Parker Griffith
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bud Cramer |
| Succeeded by | Mo Brooks |
| Member of the Alabama Senate from the 7th district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Enfinger |
| Succeeded by | Paul Sanford |
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August 6, 1942 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Democratic (Before 2009; 2014–present) Republican (2009–2013) Independent (2013–2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Griffith |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Louisiana State University, New Orleans |
| Religion | Episcopalianism |
Rolf Parker Griffith, Jr. (born August 6, 1942) is an American retired radiation oncology physician, mathematics teacher, Army Reserve officer, entrepreneur and politician who served in the Alabama State Senate from 2006 to 2008 and then as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district from 2009 to 2011. A lifelong member of the Democratic Party, while serving in Congress, at the urging of Republicans he switched parties on December 22, 2009. He ran for re-election in 2010 but was defeated in the Republican primary by Mo Brooks. He returned to the Democratic Party in 2014 and unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Alabama in the 2014 election.
Griffith was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He taught 7th-grade arithmetic for less than a year at T.H. Harris Junior High School in Metairie, Louisiana prior to being admitted to medical school. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Medical School in 1970 and served in residency at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. After serving at the LSU Service Charity Hospital in New Orleans and a year of neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas, Griffith began preparing to become a radiation oncologist, one who specializes in using radiation to cure cancer, training in radiation oncology through a combined program between UTMB and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He served as a Medical Corps captain in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1970 to 1973, while continuing his medical training at the LSU Service Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
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