Al gore biography residence

Prior to serving eight years as vice president of the United States, from 1993 to 2001, Albert Gore, Jr., of Tennessee served for eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives and eight more in the U.S.

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Al gore biography residence

The son of Tennessee senator Albert Gore, Sr., Gore was born in Washington, D.C., in 1948, and as a youth attended schools in Tennessee and Washington. After graduating from Harvard University in 1969, he enlisted in the U.S.

Army and spent six months as a journalist in Vietnam. Gore attended divinity school and later law school at Vanderbilt University and worked as an investigative reporter for the Nashville Tennessean before deciding to enter politics in 1976.

Elected to the House of Representatives at the age of 28, Gore moved to the Senate in 1985, where he served on the Commerce, Governmental Affairs, and Armed Services Committees.

Throughout his congressional tenure, Gore utilized his investigative skills to explore topics ranging from arms control to hazardous w