Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 6th congressional district. The district includes the whiter, wealthier areas of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, along with most of those cities' suburbs.
Bachus was born in Birmingham to Edith Wells and Spencer Thomas Bachus, Jr. He currently lives in Vestavia Hills, a B...
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Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 6th congressional district. The district includes the whiter, wealthier areas of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, along with most of those cities' suburbs.
Bachus was born in Birmingham to Edith Wells and Spencer Thomas Bachus, Jr. He currently lives in Vestavia Hills, a Birmingham suburb. He graduated from Auburn University in 1969 where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau social fraternity. He served in the Alabama National Guard from 1969 to 1971, during the Vietnam War, while attending law school; he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alabama's School of Law in 1972. Prior to his political career, he owned a sawmill and practiced law until 1992.
Bachus and his wife Linda are the parents of five children.
Bachus was elected to the Alabama Senate in 1983, serving one term before moving to...
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