.03% (+0.00%)
  11/02/1976 AL District 07 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/04/1976 AL District 7 - D Primary Won 70.05% (+40.10%)
  11/05/1974 AL District 7 Won 90.97% (+84.54%)
  05/07/1974 AL District 7 - D Primary Won 67.03% (+34.06%)
  11/07/1972 AL District 7 Won 84.84% (+70.83%)
  05/02/1972 AL District 7 - D Primary Won 64.47% (+28.93%)
  11/03/1970 AL District 5 Won 75.92% (+51.83%)
  11/05/1968 AL District 5 Won 56.24% (+33.42%)
  06/04/1968 AL District 5 - D Runoff Won 51.53% (+3.05%)
  05/07/1968 AL District 5 - D Primary Won 29.10% (+0.00%)
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