district succeeded religion birth_place party preceded birth_date term spouse article_title state name
1st jo bonner roman catholic mobile , alabama republican jack edwards 11 september 1932 january 3 , 1985 -- january 3 , 2003 karen reed sonny callahan
 alabama sonny callahan
sonny callahan

herbert leon `` sonny '' callahan -lrb- born september 11 , 1932 -rrb- is a businessman and politician from alabama .
after being elected as a democrat from mobile to the state house and senate , he shifted to the republican party in 1984 at the request of jack edwards , the retiring congressman from his district .
callahan was repeatedly elected as a republican to the united states house of representatives , serving from 1985 to 2003 .
afterward he established his own lobbying firm and continued active in the republican party .
