Ronnie Shows

Ronald Shows
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by	Mike Parker
Succeeded by	Gene Taylor
Personal details
Born	January 26, 1947 (1947-01-26) (age 64) Moselle, Mississippi
Political party	Democratic

Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows (born January 26, 1947) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi.

Shows was born in Moselle in Jones County, Mississippi. He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1971, earning degrees in education and political science. Shows worked as a teacher, before being elected as circuit clerk of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi in 1976. From 1980 until 1988 he was a member of the Mississippi State Senate.

Shows was elected to Congress in 1998 and represented Mississippi's 4th district from January 3, 1999 until January 3, 2003. In 2002, Shows was pitted against fellow Congressman Charles Pickering, Jr., a Republican from the neighboring 3rd District, after Mississippi lost a seat in the 2000 Congressional redistricting. Shows' Jackson-based district was dismantled and split between three neighboring districts. The largest chunk, including his home in Bassfield, was placed in the 3rd District of three-term Republican Chip Pickering. The new district heavily favored Pickering; notably, it was seven points whiter than Shows' old district. Pickering soundly defeated Shows with over 60% of the vote in the new 3rd District.

In the 107th Congress, Shows introduced the Federal Marriage Amendment with 22 cosponsors. If passed, it would have amended the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as legally between one man and one woman.^[1] The Amendment failed to advance in Congress.

Shows is a resident of Bassfield, Mississippi.

References

1. ^ "Democrat Proposes Anti-Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment". Log Cabin Republicans. 2002-05-15. http://www.lcrga.com/news/Ronnie+Shows+Democrat+Anti+Gay+Marriage/200205151840.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 

External links

• Ronnie Shows at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Mike Parker	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th congressional district 1999–2003	Succeeded by Chip Pickering

Persondata
Name	Shows, Ronnie
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 26, 1947
Place of birth	Moselle, Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death