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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam H. FRIST
(1952- )
Senate Years of Service:
1995-2007Party: RepublicanFRIST, William H., a
Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.,
on February 22, 1952; attended public and private schools in
Nashville; graduated from Princeton University 1974; graduated from
Harvard Medical School 1978; worked as a heart and lung transplant
surgeon; director, heart and lung transplantation program,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center; author; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate in 1994; reelected in 2000,
and served from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2007; chairman,
National Republican Senatorial Committee (2001-2003); majority
leader (2003-2007); not a candidate for reelection in 2006.
Bibliography
Frist, William H. Tennessee Senators, 1911-2001: Portraits of
Leadership in a Century of Change. Lanham, Md.: Madison Books,
1999; Frist, William H. When Every Moment Counts: What You Need
To Know About Bioterrorism From the Senate’s Only Doctor.
Lanham, Md: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2002.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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