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Fred Dalton Thompson

Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson.jpg
United States Senator
from Tennessee
In office
December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Harlan Mathews
Succeeded by Lamar Alexander
Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded by Joe Lieberman
Succeeded by Joe Lieberman
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by Ted Stevens
Succeeded by Joe Lieberman
Personal details
Born Freddie Dalton Thompson
(1942-08-19)August 19, 1942
Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Died November 1, 2015(2015-11-01) (aged 73)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Cause of death non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Sarah Knestrick (1959–1985)
Jeri Kehn (2002–2015)
Children 5
Alma mater Memphis State University (B.A.)
Vanderbilt University (J.D.)
Religion Churches of Christ

Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, film and television actor, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, and was a GOP presidential candidate in 2008.

Thompson served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State, was a member of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.

As an actor, Thompson appeared in a number of movies and television shows as well as in commercials. He frequently portrayed governmental figures. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch.

Thompson was born in Sheffield, Alabama on August 19, 1942, the son of Ruth Inez (née Bradley) and Fletcher Session Thompson (born Lauderdale County, Alabama, August 26, 1919, died Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, May 27, 1990), who was an automobile salesman. Thompson had English and distant Dutch ancestry. He attended public school in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, graduating from Lawrence County High School, where he played high school football. Thereafter, he worked days in the local post office, and nights at the Murray bicycle assembly plant.


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