Ben Erdreich

Benjamin (Ben) Erdreich (born December 9, 1938) is a former United States congressman from Alabama. Erdreich was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle class family. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1960. He served as editor of the Alabama Law Review while attending the University of Alabama law school, graduating in 1963. After law school, he spent two years in the United States Army before setting up a private law practice. Between 1970 and 1974, Erdreich served one term as a Democrat in the Alabama House of Representatives. He then was elected as a Jefferson County Commissioner, serving until 1982. In 1982, he was elected to Congress from the Birmingham-based 6th District, defeating one-term Republican incumbent...