Lowell Ray Barron is a former Democratic politician, businessman who was a member of the Alabama Senate, and represented the 8th District from 1982 to 2010.
10 Facts About Lowell Barron
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Lowell Barron was elected President Pro Tem of the Alabama Senate from 1999 to 2007, and after having serving seven terms in the state Senate, was defeated by 628 votes in the 2010 general election by Republican Shadrack McGill.
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Lowell Barron was born in Jackson County, received his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from Auburn University and, in 1965, opened a pharmacy in Fyffe.
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Lowell Barron was elected Mayor of Fyffe in 1968, a position he held until 1982, when he was first elected to the Alabama Senate.
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Lowell Barron encouraged people to write in "Lowell Barron" with the "itty bitty pencils" which his campaign distributed, and his write-in campaign still stands as one of the most successful in American history.
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Lowell Barron was elected by the full Senate as president pro tempore for two terms.
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Lowell Barron made national and international news in June 2007 when fellow Senator Charles Bishop, a Republican Senator and former Democratic Senate Rules Chairman in the 1980s, hit Lowell Barron while on the Senate floor.
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Lowell Barron was working on a Senate Rules Committee report when Bishop became angered because, in a procedural move, he had lost his turn to debate the issue pending before the Senate when Senator Pat Lindsey was presiding.
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Lowell Barron has four children, and eight grandchildren, and resides in Rainsville, Alabama.
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Lowell Barron is an Auburn fan and served on the Auburn University Board of Trustees from 1993 to 2003.