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'''Richard Craig Shelby''' (born May 6, 1934) is the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Alabama]]. Originally elected to the Senate as a [[Democrat]], Shelby switched to the [[Republican Party]] in 1994 when it gained the majority in [[Congress]].
'''Richard Craig Shelby''' (born May 6, 1934) is the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Alabama]]. Originally elected to the Senate as a [[Democrat]], Shelby switched to the [[Republican Party]] in 1994 when it gained the majority in [[Congress]].
==Early Life==
==Early life==
Shelby was born in [[Birmingham]], Alabama to Alice L. Skinner and Ozie Houston Shelby. He attended the [[University of Alabama]], graduating in 1957 and from its law school in 1963. After graduating, Shelby practiced law in Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama, from 1963 to 1978. He is a member of the American Bar Association and Alabama Bar Association, as well as the American Judicature Society, [[Alabama]] Law Institute, Delta Chi Fraternity, and Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.
Shelby was born in [[Birmingham]], Alabama to Alice L. Skinner and Ozie Houston Shelby. He attended the [[University of Alabama]], graduating in 1957 and from its law school in 1963. After graduating, Shelby practiced law in Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama, from 1963 to 1978. He is a member of the American Bar Association and Alabama Bar Association, as well as the American Judicature Society, [[Alabama]] Law Institute, Delta Chi Fraternity, and Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.