Glen Browder | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd district | |
In office April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997 | |
Preceded by | William Flynt Nichols |
Succeeded by | Bob Riley |
45th Secretary of State of Alabama | |
In office January 17, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |
Governor | H. Guy Hunt |
Preceded by | Don Siegelman |
Succeeded by | Fred Crawford |
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
In office 1983-1986 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. | January 15, 1943
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Sara Rebecca Moore Browder |
Children | Jenny Rebecca Browder |
Residence | Jacksonville, Alabama |
Alma mater | Presbyterian College 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 earned a Bachelor of Arts in history at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, in 1965. He went on to obtain a Master of Arts and a 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.