ALBERT A. GORE, JR. – U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 31, 1948;
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Public Elementary Schools (Carthage, TN)
St. Albans High School (Washington, DC)
Harvard University (1965)
Vanderbilt University School of Religion (1971-1972)
Vanderbilt University School of Law (1974-1976)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1969-1971:
U.S. Army (Vietnam)
1971-1976:
Investigative Reporter, Nashville Tennessean
1977-1985:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-TN)
1985-1993:
U.S. Senate (D-TN)
1988:
Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination
1993-2001:
Vice President of the United States
2000:
Candidate for U.S. President
2007:
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Former Vice President Al Gore speaking at the 2000 Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, on 8/28/2008 (PBS Newshour/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

PORTRAITS:

RESOURCES:

November 21, 1995: President Clinton and Vice President Gore take a phone call in the Oval Office Dining Room from Secretary of State Warren Christopher regarding the Bosnian Peace Talks in Dayton, Ohio. (William J. Clinton Presidential Library)

Official Biography
U.S. Senate
Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
New York Times
White House
Wikipedia
Website

MEDIA COVERAGE:

President William J. Clinton signing the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 on the South Lawn of the White House on 8/10/1993. with Vice President Al Gore behind him (Ralph Alswang, National Archives).

Profile (The Atlantic, 11/2015)
The New Optimism of Al Gore (NYT, 3/16/2015)
The Wilderness Campaign (New Yorker, 9/13/2014)
Al Gore Is Not Giving Up (Politico, 4/24/2014)
Al Gore’s Golden Years (New York Magazine, 5/5/2013)
Going After Gore (Vanity Fair, 9/30/2007)
Mr. Resident (WP, 11/17/2002)
Gore Without a Script (New Yorker, 7/31/2000)
Al Gore’s Double Life (NYT Magazine, 10/25/1992)