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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaIra William McCOLLUM, Jr. (Bill)
(1944- )
McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr.
(Bill), a Representative from Florida; born in Brooksville,
Hernando County, Fla., July 12, 1944; graduated from Hernando High
School, Brookville, Fla., 1962; B.A., University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla., 1966; J.D., University of Florida, Gainesville,
1968; United States Navy, Judge Advocate General Corps, commander,
1969-1972; United States Naval Reserve, 1972-1992; admitted to the
Florida bar in 1968; lawyer, private practice; chairman, Republican
Executive Committee of Seminole County, 1976-1980; county
chairmen’s representative, Florida State Executive Committee
for Fifth District, 1976-1980; delegate, Republican National
Convention, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000; elected as a
Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the nine succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2001); one of the managers
appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the
impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton; was
not a candidate for reelection to the United States House of
Representatives, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the United
States Senate in 2000 and 2004.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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