Albert Gore Sr.
Albert Gore Sr. | |
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United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Kenneth McKellar |
Succeeded by | Bill Brock |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th district | |
In office January 3, 1939 – December 4, 1944 | |
Preceded by | John R. Mitchell |
Succeeded by | Himself |
In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 | |
Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Joe L. Evins |
Personal details | |
Born | Albert Arnold Gore December 26, 1907 Granville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | December 5, 1998 Carthage, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 90)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Albert Arnold Gore Sr. (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998) was an American politician who served as a
He was admitted to the bar later that year, and also accepted appointment as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Labor, a position he held until 1937. In 1938, Gore was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th congressional district. He was twice re-elected, and served from 1939 until resigning in December 1944. During World War II, Gore briefly served in the United States Army as part of a program that enabled members of Congress to join the military incognito to obtain firsthand information on training, readiness, and treatment of service members. He served from December 1944 to March 1945, when he was discharged and took the House seat to which he had been elected again in November 1944. He was thereafter re-elected in 1946, 1948, and 1950, and served from 1945 until 1953. In 1952, Gore was a successful candidate for the U.S. Senate. He was reelected in 1958 and 1964, and served from January 1953 to January 1971. Gore was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970.
In the Senate, Gore championed the
Early years
Gore was born in Granville, Tennessee, the third of five children of Margie Bettie (née Denny) and Allen Arnold Gore.[1][2] Gore's ancestors included Anglo-Irish immigrants who first settled in Virginia in the mid-18th century and moved to Tennessee after the American Revolutionary War.[3][fn 1] As teenagers, Allen Gore and Cordell Hull were friends.[5]
Gore studied at
Congressional career
After serving as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Labor from 1936 to 1937, Gore was elected as a Democrat to the 76th Congress in 1938, re-elected to the two succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1939, until he resigned on December 4, 1944, to enter the U.S. Army.[7]
Military service
Gore was one of several members of Congress who joined the military incognito for short tours, in order to observe training and combat and provide first-hand reports to the U.S. House and Senate.
Gore was re-elected to the 79th and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1953). In 1951, Gore proposed in Congress that "something cataclysmic" be done by U.S. forces to end the Korean War: a radiation belt (created by nuclear weapons) dividing the Korean peninsula permanently into two.[12]
U.S. Senate
In 1952, Gore was not a candidate for House re-election but was elected to the
Gore was one of only three Democratic senators from the former
Gore easily won renomination in 1958 over former governor
1970 campaign and defeat
By 1970, Gore was considered to be fairly vulnerable for a three-term incumbent Senator, as a result of his liberal positions on many issues such as the
Political legacy
In 1956, he gained national attention after his disapproval of the
Personal life
On May 15, 1937, in Tompkinsville, KY, Gore married lawyer Pauline LaFon (1912–2004), the daughter of Maude (née Gatlin) and Walter L. LaFon.[citation needed] Together, they had two children: Nancy LaFon Gore (1938–1984)[citation needed] and Albert Gore Jr. (born 1948), who followed in his father's political footsteps by representing Tennessee as a U.S. Representative and as a Senator, and later served as Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton.
After leaving Congress, Gore Sr. resumed the practice of law and also taught law at
Notes
- ^ During a December 1987 interview with Playboy, Gore Vidal, a maternal grandson of Thomas Gore suggested that Albert Gore was of German descent, rather than Scots-Irish. Vidal believed that Albert Gore was his sixth or seventh cousin.[4]
References
- ^ Turque, Bill. "Inventing Al Gore". The New York Times. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Partial Genealogy of the Gores" (PDF). CLP Research.
- ^ Turque 2000, p. 5
- ^ Turque 2000, p. 378
- ^ Maraniss, David; Nakashima, Ellen (August 25, 2000). "The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore; Chapter One The Long Road". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ a b Molotsky, Irvin (December 7, 1998). "Albert Gore Sr., Veteran Politician, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ "GORE, Albert Arnold, (1907–1998)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
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- ^ George Mason University's History News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
- ISBN 978-0807129807.
- ^ "Senate – March 12, 1956" (PDF). Congressional Record. 102 (4). U.S. Government Printing Office: 4459–4461. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Senate – April 8, 1960" (PDF). Congressional Record. 106 (6). U.S. Government Printing Office: 7810–7811. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – March 11, 1968" (PDF). Congressional Record. 114 (5). U.S. Government Printing Office: 5992. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – May 26, 1965" (PDF). Congressional Record. 111 (2). U.S. Government Printing Office: 11752. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – August 4, 1965" (PDF). Congressional Record. 111 (14). U.S. Government Printing Office: 19378. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – August 30, 1967" (PDF). Congressional Record. 113 (18). U.S. Government Printing Office: 24656. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – August 7, 1957" (PDF). Congressional Record. 103 (10). U.S. Government Printing Office: 13900. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – August 29, 1957" (PDF). Congressional Record. 103 (12). U.S. Government Printing Office: 16478. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – March 27, 1962" (PDF). Congressional Record. 108 (4). U.S. Government Printing Office: 5105. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Senate – June 19, 1964" (PDF). Congressional Record. 110 (11). U.S. Government Printing Office: 14511. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Albert Gore Sr. | Anthony J. Badger". www.upenn.edu. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- Nixon Library
- ^ Radnofsky, Louise (December 10, 2010) Documents Show Nixon Ordered Jews Excluded From Israel Policy, The Wall Street Journal
- ^ Edward L. Lach Jr. Gore, Albert Sr. American National Biography Online. September 2000. retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^ Gore opens antique mall, Times Daily, January 3, 1994.
- ^ "Minnie Pearl Freeway? Nah, Nashville sticking by the numbers". The Tennessean. Nashville. November 15, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved May 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Bibliography
- Badger, Anthony J. (2019). Albert Gore Sr.: A Political Life. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-5072-5.
- Longley, Kyle (2004). Senator Albert Gore Sr.: Tennessee Maverick. ISBN 978-0807129807.
- Turque, Bill (2000). Inventing Al Gore. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0-618-13160-4.
External links
- United States Congress. "Albert Gore Sr. (id: G000320)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Washington Post "Political Junkie" column: answers questions about Gore's civil rights record
- "Casting a Long Shadow", by David M. Shribman: The Boston Globe article describing 1970 congressional races of Al Gore Sr. and George H. W. Bush.
- ""Sons", by Nicholas Lemann". Archived from the original on April 14, 2004. Retrieved April 26, 2004.: article on Albert A. Gore Jr., and George W. Bush, including some description of the former's relationship with his father.
- "FBI files on Albert Gore Sr". Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "The Life of Albert Gore Sr". Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- Oral History Interviews with Albert Gore (Part 1, Part 2) from Oral Histories of the American South
- Appearances on C-SPAN