Bill Malcolmson

Bill Malcolmson (William Howard Malcolmson IV) (born April 3, 1958) is the senior United States Senator from Alabama and is the Minority Leader of the Republican Senate Caucus

Early Life
Bill Malcolmson was born in Texarkana (AR) on April 3, 1958. His father was a small bussiness owner and his mother wrote cooking recipies for several magazines.

When Malcolmson was 5 years old the family moved to Nashville (TN) and when he was 12 they moved to Montgomery (AL).

After graduating Malcolmson went to Oxford to study medicine, his medical education was paid for by his uncle Harold Peter Malcolmson who owned a chain of pharamaceutical stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.

Occupational Career
After finishing his education Malcolmson returned to the United States to work as a surgeon at the Henry Ford hospital in Michigan (1983-1986) before he moved back to Alabama to work as a Public Relations Advisor for the National Tobacco Company, Malcolmsons duties in NTC was to develop and overlook a health plan for the employees, the farmers and the plantation workers, his employment at NTC caused some controversy when he ran for public office, but he was deemed "Not Guilty" by several Alabama newspapers when the company agreed to make Malcolmsons records public.

Political Career
Malcolmson served as state Senator from 1992-2001 when he got elected to the position as State Secretary of Childrens affairs(2001-2005), in 2005 he was appointed to the position as State Secretary for the Department of Corrections (2005-2009). He worked as a policy advisor and campaign planner for the Republican Party until he got elected as a US. Senator in 2013. In 2014 he was elected to the position as Senate Minority Leader and he won re-election after the 2014 electoral gains when he ran unopposed.

Personal Life
In 1992 Malcolmson married Fiona Fitzpatrick O'Connel they have 2 children, William Howard Malcolmson V and Fiona Christine. Malcolmson is an episcopalian christian, but attends church regurarly with RNC Chairman Chris Williams. Malcolmson is a collectior of Country Music LPs, Tennessee Whiskey and Antique Firearms.