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| Date of birth | May 6, 1934(age 82) | | Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama | | Spouse | Annette Shelby (1960-present) | | Children | Richard Shelby, Jr.
Claude Nevin Shelby | | Residence | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | | Alma mater | University of Alabama (B.A., J.D.) | | Occupation | Politician
Attorney | | Religion | Presbyterian | | In office | January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2007 | | Succeeded by | Chris Dodd | | Preceded by | Paul Sarbanes | | In office | January 20, 2001 - June 6, 2001 | | Succeeded by | Bob Graham | | Preceded by | Bob Graham | | In office | January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2001 | | Succeeded by | Bob Graham | | Preceded by | Arlen Specter | | Assumed office | January 3, 1987 | | Serving with Jeff Sessions | | Preceded by | Jeremiah Denton | | In office | January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1987 | | Succeeded by | Claude Harris, Jr. | | Preceded by | Walter Flowers | | In office | January 1971 - January 1979 | | Succeeded by | Ryan DeGraffenried | | In office | January 1969 - January 1971 | | In office | January 1966 - January 1970 |
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Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is the ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and was its chairman from 2003 to 2007.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he went on to serve as city prosecutor (1963 � 1971). During this period he worked as a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of Alabama (1966 � 1970) and Special Assistant Attorney General of Alabama (1969 � 1971). He won a seat in the Alabama Senate in 1970. In 1978 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the 7th District, where he was among a group of conservative Democrats known as the boll weevils. Shelby won a tight race in 1986 for the U.S. Senate. Originally elected as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when Republicans gained the majority in Congress midway through President Bill Clinton's first term. He was re-elected by a large margin in 1998 and has faced no electoral opposition since.
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