Carl C. Perkins

Carl C. Perkins (1985)

Carl Christopher Perkins (born August 6, 1954 in Washington, DC ) is an American politician . Between 1984 and 1993 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Carl Perkins is the son of Congressman Carl D. Perkins (1912-1984), who represented Kentucky in the US House of Representatives between 1949 and 1984. He graduated in 1972, the Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria ( Virginia ). He then studied at Davidson College in North Carolina until 1976 . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Louisville and his admission to the bar in 1978, he began to work in this profession.

Politically, Perkins became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1981 and 1984 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . After the death of his father, he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1984 at the due by-election for the seventh seat of Kentucky. Since he was re-elected for the following legislative periods, he was able to represent his district in Congress until it was dissolved on January 3, 1993 .

In 1992 he renounced a possible candidacy in another constituency. Two years later he came into conflict with the law. He was caught in the wake of the congressional banking scandal and was then sentenced to 21 months in prison for embezzling campaign funds and other offenses. After his release from prison, he became a clergyman in the Presbyterian Church.

Web links

• Carl C. Perkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)