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Earl F. Hilliard. Earl Frederick Hilliard (* 9. April 1942 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama) ist ein US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt und Politiker (Demokratische Partei). Werdegang. Earl Frederick Hilliard graduierte 1960 an der Western-Olin High School in Birmingham.
Earl Frederick Hilliard (born April 9, 1942) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama who served as the U.S. representative for the state's 7th district. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate. His son Earl Hilliard Jr. is also a politician.
27. März 2023 · Hilliard was the first African American from Alabama to serve in Congress since Jeremiah Haralson during the Reconstruction era. While in Congress, Hilliard earned a reputation as a hard-fighting and tactical legislator focused on securing federal assistance for both his urban and rural constituents.
- Admitted to Alabama Bar
- Elected to Congress
- Restored Ferry Service
- Sources
Hilliard returned home to Birmingham, and was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1968. He flirted with several careers before settling into the life of a Birmingham attorney. Hilliard taught at Birmingham’s Miles College during the 1967–68 school year, and then worked for two years as an assistant to the president of Alabama State University. During th...
After the 1990 census, redistricting carved out a new Seventh Congressional District with the intent of guaranteeing an African American majority. Its irregular boundaries encompassed predominantly African American neighborhoods in Birmingham and Montgomery, together with some of the old plantation counties of the Black Belt (the name refers to the...
Hilliard made headlines when he took action to redress an injustice connected with an unusually visible reminder of Alabama’s civil rights conflicts. The small, predominantly African American town of Gees Bend, which is in Hilliard’s district, had once been connected by ferry with the nearby cities of Camden and Selma. White residents of these citi...
Books
Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, The Almanac of American Politics: 1994, National journal, 1999. Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, The Almanac of American Politics: 2000, National journal, 1999. Henderson, Ashyia, and Shirelle Phelps, eds., Who’s Who Among African Americans, 12th ed., Gale, 1999. 1997–1998 Congressional Directory: 105th Congress. United StatesGovernment Printing Office, 1997.
Periodicals
Insight on the News, October 25, 1999, p. 34. Jet, February 5, 1996, p. 40. New York Times, June 4, 1995, p. 1/13.
Other
Additional information for this profile was obtained from www.house.gov/hilliard/bio.htm. —James M. Manheim
Earl F. Hilliard, the Representative from Alabama - in Congress from 2001 through 2003
- Alabama, District 7 103rd-107th (1993-2003)
- Democratic
9. Dez. 2009 · Earl Hilliard, lawyer, politician, and United States Representative from Alabama’s Seventh Congressional District (1993-2003), was born in Birmingham, Alabama to parents Iola Frazier and William Hilliard in 1942.
Quick Reference. (b. 9 April 1942), legislator. Earl Frederick Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and educated in the Birmingham public elementary, middle, and secondary schools. As a result, he experienced educational ... From: Hilliard, Earl in Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present »
