12 Facts About Mac Collins

Michael Allen "Mac" Collins was an American businessman and politician.

Mac Collins was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing.

Mac Collins's mother was the first woman to serve on the Flovilla, Georgia, city council.

Mac Collins served in the Georgia Army National Guard from 1964 to 1970.

Mac Collins began his political career in 1977, when he was elected to the Butts County Commission.

Mac Collins was immediately elected chairman by his colleagues and served two terms, giving up his seat in 1980 when he switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.

Mac Collins lost his role as Deputy Whip of the United States House of Representatives after the September 11 attacks in 2001 when he informed President George W Bush that he would not support the creation of the Transportation Security Administration.

Mac Collins was focused on commerce, tax reform, foreign trade and international finance, and technology legislation.

In 2004, Mac Collins was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat left vacant by the retirement of Senator Zell Miller; it went to Johnny Isakson, who won the Republican primary.

In 2006, Mac Collins moved back to Butts County and made an attempt to return to Congress against Democrat Jim Marshall.

Mac Collins was a Christian and was married to his wife for 54 years.

Mac Collins died on November 20,2018, in Flovilla, Georgia, at age 74.