Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

Background

III, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions was born on December 24, 1946 in Hybart, Alabama, United States. Son of Jefferson Beauregard and Abbie (Powe) S.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama, 1969; Juris Doctor, U. Alabama, 1973.

Career

Association, Guin, Bouldin & Porch, Russellville, Alabama, 1973-1975; assistant United State Attorneys, unites states department Justice, Mobile, Alabama, 1975-1977; United State Attorneys, unites states department Justice, Mobile, Alabama, 1981-1993; associate, partner, Stockman & Bedsole Attorneys, Mobile, Alabama, 1977-1981; partner, Stockman, Bedsole & Sessions, Mobile, 1993-1994; attorney general, State of Alabama, 1996; United States senator from Alabama, since 1997. Member United State Attorneys general's. advising committee, 1987-1989, vice chairman 1989. Member environment public works committee, judiciary committee.

Achievements

• Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III has been listed as a noteworthy Senator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Presidential elector State of Alabama, 1972. Member board of trustees, Executive Committee Mobile Bay Area Partnership for Youth, since 1981. Chairman administrative board Ashland Place United Methodist Church, Mobile, 1982.

1st vice president Mobile Lions Club, 1993-1994. Captain United States Army Reserve, 1975-1985. Member American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Mobile Bar Association.

Connections

Married Mary Montgomery Blackshear, August 9, 1969. Children: Mary Abigail, Ruth Blackshear, Samuel Turner.

Father:

Jefferson Beauregard S.

Mother:

Abbie (Powe) S.

Spouse:

Mary Montgomery Blackshear

child:

Mary Abigail III

child:

Samuel Turner III

child:

Ruth Blackshear III