caption district succeeded children birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start residence birthname image article_title state
barr in 2008 7th john linder 4 iowa city , iowa , u.s. republican january 3 , 2003 buddy darden 5 november 1948 january 3 , 1995 smyrna , georgia robert laurence barr , jr. . bob barr-2008 cropped.jpg border bob barr
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bob barr

robert laurence `` bob '' barr , jr. -lrb- born november 5 , 1948 -rrb- is a former federal prosecutor and a former member of the united states house of representatives .
he represented georgia 's 7th congressional district as a republican from 1995 to 2003 .
barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of president bill clinton .
barr joined the libertarian party in 2006 and served on its national committee .
he was the libertarian party 's nominee for president of the united states in the 2008 election .
