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| Order: | 45th Vice President |
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| Term of Office: | January 20, 1993– January 20, 2001 |
| Preceded by: | Dan Quayle |
| Succeeded by: | Dick Cheney |
| Date of Birth | March 31, 1948 |
| Place of Birth: | Washington, D.C. |
| Wife: | Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Gore |
| Profession: | Journalist, Businessman |
| Political Party: | Democrat |
| PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Because of the superpower status of th: | Bill ClintonWilliam Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) is a U. politician who served two terms as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A moderate Democrat who was elected Governor of Arkansas five times, Cli |
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in Democratic politicianA politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. In other settings, a politician is a type of political figure who participates in a government. In Western democracies, the term is generally restricted t who served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is "a heartbeat from the presidency. As first in the presidential line of succession, the Vice President becomes the new Presi from 1993 to 2001. He ran for President in 2000 following Bill Clinton's two four-year terms, but was defeated by the Republican candidate George W. Bush in a close election in which Gore won the popular vote but failed to win the critical electoral vote.
Gore currently serves as President of INdTV, Chairman of Generation Investment Management, and sits on the board of directors at Apple Computer. He is also considered by many political pundits to be a front runner for the 2008 Democratic nomination if he decides to run.
Gore was born in Washington, D.C. to Albert A. Gore Sr. and Pauline Lafon. Since his father was a veteran Democratic senator from Tennessee, Al Gore Jr. divided his childhood between Washington, D.C. and Carthage, Tennessee.
During the school year, the younger Gore lived in a hotel in Washington, where he attended the Sheridan School, and later the elite St. Albans School; during summer vacations, he lived in Carthage, where he worked on the Gore family farm.
In 1965, Gore enrolled at Harvard College, where he majored in government. His roommate (in Dunster House) was actor Tommy Lee Jones. Gore graduated from Harvard in June of 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 1970, Gore married Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson ( Tipper Gore), whom he had first met many years before at his high school senior prom (St. Albans School in Washington, D.C.). They have four children: Karenna (born August 6, 1973), married to Drew Schiff ; Kristin (born June 5, 1977); Sarah (born January 7, 1979); and Al III (born October 19, 1982). The Gores also have two grandchildren: Wyatt and Anna Schiff.
The Gores now reside just outside of Nashville, and own a small farm near Carthage. The family attends New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Carthage.
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