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[[Image:Shelby.jpg|150px|thumb|Richard Shelby]]
{{Officeholder
|name=Richard Shelby
|image=Shelby.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]] (1979-1994)<br/>[[Republican]]
|spouse=Annette Shelby
|religion=Presbyterian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Alabama
|terms=January 6, 1987 – Present
|preceded=Jeremiah Denton
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Alabama
|district=7th
|terms=January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987
|preceded=Walter Flowers
|former=n
|succeeded=Claude Harris, Jr.
}}
}}
'''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.