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Gore, Albert, 1907-1998

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Personal name headingGore, Albert, 1907-1998
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Birth date1907-12-26
Death date1998-12-05
Place of birthGranville (Tenn.)
Place of deathCarthage (Tenn.)
AffiliationMiddle Tennessee State Teachers College
Nashville Y.M.C.A. Night Law School
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Law teachers
Lawyers
Teachers
Found inHis Let the glory out, 1972: t.p. (Albert Gore)
Biog. dict. master index 1987 (Gore, Albert, 1907- )
Biog. dir. U.S. Congress WWW site, May 19, 2006 (Gore, Albert Arnold; b. Dec. 26, 1907, Granville, Tenn.; d. Dec. 5, 1998, Carthage, Tenn.; Democratic representative (Jan. 3, 1939-Dec. 4, 1944, Jan. 3, 1945-Jan. 3, 1953) and senator (Jan. 3, 1953-Jan. 3, 1971) from Tenn.)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed December 28, 2015 (Gore, Albert Arnold, (father of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Granville, Jackson County, Tenn., December 26, 1907; attended the public schools; graduated from State Teachers' College, Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1932, and from Nashville (Tenn.) Y.M.C.A. night law school in 1936; taught in the rural schools of Overton and Smith Counties, Tenn., 1926-1930; county superintendent of education of Smith County 1932-1936; admitted to the bar in 1936 and commenced practice in Carthage, Tenn.; Tennessee commissioner of labor 1936-1937; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress in 1938; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation on December 4, 1944, to enter the United States Army; reelected to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for reelection but was elected in 1952 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1958 and again in 1964, and served from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1971; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970; chairman, Special Committee on Attempts to Influence Senators (Eighty-fourth Congress); resumed the practice of law with Occidental Petroleum Co. and became vice president and member of the board of directors; taught law at Vanderbilt University 1970-1972; member of the board of petroleum and coal companies; was a resident of Carthage, Tenn. until his death on December 5, 1998; interment in Smith County Memorial Gardens in Carthage, Tenn.)
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