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Al Gore
Al Gore | |
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45th Vice President of the United States | |
In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Dan Quayle |
Succeeded by | Dick Cheney |
United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Howard Baker |
Succeeded by | Harlan Mathews |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district | |
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |
Preceded by | Robin Beard |
Succeeded by | Bart Gordon |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th district | |
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Joe L. Evins |
Succeeded by | Jim Cooper |
Personal details | |
Born | Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. March 31, 1948 Washington, D.C., United States |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore (1970-2010, divorced) |
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is a former American politician. He was the Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. Before that, he was a Senator for Tennessee and a congressman. He is a Democrat.
He was chosen as the Democratic nominee of the 2000 United States Presidential election, but lost the electoral vote to Republican candidate George W. Bush because of Florida and the US Supreme Court ruling a 5-4 favor of Bush.[1] Gore got more votes, though.[2]
After the election, Gore became an activist focusing on climate change. Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.[3]
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Early life
Albert Gore, Jr. was born at Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, D.C.[4][5] He is the second of two chidren. His father, Albert A. Gore Sr. was a Senator for Tennessee and congressman. His mother, Pauline LaFon Gore was one of the first women to have graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School. Gore is descended from Scots-Irish immigrants who first settled in Virginia in the mid-17th-century, and moved to Tennessee after the Revolutionary War.[6] At least two of these ancestors, Jacob Waggoner and Lewis Stunston, owned slaves.[7] Gore was brought up in both Washington and Tennessee. His older sister was Nancy LaFon Gore, who was born in 1938, died of lung cancer in 1984.[8]
Political career
Gore was a Representative from 1977 to 1985 and a Senator from 1985 to 1993. In 1988 he ran for President for first time, but lost to Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary. In 1993, he became Vice President to Bill Clinton. He ran for President in 2000, but lost to George W. Bush (many people still argue this). Even though he lost the race, Gore won in the popular vote by over 500,000 votes.
After the Vice Presidency
Gore is now a businessman, and runs and works for several companies, including Generation Investment Management, Google, Apple Computers, and TV channel Current.
He is also a fighter for issues involving the environment. He released a movie in 2006 about global warming and climate change called An Inconvenient Truth, which was based on a slide show he had given to millions of people. In 2007, Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize which he shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[9]
Potential 2016 presidential campaign
Interest in having Gore run for the 2016 Presidential election arose in 2014 and again in 2015. Gore did not run in 2016 and has expressed no interest to run in future elections.[10][11][12]
Personal life
He currently lives in Nashville and was married to Tipper for 40 years. In June 2010, they filed for divorce.[13] The Gores have 4 children and 2 grandchildren.
References
- ↑ Supreme Court of the US (December 12, 2000). "George W. Bush, et al., Petitioners v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al., 531 U.S. 98 (2000)". Cornell Law School. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ↑ Klarman, Michael J. (December 2001). "Bush v. Gore Through the Lens of Constitutional History". California Law Review (California Law Review) 89, No. 6 (6): 1721–1765.
- ↑ Stefoff, Rebecca Al Gore: Fighting for a Greener Planet: Revised Edition 2009 Lerner Publications Company Minneapolis, Minnesota page 7
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/us/cash-poor-hospital-for-women-closes-doors.html
- ↑ Goldstein, Avram; Weil, Martin (2002-05-07). "Columbia Women's Hospital To Close" (in en-US). Washington Post. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/05/07/columbia-womens-hospital-to-close/805428c7-095a-47de-baa4-3423b8fc1911/. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ↑ Turque, Inventing Al Gore, p. 8.
- ↑ Reitwiesner, William Addams. "Ancestry of Al Gore (b. 1948)". http://www.wargs.com/political/gore.html.
- ↑ "Gore Chronology". Frontline, Choice 2000. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2000/gore/cron.html. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ↑ The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007
- ↑ "Al Gore 2016: Support Starting To Build For Another Presidential Run". Inquistor. July 20, 2014. http://www.inquisitr.com/1364345/al-gore-2016-support-starting-to-build-for-another-presidential-run/.
- ↑ Thompson, Catherine (July 3, 2014). "Mark Halperin Is Dead Serious About Al Gore In 2016 (VIDEO)". Talking Points Memo. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mark-halperin-talks-up-al-gore-2016.
- ↑ Rozsa, Matthew (July 19, 2014). "Al Gore is the single-issue candidate we need". Salon. http://www.salon.com/2014/07/19/al_gore_is_the_single_issue_candidate_we_need/.
- ↑ Goldman, Russell (June 1, 2010). "Al, Tipper Gore Shock Friends With Divorce Announcement". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/al-tipper-gore-shock-friends-divorce-announcement/story?id=10800639#.Tr1CsvHsk7A. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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