Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama) is an American lawyer, actor and former Republican senator from Tennessee. He is married to attorney Jeri Kehn, a political and media consultant, with whom he has two children.
He attended public school in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee and graduated from Memphis State University in 1964. He received a J. D. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967 and was admitted to the Tennessee bar that same year.
Thompson was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 1972; minority counsel, then to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee") from 1973 to 1974. He became special counsel to Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander in 1980, special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 1980-1981, Special counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee 1982. He became a member of the Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission 1985-1987.
From 1975 to 1992 Thompson worked as a corporate lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He represented firms such as General Electric, Westinghouse and the Tennessee Savings and Loan League. In 1982, Thompson lobbyed the U.S. Congress for passage of the Savings and Loan deregulation legislation. Thompson contributed to the the Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. In 1991, he worked with the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, & Kahn, representing overseas business entities as a registered foreign agent.
Thompson was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in the November 8, 1994, special election to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1997, left vacant by the resignation of Albert Gore, Jr. and was re-elected in 1996 for the term ending January 3, 2003. Not a candidate for reelection in 2002 resumed acting career. He is currently considering a run for President in 2008 and on June 1, 2007, he filed papers with the Tennessee Secretary of State creating "Friends of Fred Thompson," a state-based corporation that will raise and spend money to gauge interest and support for a possible presidential candidacy [1]. [2] A March 23, 2007 Rasmussen Reports poll had him beating Senator Hillary Clinton with 44 percent to Clinton's 43 percent[3].
He is also an actor of note with more than 30 roles according to the International Movie Database including "The Hunt for Red October" and "Die Hard 2". He was a co-star of the popular television series Law and Order from 2002 to 2007.
Thompson announced April 11, 2007 that he's in remission from lymphoma (a type of cancer).
"I have had no illness from it, or even any symptoms. My life expectancy should not be affected. I am in remission, and it is very treatable with drugs if treatment is needed in the future—and with no debilitating side effects,". [4]
| “ | "We must push back and push back hard"... "Remember how we won in the 1980. We stuck to our conservative principles." | ” |
See also
External links
- FRED THOMPSON U. S. Congress.
- Fred Thompson The Washington Post.
References
- ↑ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/01/fred-thompson-takes-formal-step-towards-%e2%80%9908-bid/
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053000583.html
- ↑ http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/thompson_tied_with_clinton_trails_obama
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265271,00.html
- ↑ Fred Thompson: Stick to 'Conservative Principles'