Glen Browder (Napoleon's World)

John Glen Browder (born January 15, 1943) is an American Democratic politician from Alabama who currently serves as the state's senior US Senator, serving since January 3, 2003. As of 2017, he is one of only two Democrats serving statewide elected office in Alabama, a state they once dominated. Prior to the Senate, Browder served as the US Representative for Alabama's 4th District from 1989, when he was elected in a special election, to 2003, when he stepped down to succeed Senator Ronnie Flippo, who ran for Governor after a single term in the Senate and twenty years in the House. He was also the Secretary of State for Alabama from 1987 until he resigned to take his House seat.

Browder is regarded as a moderate-to-conservative Democrat and forms a voting bloc in the Senate with other Southern Democrats, including David Boren of Sequoyah, Bob Clements of Tennessee and Mike Ross of Arkansas, who are known for their bipartisanship.