Mobile native Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan Jr. (1932- ) represented Alabama's First District in the

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Sonny Callahan

Mobile native Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan Jr. (1932- ) represented Alabama's First District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985-2003. Prior to his tenure in Washington, D.C., Callahan served in the U.S. Navy and was a state congressman.