Glen Browder
| Glen Browder | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd district |
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In office April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | William Flynt Nichols |
| Succeeded by | Bob Riley |
| 45th Secretary of State of Alabama | |
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In office January 17, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
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| Governor | H. Guy Hunt |
| Preceded by | Don Siegelman |
| Succeeded by | Fred Crawford |
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January 15, 1943 Sumter South Carolina, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Rebecca Moore Browder |
| Children | Jenny Rebecca Browder |
| Residence | Jacksonville, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Emory University |
John Glen Browder (born January 15, 1943) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina and graduated in 1961 from Edmunds High School in Sumter. He attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, having received a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1965. He went on to obtain a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in political science from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1971.
Before earning his graduate degrees, Browder served a brief stint in 1966 as a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal. He worked from 1966 to 1968 as an investigator with the United States Civil Service Commission. After his time at Emory, he became a professor of political science at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. He served on the faculty from 1971 to 1987. From 1978 to 1987, he was the president of Data Associates in Anniston, Alabama, primarily conducting polls and managing campaigns for candidates for public office.
Browder's political career began in the Alabama statehouse, where he served in the Alabama House of Representatives, 1983-86. Upon taking office in January, 1983, Browder was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee and the Constitution and Elections Committee. At the end of Browder's first year, Gov. George Wallace appointed him to the Ways and Means Committee. Browder and Wallace worked closely on improving education in Alabama. Following passage of Browder's Education Reform Act in 1984, which provided for the formation of the Governor's Education Reform Commission, Wallace appointed Browder vice chairman of the commission to formulate and implement a series of measures to bring the quality of education in the state up to national standards.
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