Lamar Alexander
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United States Senator from Tennessee |
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Assumed office January 3, 2003 Serving with Bob Corker |
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| Preceded by | Fred Thompson |
| Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Harkin |
| Chair of the Senate Republican Conference | |
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In office December 19, 2007 – January 26, 2012 |
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| Leader | Mitch McConnell |
| Preceded by | Jon Kyl |
| Succeeded by | John Thune |
| 5th United States Secretary of Education | |
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In office March 22, 1991 – January 20, 1993 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Ted Sanders (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Riley |
| 45th Governor of Tennessee | |
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In office January 17, 1979 – January 17, 1987 |
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| Lieutenant | John Wilder |
| Preceded by | Ray Blanton |
| Succeeded by | Ned McWherter |
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Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. July 3, 1940 Maryville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Honey Buhler (1969–present) |
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Vanderbilt University (BA) New York University (JD) |
| Website | Senate website |
Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is an American politician, and the senior United States Senator from Tennessee, having served since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Alexander previously served as the conference chair of the Republican Party in the US Senate from 2007 to 2012.
Born in Maryville, Tennessee, Alexander is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and New York University School of Law. He worked as a legislative assistant to Senator Howard Baker and as an assistant in the Nixon Administration in the late 1960s. He won the Republican nomination for the 1974 Tennessee gubernatorial election but was defeated by Congressman Ray Blanton in the general election.
In 1978, Alexander defeated Knoxville Democrat Jake Butcher for the governorship, serving as the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987. In 1991, he was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to serve as Secretary of Education, from 1991 to 1993. Alexander ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000.
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