This up-to-date and informative CD-ROM provides a unique collection of documents about the career of former Senator Fred Thompson from Tennessee, who may seek the Republican nomination for President in 2008. Fred Dalton Thompson served in the Senate from 1994 to 2003. He was born in Sheffield, Alabama, on August 19, 1942; attended the public schools in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.; graduated from Memphis State University 1964; received J. D. degree from Vanderbilt University 1967; admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law; assistant U.S. attorney 1969-1972; minority counsel, Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee") 1973 - 1974; special counsel to Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander 1980; special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 1980- 1981; special counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee 1982; member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission 1985-1987; actor; 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.); took the oath of office on December 2, 1994; reelected in 1996 for the term ending January 3, 2003; not a candidate for reelection in 2002; chair, Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001); resumed acting career. Material includes speeches, policy statements, and news releases. Comprehensive sets of roll call votes in the U.S. Senate through the current 109th Congress are included, providing a record of the vote of the candidate on critical issues. These roll call vote tallies are the official records as compiled by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, as recorded on the U.S. Senate database. In all, the disc has over 54,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allo
