Albert Gore Collection

Timeline

 
1907 Born in Granville (Jackson County), TN (December 26)
1909 Family moves to Carthage, TN
1932  Graduates from Middle Tennessee State College
1933  Defeated for Superintendent of Schools, Smith Co., TN
Appointed Superintendent of Schools, Smith Co., TN
1934 Begins YMCA Law School
1937  Marries Pauline LaFon of Jackson, TN (April 17)
Graduates from YMCA Law School
Appointed Tennessee's first Commissioner of Labor
1938 Birth of Nancy LaFon Gore (January 23)
Elected to US House of Representatives (TN Fourth District)
1948 Birth of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (March 31)
1952 Elected to US Senate, defeating incumbant K.D. McKellar
1954 Led fight against Dixon-Yates contract to buy TVA
1956 Author of Federal Highway Aid Act, Highway Revenue Act
Refuses to sign "Southern Manifesto"
Candidate for Vice-Presidency in Democratic Primary
1960 Candidate for Vice-Presidency in Democratic Primary
1965 Early critic of Vietnam War, calls for ceasefire
1970 "Southern Strategy" Target One (Nixon-Agnew)
Defeated by Republican William E. Brock for re-election
Donates papers to Middle Tennessee State University
Chairman of the Board, Occidental Petroleum
1970-1972 Law Instructor at Vanderbilt University
1972 Chairman of the Board, Island Creek Coal Company
1984 Death of daughter, Nancy LaFon Gore Hunger (July 11)
1988 Son Albert Jr. runs for President, defeated in primaries
1992 Albert Jr. elected Vice-President of the United States
1998 Died (December 5)



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