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BORN: July 9, 1941, Lexington EDUCATION: U of Kentucky, B.A., 1963, J.D., 1966; George Washington University, M.A., 1996 FAMILY: Wife, Alice; two children RELIGION: Independent Christian MILITARY: Army Reserve, 1967-73 OCCUPATION: Lawyer; farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Vice mayor of Lexington, 1974-78; Fayette County district judge, 1979-81; mayor of Lexington, 1982-92; U.S. House 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2147, Lexington...
...will be hard to hold Baesler responsible for Clinton's hits on the tobacco industry: a tobacco farmer, Baesler has chastised the President for threatening the fragile, tobacco-dependent economy of the state. He is also a born-and-bred Lexington boy who was captain of his college basketball team under hoop legend Adolf Rupp, and went on to become a three-time mayor...
BORN: Nov. 5, 1934, Addison EDUCATION: Michigan State U, B.A., 1957; U of Delaware, M.S., 1959 FAMILY: Wife, Bonnalyn Atwood; four children RELIGION: Congregationalist MILITARY: Air Force, 1959-61 OCCUPATION: Dairy farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Michigan House, 1979-83, Senate, 1983-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 20142, Lansing...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I am a farmer from Michigan. For a moment, let us try to get some of the tax information out of the mow and down onto the barn floor where we can chew...
Taylor is a three-term incumbent in a district that changed party hands five times between 1980 and 1992. This millionaire tree farmer earned kudos by donating his salary hikes to district charities, though frugality hasn't stopped him from snagging federal largesse via his seat on the Appropriations Committee...