Gray sasser biography

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  • Attorney, U.S. Senator, and Ambassador to the People&#;s Republic of China James R. Sasser was born in Memphis in , the son of Joseph Ralph and Mary Nell Gray Sasser. He attended the public schools of Nashville and was enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, He completed undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University and received the B.A. degree in In he graduated with the J.D. degree from Vanderbilt Law School. Admitted to the Tennessee bar the same year, he practiced law in the Nashville firm of Goodpasture, Carpenter, Woods and Sasser from to

    Active in the Democratic Party since his work in Estes Kefauver&#;s Senate campaign, Sasser served as chairman of the state party from to In Sasser successfully campaigned for the U.S. Senate, defeating a veteran Democratic Party candidate in the primary and the incumbent Republican senator in the general election. Twice reelected, he served eighteen consecutive years in the Senate. Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from

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  • Jim Sasser

    American politician (–)

    Jim Sasser

    Official portrait,

    In office
    February 14, &#;– July 1,
    PresidentBill Clinton
    Preceded byJ. Stapleton Roy
    Succeeded byJoseph Prueher
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byBill Brock
    Succeeded byBill Frist
    Born

    James Ralph Sasser


    ()September 30,
    Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 10, () (aged&#;87)
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouse

    Mary Gorman

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    Children2
    EducationUniversity of Tennessee
    Vanderbilt University (BA, LLB)
    Allegiance&#;United States
    Branch/service&#;U.S. Marine Corps
    Years&#;of service
    UnitReserve

    James Ralph Sasser (September 30, – September 10, ) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as a member of the United States Senate from to , and was C

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman For immediate Release January 17, JAMES R. SASSER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA On January 10, Senator James R. Sasser was sworn in bygd Vice President Albert Gore as U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. Ambassador Sasser served from as the junior and later the senior Senator from Tennessee. His assignments included: Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee; Chairman of the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Military Construction; Chairman of the Banking Committee's Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy; Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism, and the District of Columbia; and Chairman of the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch. Since leaving the Senate and prior to assuming his current duties, medlem av senat Sasser was a Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and worked as an för att