[2] Switched from the Democratic Party in 1976.
Wife: Laura (one son, one daughter)
Son: Herbert H. Bateman, Jr. (Newport News city councilman)
High School: Newport News High School, Newport News, VA (1945)
University: BA, College of William and Mary (1949)
Teacher: Hampton High School (1949-51)
Law School: LLB, Georgetown University Law Center (1956)
US Congressman, Virginia 1st (3-Jan-1983 to 11-Sep-2000, his death)
Virginia State Senate (1968-83)
Law Clerk US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit (1956-57)
American Judicature Society
American Legion
Jaycees
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
United Way
Virginia Bar Association 1956
Risk Factors: Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer