Paul Whittier (Napoleon's World)

Winston Paul Whittier (born October 5, 1947) is a former American Democratic politician who served as the United States Representative for Alabama's 5th Congressional District from 1997 to 1999. He succeeded ten-term incumbent Ronnie Flippo, winning a narrow victory in 1996, and in 1998 was the only incumbent Democrat in the country to fail to secure reelection against a Nationalist challenger, and indeed the ancestrally-Democrat 5th in Northern Alabama was the only district the National Party flipped. As of 2017, he is the last Democrat to represent the 5th. Whittier was defeated in an ugly election by future US Senator John Clark, who had investigated him on corruption charges as a Deputy Attorney General of Alabama. Whittier also served as a State Representative from 1982-1994, not seeking reelection after three terms as part of a campaign promise. After Congress, Whittier worked as a lobbyist and served in several roles in the Leno/Springsteen administration.