October 11, 1991 www.amazon.com Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 - March 29, 2005) was a United States Senator from Alabama, and a member of the Democratic Party. Howell Heflin, the nephew of prominent white supremacist politician James Thomas Heflin and greatnephew of Alabama congressman Robert Stell Heflin, was born on June 19, 1921 in Poulan, Georgia. He attended public school in Alabama graduating from Colbert County High School in Leighton, Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942 from Birmingham-Southern College. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, he served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He was awarded the Silver Star for valor in combat and recipient of two Purple Heart medals, seeing action on Bougainville and Guam. After World War II, he attended Law School at the University of Alabama, graduating in 1948. He became a law professor, and then became the Chief Justice of 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. While on the Ethics Committee, he led the prosecution against fellow Senator Howard Cannon (D-NV) for violations of Senate rules. His stances on cultural issues most often reflected the region he was from. He strongly opposed legal abortion and all gun ...