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[[Image:Shelby.jpg|150px|thumb|Richard Shelby]]

'''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.

==Political career==

==Political career==