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Ander Crenshaw went to which school from 1961 to 1962?
Ander Crenshaw Alexander Mann Ander Crenshaw ( born September 1 , 1944 ) is an American banker , attorney , and politician who served as the U.S . Representative for from 2001 to 2017 . He is a member of the Republican Party . Crenshaw retired from Congress when his term ended on January 3 , 2017 . Early life , education and career . Crenshaw was born in Jacksonville , and earned his ( BA ) at the University of Georgia in 1966 and later received his law degree from the University of Florida . He was an investment banker before being elected to Congress . Crenshaw served in the Florida State House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978 and in the Florida State Senate from 1986 to 1994 . He was the first Republican Senate president in 118 years . Crenshaw was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2000 . Early political career . Statewide runs . 1978 . In 1978 , Crenshaw won the Republican primary for Florida Secretary of State . He lost the general election to Democrat George Firestone . 1994 . In 1994 , he ran for Florida Governor , but lost the primary to Jeb Bush , who won with a plurality of 46% . Crenshaw got just 12% of the vote in fourth place . State Secretary of State Jim Smith and State Treasurer Tom Gallagher got 18% and 13% of the vote respectively . State Legislature . House . Crenshaw served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 through 1978 . Senate . He returned to public office in 1986 , winning a special election for a seat in the Florida Senate that he held through 1994 . He became the first Republican elected president of the Senate in 118 years in November 1992 , but agreed to serve only one year instead of the usual two , as a compromise between Republicans and Democrats who were evenly split in the Senate that year . U.S . House of Representatives . Committee assignments . - Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Defense - Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government ( Chairman ) - Subcommittee on State , Foreign Operations , and Related Programs - Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch ( Chairman during 112th Congress ) Caucus memberships . - Crohns and Colitis Caucus ( Co-chair ) - Effective Foreign Assistance ( Co-chair ) - International Conservation Caucus ( Co-chair ) - Nepal Caucus ( Co-chair ) - Sportsmens Caucus - Tea Party Caucus - Congressional Cement Caucus Tenure . Crenshaw largely kept a low profile during his congressional tenure . By the end of his tenure , he was a Deputy Majority Whip in the Republican leadership . On September 29 , 2008 , Crenshaw voted for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program . He was one of only three Florida Republicans to do so . Despite his support of the bill , he issued a press release to applaud the organizers and participants of the April 15 , 2009 , First Coast Tax Day Tea Party in Jacksonville , one of the many 2009 Tea Party protests which condemned any bailouts . On July 2 , 2014 , Crenshaw introduced the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act , 2015 ( H.R . 5016 ; 113th Congress ) , an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015 that would provide funding for the United States Department of the Treasury , as we all as the United States federal courts , the Executive Office of the President of the United States , and Washington , D.C. . On April 13 , 2016 , Crenshaw announce that he would be retiring and would not seek re-election , thereby concluding his congressional tenure after 16 years . Political campaigns . In 1980 , Crenshaw finished third in the Republican primary for a U.S . Senate seat , earning roughly 13% of the vote behind Paula Hawkins and Louis Frey , Jr. . In 1994 , he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor , winning several counties but ultimately losing out to Jeb Bush . Crenshaw finished fourth ( 12.1% ) behind Tom Gallagher and Jim Smith . In 2000 , Crenshaw returned to politics when he won the Republican nomination for the 4th District after Tillie Fowler retired to honor a self-imposed four-term limit . This district included just over half of Jacksonville , as well as most of its suburbs . He easily won in November , becoming only the fourth person to represent this district since its creation in 1943 ( it was the 2nd District from 1943 to 1967 , the 3rd District from 1967 to 1993 , and has been the 4th since 1993 ) . He was reelected five times with no substantive opposition in what has become one of the most Republican districts in Florida . He even ran unopposed in 2002 and 2004 , and faced no major-party opposition in 2010 or 2012 . 2010 . Crenshaw was challenged by Independent Troy Stanley . Gary L . Koniz and Deborah Deb Katz Pueschel also qualified as write-ins . Personal life . Crenshaw is a son-in-law of former Governor of Florida Claude Roy Kirk , Jr . and has two grown daughters with his wife Kitty , whom he has been married to for over 44 years . Awards and honors . In 2013 , Ander Crenshaw was awarded the Malaria Action Award for his work against malaria by Malaria No More .