Connie Mack III
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United States Senator from Florida |
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In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Lawton Chiles |
| Succeeded by | Bill Nelson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | William Lehman |
| Succeeded by | Porter Goss |
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Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III October 29, 1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ludie Priscilla Hobbs |
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Connie Mack (grandfather) Morris Sheppard (grandfather) Tom Connally (step-grandfather) |
| Children | Connie Mack IV |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), popularly known as Connie Mack, is an American attorney and Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida (1983–89) and then as a Senator (1989-2001). He served as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference (1997–2001).
He was considered as the Vice-Presidential nominee on the GOP ticket by Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000. Jack Kemp and Dick Cheney, respectively, were chosen instead. He is the grandson of Connie Mack (1862–1956), former owner and manager of baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Mack was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1940, the son of Susan (née Sheppard) and Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, Jr. He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1966. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and Florida Blue Key.
His paternal grandfather was Connie Mack (1862–1956), (Cornelius McGillicuddy), former owner and manager of baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mack's maternal grandfather was Morris Sheppard, U.S. Senator and Representative from Texas. His maternal step-grandfather was Tom Connally, who also served as U.S. Senator from Texas (Mack's widowed grandmother married Connally the year after Sheppard died). Mack's father's line were Irish immigrants. Mack's maternal great-grandfather was John Levi Sheppard, who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas.
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