Senate Years of Service: 1999-
Party: Republican
BUNNING, James Paul David, a Representative and Senator from Kentucky; born in Southgate, Ky.,
October 23, 1931; attended parochial schools in Southgate and Cincinnati, Ohio;
B.S., Xavier University, Cincinnati 1953; professional baseball player
1950-1971; investment broker and agent; member, Ft. Thomas City Council
1977-1979; Kentucky State senate 1979-1983; elected as a Republican to the One
Hundredth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3,
1999); not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1998,
but was elected to the United States Senate in 1998; reelected in 2004 for term
ending January 3, 2011.
BibliographyBunning, Jim, and others.
Grand Slam: The Secrets of Power Baseball. New York: Viking
Press, 1965; Bunning, Jim, with Ralph Bernstein,
The Story of Jim Bunning. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1965.
Source:bioguide.congress.gov