FULL NAME: Marshall "Mark" Christian Alexander III
DATE OF BIRTH: August 7, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nederland, Texas
MARITAL STATUS: Married, Meesha Lincoln (8.21.1971)

PARTY AFFILIATION: Democrat
HOMETOWN: Beaumont, Texas
RELIGION: Primitive Baptist

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.A., Rice University, 1972.
M.A., University of Texas, 1975.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Police Officer; Jefferson County Sheriffs Department (1975 - 1982)
Sheriff; Jefferson County Sheriff's Department (1982 - 1987)
Secretary; Texas Department of Corrections (1988 - 1991)
U.S. Representative, United States House of Representatives (1991 - Present)

Marshall "Mark" Christian Alexander III was born to Marshall "Buddy" Christian Alexander Jr. and Suzanne (nee' Malveaux) Alexander on August 7, 1951 in Nederland, Texas he was the first of eight children. At the time, his father was a rice farmer in the wetlands of Jefferson County. Suzanne, was a homemaker who taught Sunday school at Grace Primitive Baptist Church. For his education, Mark attended Central High School, graduating in 1968.

Upon his graduation, Mark went to Rice University on a football scholarship, with the blessings on his parents neither of whom attended college. At Rice, Mark fell in love with an African American beauty queen named Meesha Lincoln much to his parents disappointment. There he studied agriculture, with a minor in political science. Upon his graduation in 1972, Mark chose to study at the University of Texas, where he brought a master's in agriculture. He then became an police officer with the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department and eventually was elected Sheriff.

In 1988, he was named Secretary of the Texas Department of Corrections by Governor Bill Clements. He served for two years and worked to make the department more successful. He resigned to launch a campaign for Congress for Texas 2nd congressional district. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary and with law enforcement behind him and appeal to rural voters, Mark won the election with 50.9% after a recount.

He serves as Secretary of the Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans; a member of the National Rifle Association; the Blue Dog Coalition; and United Way. He currently lives in Beaumont with his wife, Meesha and daughters, Christine; Alexandria; and Solange, and they attend Bethany Primitive Baptist Church. Mark is a moderate on economic issues, but a social conservative.

You do know we're resetting in 1992/1993, not 2010 right?

Yea, I am going to change my biography.

From Tennessee to Texas.

I see "primitive baptist" and I get this mental image of baptists in animalskins hunting the wild mammoth with their handmade spears...

LOL! "Primitive" Baptist ain't nothing but old fashion church folks who still get baptiste in the river and shout like hell.

That would be considered blasphemy around these parts since the Baptists I know believe Adam and Eve came out of the Garden with a shotgun, a polyester jogging suit, and a mid-2000s Ford Explorer. Animalskins is sooooo anti-creationism, duh.

In point of fact, the Southern Baptist I know best sees no contradiction between evolution and the bible.

Now she does consider "Catholic" and "Christian" mutually exclusive, is a huge fan of Graham and Carter, and hasn't the words to describe her disgust in Robertson and Fallwell.

Now, why in the world would you be moving? lol

To run against you, of course.