Howell Heflin: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Howell Thomas Heflin (born June 19, 1921) was a United States Senator from Alabama. Although born in Poulan, Georgia, Heflin was the nephew of prominent Alabama politician James Thomas Heflin, and grew up in Alabama. Following graduation from high school, Heflin attended Birmingham Southern College (graduated 1942) and the University of Alabama Law School (graduated 1948). He became a law professor, and then the Chief Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court from 1971 to 1977.

In 1978, Heflin was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to succeed John Sparkman. He remained in the Senate, where he rose to become Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics, until January 3, 1997.