JEFF SESSIONS

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivers the Opening Remarks at the Department of Justice’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Event on June 15, 2018 (DOJ Photo)
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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 24, 1946;
Hybart, Alabama

EDUCATION:
Huntingdon College (1969)
University of Alabama School of Law (1973)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1973:

Admitted to Alabama Bar
1973-1975:
Attorney 
1975-1985:
U.S. Army Reserves
1977-1981:
Attorney
1981-1993:
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama 
1994-1996:
Alabama Attorney General
1997-2017:
U.S. Senate (R-AL)
2017-2018
U.S. Attorney General

RESOURCES:
Department of Justice
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia

PORTRAITS:

U.S. Senate Photo
Department of Justice Photo

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Swearing In on February 9, 2017 (DOJ Photo)

Profile (NYT, 11/16/2016)
Selection, 11/18/2016 (NYT, NYT, WP, WP,  Politico, Politico, WSJ, Atlantic)
Profile (LAT, 12/22/2016)
Profile (WP, 12/24/2016)
Profile (NYT, 1/8/2017)
Confirmation, 2/8/2017 (NYT, WP, WSJ, Politico)
Resignation, 11/7/2018 (WP, NYT, WSJ, Politico
Resignation Analysis, 11/7/2018 (WP, WP, NYT, NYT, WSJ)