Photo Fred Thompson

U.S. Senate
Tennessee
Senior Member
Party: Republican

How to Contact (Addresses, e-mail, phone & fax numbers)
Biographical Data & Political Experience
Candidate for President of the United States
Status of Presidential Campaign:
Announced Will Not Run on 03/02/1999

Committees:

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Biographical Data & Political Experience:

Name: Fred Thompson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 08/19/42
Birth Place: Sheffield, AL
Home City: Nashville, TN
Family: Divorced; 3 Children: Tony, Betsy, Daniel; 5 Grandchildren.
Religion: Church of Christ

Educational Experience:

BS, Memphis State University, 1964;
JD, Vanderbilt University, 1967.

Professional Experience:

Shoe Salesman;
Truck Driver;
Factory Worker;
Practicing Attorney, 1967-1994, in Lawrenceburg until 1969, in Nashville, in Washington DC;
Author, 'At That Point in Time';
Actor, Marie with Sissy Spacek ;
Actor, No Way Out with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman;
Actor, Feds with Rebecca DeMornay;
Actor, Fat Man and Little Boy with Paul Newman;
Actor, Hunt for Red October with Sean Connery;
Actor, Die Hard II with Bruce Willis;
Actor, Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise;
Actor, Flight of the Intruder with Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe;
Actor, Class Action with Gene Hackman;
Actor, Necessary Roughness with Scott Bakula;
Actor, Curly Sue with Jim Belushi;
Actor, Cape Fear with Robert DeNiro;
Actor, Thunderheart with Val Kilmer;
Actor, White Sands with Mickey Rourke and Willem Dafoe;
Actor, Aces: Iron Eagle III with Lou Gossett, Jr.;
Actor, Born Yesterday with Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson;
Actor, In the Line of Fire with Clint Eastwood;
Actor, Baby's Day Out with Joe Mantegna;
Actor, Unholy Matrimony with Patrick Duffy, Television Movie;
Actor, Bed of Lies with Susan Dey, Television Movie;
Actor, Stay the Night with Jane Alexander, Television Movie;
Actor, Keep the Change with William Peterson, Television Movie;
Actor, Dayo with Delta Burke, Television Movie;
Actor, Barbarians at the Gate with James Garner, Television Movie;
Actor, China Beach, Television Series;
Actor, Roseanne, Television Series;
Actor, Matlock, Television Series;
Actor, Wiseguy, Television Series.

Current Office: U.S. Senate Senior Member

First Elected: 11/08/94
Last Elected: 11/05/96
Year of Next Election: 2002

Political Experience:

Assistant US Attorney, Middle Tennessee, 1969-1972;
US Senate Watergate Committee, Chief Republican Counsel (Minority Counsel), 1973-1974;
Staff Attorney to Senator Howard Baker;
Special Counsel to Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, 1980;
Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1980-1981;
Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, 1982;
Appellate Court Nominating Committee, TN, 1985-1987;
Middle Tennessee Senate Campaign Manager, Howard Baker;
Elected to Senate in a Special Election, November 8, 1994.
Caucus / Non-Legislative Committees:
US Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees, Special Counsel
Senate Watergate Committee, Minority Counsel.

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Campaign Web Address: http://www.fredthompson.com

Washington DC EMail Address: senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov

Washington DC Web Address: http://www.senate.gov/~thompson/

Campaign Address - Columbia, MO

416 Guitar Building
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: 573-875-1446

District Address - Chattanooga

Joel E. Soloman Federal Building
900 Georgia Avenue, Suite 260
Chattanooga, TN 37411
Phone: 423-752-5337

District Address - Jackson

Federal Building, Suite B-9
109 South Highland Street
Jackson, TN 38301
Phone: 901-423-9344

District Address - Knoxville

Howard H. Baker, Jr. U.S. Courthouse
800 Market Street, Suite 112
Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone: 423-545-4253

District Address - Memphis

Federal Building, Suite 1068
167 North Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-544-4224

District Address - Nashville

3322 West End Avenue, Suite 120
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-736-5129
FAX: 615-269-4803

District Address - Tri-Cities

Terminal Building, Suite 103
Tri-County Regional Airport
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: 423-325-6217

Washington DC Address

523 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4944
FAX: 202-228-3679

 

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Tennessee Congress Members & Candidates
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