Lamar Alexander
American politician · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1940 · age 86
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician, academic administrator, and attorney who served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021.
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Alexander with President Richard Nixon in 1970
Alexander as governor.
Alexander with President Ronald Reagan in 1986
Alexander with President George H. W. Bush in 1991
Alexander with President George W. Bush in 2004
Senator and Mrs. Alexander with the Presbyterian Chaplain of the 844th from Rhea County in 2005
Lamar Alexander with U.S. Senators Bob Corker, Kay Hagan, & Richard Burr, Congressmen John Duncan, Phil Roe, & Heath Shuler, Governor Phil Bredesen, and Dolly Parton at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2009On YouTube
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A member of the Republican Party, he was previously the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education under President George H. W. Bush, serving from 1991 to 1993. During his tenure at the Department of Education, he supported the implementation of the "America 2000" education reform initiative.
