Connie MACK, III, Congress, FL (1940)

MACK, Connie, III, (father of Connie Mack IV, father-in-law of Mary Bono Mack, step-grandson of Tom Connally, grandson of Morris Sheppard, and great-grandson of John Levi Sheppard), a Representative and a Senator from Florida; born Cornelius McGillicuddy, III, in Philadelphia, Pa., October 29, 1940; attended St. Francis Xavier School, Fort Myers, Fla.; graduated, Fort Myers High School 1958; B.A., University of Florida, Gainesville 1966; banker 1966-1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1989); elected to the United States Senate in 1988; reelected in 1994 and served from January 3, 1989, to January 3, 2001; was not a candidate for reelection in 2000; chairman, Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred Fourth Congress); Republican Conference chairman 1997-2001; chairman of the board, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Fla., 2001-.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present