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Albert Arnold Gore Sr. (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative from the state's 4th congressional district from 1939 to 1953.
Dec 6, 1998 · Former Senator Albert Gore Sr., the father of the Vice President and a longtime powerful figure in the Democratic Party, died yesterday at his home in Carthage, Tenn., three weeks before his...
May 1, 1999 · In a recent speech to the NAACP, Vice President Gore said his father lost his Senate seat because he supported civil rights legislation. Fellow black Americans, let me set history straight. Al Gore, Sr., together with the rest of the southern Democrats, voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Dec 6, 1998 · Vice President Al Gore's father, Albert Gore Sr., who served in Congress for three decades and was a leading opponent of the Vietnam War and a key force behind the interstate highway...
Nov 5, 2017 · With those words of warning about German aggression, Albert Gore, Sr., a 33-year-old, second-term congressman, concluded his May 4, 1941 “radio talk” to Tennesseans.
Mar 29, 1999 · Albert Gore authored the first Medicare bill, and led in the passage of progressive tax reforms, undone as he says, by President Reagan. Gore was the father of the Interstate Highway System, authoring the bill, overseeing its passage, and keeping a close watch on its implementation.
Albert Gore, Sr. represented Tennessee in Congress for thirty-two years, either in the House of Representatives or the United States Senate. Gore was born the day after Christmas in 1907, one of five children to Allen and Maggie Gore.
Albert Arnold Gore was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S ...
May 22, 2000 · Senator Albert Arnold Gore of Tennessee never ran a negative campaign. In his first senatorial race, against an octogenarian incumbent, Kenneth McKellar, in the Democratic primary of 1952, he...
Dec 10, 1998 · Vice President Al Gore, Jr paid tribute to his father Senator Albert Gore, Sr. (D-Tennessee). He reflected on his life and career in the U.S. Senate.