Albert Sheffield "Bert" Nettles | |
Office: | Alabama State Representative from Mobile County |
Term Start: | 1969 |
Term End: | 1974 |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Place: | Monroeville, Alabama, U.S. |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1936 |
Residence: | Current: Birmingham, Alabama Formerly: Mobile, Alabama |
Spouse: | Elizabeth D. Nettles |
Children: | Mary Katherine Nettles Willis Jane Elizabeth Nettles Nagle Susan S. Nettles Han and Anne Nettles Stanford |
Parents: | George Lee and Blanche Sheffield Nettles |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Alma Mater: | University of Alabama University of Alabama School of Law |
Albert Sheffield Nettles, known as Bert Nettles (born May 6, 1936), is an American lawyer and politician in Alabama. He represented Mobile County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1969 to 1974, and was one of the first Republicans to serve in that body since Reconstruction.[1]
In 1972, Nettles ran for the U.S. Senate in the Republican primary, but lost in third place to Winston Blount.
Nettles received an undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama in 1958, and a law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1960.[2]