LC control no. | n 87944950 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 |
Birth date | 1907-12-26 |
Death date | 1998-12-05 |
Place of birth | Granville (Tenn.) |
Place of death | Carthage (Tenn.) |
Affiliation | Middle 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 occupation | Legislators Law teachers Lawyers Teachers |
Found in | His 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.) |
Associated language | eng |