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Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021.
Feb 23, 2021 · Like the red-and-black plaid shirts that became his trademark, Lamar Alexander, BA’62, is a study in contrasts. He is an ambitious former Tennessee governor who twice ran for president, but he avoids grandstanding.
Dec 2, 2020 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee political legend who forged a productive path as a Senate institutionalist after tours as governor and Cabinet secretary, said goodbye to the chamber on Wednesday, advising his colleagues to seek broadly backed, durable solutions to the nation’s problems rather than succumb to easy ...
May 8, 2024 · Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940, Maryville, Tennessee, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and began representing Tennessee the following year. He previously served as governor of the state (1979–87).
Jan 3, 2021 · A timeline of Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander's career: Born July 3, 1940 in Maryville, Tennessee. Elected governor of Boys’ State, 1957. Graduated from Maryville High School, 1958....
Dec 2, 2020 · In his farewell speech to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Lamar Alexander emphasized what he has become known for in his time in the nation's capital: his knack for bringing together the two major...
Aug 18, 2017 · In tapping former Gov. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee to be the next secretary of education, President Bush chose someone with a long and deep track record on education issues and substantial ...
Dec 17, 2018 · Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander announced Monday that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate. He will retire in 2020.
Dec 17, 2018 · Sen. Lamar Alexander said Monday he won’t seek re-election in 2020, in the first big GOP retirement of the new election cycle. A three-term senator, former Tennessee governor and former Education secretary for the first Bush administration, Mr. Alexander had been a studious voice for Republicans, but said he’s amassed more time as governor ...
Dec 2, 2020 · Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, delivered a final message to his colleagues during a farewell speech, saying that the Senate had lost its way and needed to change.
Nov 27, 2020 · 'A privilege': Lamar Alexander reflects on public life as he gets ready to leave Senate The Maryville native and former Tennessee governor is closing out a third and final term in the U.S....
Oct 8, 2017 · Lamar Alexander was the first person to serve consecutive terms as the Governor of Tennessee. He also served in the Bush administration as the Secretary of Education.
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021.
Dec 4, 2020 · Just after bringing Mitch McConnell to tears and receiving bipartisan plaudits for his storied career, retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander received a pointed, if polite, missive from The Wall Street...
Dec 2, 2020 · Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell choked up on the Senate floor Wednesday as he remembered his decades long friendship with the retiring Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, a rare...
Nov 25, 2020 · Sen. Alexander nears finish line of decades in public office. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than four decades ago, Lamar Alexander won a ticket to the governor’s mansion after he walked more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) around Tennessee in a plaid shirt and hiking boots.
Jan 31, 2020 · Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a key impeachment swing vote, announced Thursday that he will not join Democrats in voting to call witnesses in President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment...
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is an American politician who is currently serving as the senior United States Senator from Tennessee, a seat he has held since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993.
Jan 18, 2019 · On Jan. 17, 1979, exactly 40 years ago today, Lamar Alexander was sworn in as Tennessee’s 45th Governor. The ceremony, which happened three days earlier than originally planned, was a truly...
Lamar Alexander, the Senator from Tennessee - in Congress from 2019 through 2021
Oct 30, 2022 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Honey Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee Governor and Senator Lamar Alexander, has died, the family announced in a statement on Sunday. She was 77. Alexander died...
Oct 30, 2022 · Leslee "Honey" Buhler Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, has died. Honey, 77, was long the backbone and political will behind Tennessee’s most...
Jan 30, 2020 · WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced Thursday night he will vote against calling witnesses to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, likely ending the last real...
