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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaBob BARR
(1948- )
BARR, Bob, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Iowa City, Johnson County,
Iowa, November 5, 1948; graduated, Community High School, Tehran,
Iran, 1966; B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
Calif., 1970; M.A., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.,
1972; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.,
1977; Central Intelligence Agency, 1970-1978; United States
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1986-1990; anti-drug
coordinator for Department of Justice, Southeastern United States,
1986-1990; head, Public Corruption Subcommittee for United States
Attorney General, 1987-1988; president, Southeastern Legal
Foundation, 1990-1991; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican
nomination to the United States Senate in 1992; elected as a
Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003); one of the managers
appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the
impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton;
unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth
Congress in 2002; unsuccessful Libertarian Party candidate for
election for President of the United States in 2008.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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