Mac Collins
| Michael Allen (Mac) Collins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Saxby Chambliss |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Westmoreland |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Ray |
| Succeeded by | Jim Marshall |
| Member of the Georgia Senate | |
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In office 1989–1993 |
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October 15, 1944 Jackson, Georgia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Methodist |
Michael Allen "Mac" Collins (born October 15, 1944), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing the Georgia's 8th congressional district (previously Georgia's 3rd congressional district from 1993 to 2003). He was an unsuccessful candidate for Senate in 2004.
Collins was born in Jackson, and joined a concrete products business run by his father after graduating from high school, eventually expanding it into a ready-mix concrete company. He served in the Georgia Army National Guard from 1964 to 1970. He later began a trucking company that is now run by his sons.
He began his political career in 1977, when he was elected to the Butts County Commission. He was immediately elected chairman by his colleagues and served two terms, giving up his seat in 1980 when he switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican. After losing two elections for Georgia State Senate, he was elected in 1988 from a district in Henry County south of Atlanta and served two terms there.
In the United States House of Representatives he was a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Deputy Whip for the Republican Party, and was selected by the Speaker of the House to serve on the highly classified United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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