Bill Alexander (William Vollie Alexander Jr.) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Arkansas from 1969 to 1993. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on Jan. 16, 1934, and graduated from Osceola High School in Arkansas in 1951. Alexander is an Eagle Scout. He attended the University of Arkansas and later earned a bachelor of arts degree from Rhodes College in Memphis in 1957. He earned a law degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1960.
He was elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1968 and was repeatedly re-elected until 1992, when he was defeated for his party's nomination by current Arkansas U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln.
Has lived in Virginia since 1993 however he continues to vote via absentee ballot in Arkansas each election. Possibly votes in both Virginia and Arkansas.
