Mac Collins

Michael Allen "Mac" Collins (born October 15, 1944 in Jackson , Butts County , Georgia ; † November 20, 2018 ) was an American politician . Between 1993 and 2005 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mac Collins attended public schools in his home country. He then worked in his father's concrete factory before serving in the Georgia National Guard from 1964 to 1970 . He then founded a shipping company that is now run by his sons. Politically, Collins was a member of the Democratic Party until 1980 , when he joined the Republicans . Between 1977 and 1981 he was chairman of the Butts County county council. Between 1989 and 1993, Collins was a member of the Georgia Senate .

In the 1992 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded the previously defeated Democrat Richard Ray on January 3, 1993 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 2005 . Since 2003 he represented the eighth district of Georgia there.

In 2004, Collins waived another congressional candidacy. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the US Senate elections . In 2006 he made an unsuccessful attempt to return to Congress.

Web links

Mac Collins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Collins, Mac
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Collins, Michael Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jackson , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH	20th November 2018