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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeALEXANDER, Lamar
(1940—)
Senate Years of Service:
2003-
Party:
Republican
ALEXANDER, Lamar, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Maryville, Tennessee, on July 3, 1940; B.A., Vanderbilt University 1962; J.D., New York University Law School 1965; governor of Tennessee 1979-1987; U.S. secretary of education 1991-1993; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009.
Bibliography
Alexander, Lamar. We Know What To Do: A Political Maverick Talks With America
. New York: William Morrow, 1995.
Alexander, Lamar. Friends, Japanese and Tennesseans: A Model of U.S.-Japan Cooperation
. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
___. Lamar Alexander’s Little Plaid Book
. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998
___. Six Months Off: An American Family’s Australian Adventure
. New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1988.
___. Steps Along The Way: A Governor’s Scrapbook
. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1986.
___. The Tennesseans: A People and Their Land
. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1981.
___. We Know What To Do: A Political Maverick Talks With America
. New York: W. Morrow and Co., 1995.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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