He served in the United States Navy from August 1942 until March 1946, with 31 months aboard ship, primarily in the North Atlantic, and was discharged as a lieutenant.

While in Congress he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto[1] that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.

He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), October 1970 – February 1973, and as U.S.

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for nomination in the United States Senate election in Alabama, 1980.

[8] Archives of Sewanee: The University of The South This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress