Al
Gore was inaugurated as the 45th
Vice President of the United States
on January 20, 1993. President
Clinton and Vice President Gore were
re-elected to a second term in 1996,
and Vice President Gore was sworn in
again on January 20, 1997. Together,
they have led this country into the
longest period of sustained economic
growth in American history -- marked
by 22 million new jobs, and real
incomes rising for the first time in
a generation...>>>Book
Former Vice President Al Gore For Your Event
Vice
President Gore serves as an advisor
to President Clinton, a Cabinet
member, President of the U.S.
Senate, a member of the National
Security Council, and head of a wide
range of Administration initiatives.
Vice
President Gore was born on March 31,
1948, and is the son of the late
U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Sr. and
Pauline Gore. Raised in Carthage,
Tennessee, and Washington, D.C.,
Vice President Gore received a
degree in government with honors
from Harvard University in 1969.
After graduation, he volunteered for
enlistment in the U.S. Army and
served in Vietnam. Returning to
civilian life, Vice President Gore
became an investigative reporter
with The Tennessean in Nashville. He
attended Vanderbilt University
Divinity School and Vanderbilt Law
School.
Vice
President Gore began his career in
public service in 1976 when he was
elected to represent Tennessee in
the U.S. House of Representatives
(1977-1985). He was elected to the
U.S. Senate in 1984 and was
re-elected in 1990 (1985-993). A
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President in 1988, he
won more than three million votes
and Democratic contests in seven
states.
Vice
President Gore is married to the
former Mary Elizabeth "Tipper"
Aitcheson. They have four children:
Karenna (born August 6, 1973),
married to Drew Schiff; Kristin
(born June 5, 1977), Sarah (born
January 7, 1979), and Albert III
(born October 19, 1982). The Gores
also have one grandchild -- Karenna
and Drew's son Wyatt, born last
summer on the Fourth of July.
Vice
President Gore owns a small farm
near Carthage, and the family
attends New Salem Missionary Baptist
Church in Carthage.
>>>Book
Former Vice President Al Gore For Your Event
