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Albert Arnold Gore (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. representative from the state's 4th congressional district from 1939 to 1953.
Senator Robert Byrd was a Kleagle, a Klan recruiter, in his 20s and 30s. Robert C. Byrd (D), the U.S. senator for West Virginia, a recruiter for the Klan while in his 20s and 30s, rising to the title of Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops of his local chapter. After leaving the group, Byrd spoke in favor of the Klan during his early political career.
English: Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Buford Ellington (center), Senator Lyndon Johnson (background, left of Ellington), Senator Albert Gore, Sr. (right), and Cayce Pentecost, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1958.
By the 1920s, the KKK developed a women's auxiliary, with chapters in many areas. Its activities included participation in parades, cross lightings, lectures, rallies, and boycotts of local businesses owned by Catholics and Jews. The Women's Klan was active in promoting Prohibition, stressing liquor's negative impact on wives and children.
Photos of Vice Presidents on the Campaign ... Bush and Cheney won 271 electoral votes to Al Gore and Joe Lieberman's 266, while the democratic candidates won 48.4% of the popular vote just over ...
The 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 4, 1958. Democrat Albert Gore Sr. was re-elected to a second term. Gore survived a primary challenge from former Governor Prentice Cooper and easily defeated Republican Hobart Atkins in the general election.
Prominently featured as speakers during the convention were Democratic Party women. The convention's opening program placed a spotlight both on prominent female Democratic U.S. Senate nominees and women's issues. [2] Other notable speakers included Democratic National Committee Chair Ron Brown and Elizabeth Glaser.
Since leaving office, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has transformed himself from a politician to a secular saint in the crusade against global warming. Just three years ago, he won a Nobel ...