"Tennessee Senator" Lamar Alexander Hand Signed Time Magazine Cover Dated 1991

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"Tennessee Senator" Lamar Alexander Hand Signed Time Magazine Cover Dated 1991
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Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr.
(born July 3, 1940) is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a
United States Senator
from
Tennessee
from 2003 to 2021. A member of the
Republican Party
, he also was the 45th
governor of Tennessee
from 1979 to 1987 and the
5th
United States Secretary of Education
from 1991 to 1993, where he helped the implementation of Education 2000. Born in
Maryville, Tennessee
, Alexander graduated from
Vanderbilt University
and the
New York University School of Law
. After establishing a legal career in
Nashville, Tennessee
, Alexander ran for Governor of Tennessee in
1974
, but was defeated by
Democrat
Ray Blanton
. Alexander ran for governor again in
1978
, and this time defeated his Democratic opponent. He won re-election in 1982 and served as chairman of the
National Governors Association
from 1985 to 1986. Alexander served as the president of the
University of Tennessee
from 1988 until 1991, when he accepted an appointment as Secretary of Education under President
George H. W. Bush
. Alexander sought the presidential nomination in the
1996 Republican primaries
, but withdrew before the
Super Tuesday
primaries. He sought the nomination again in the
2000 Republican primaries
, but dropped out after a poor showing in the
Iowa Straw Poll
. In
2002
, Alexander was elected to succeed retiring U.S. Senator
Fred Thompson
. Alexander defeated Congressman
Ed Bryant
in the Republican primary and Congressman
Bob Clement
in the general election. He served as
Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
from 2007 to 2012 and as chairman of the
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
from 2015 to 2021. He introduced the
Every Student Succeeds Act
, which supplanted the
No Child Left Behind Act
in 2015. On December 17, 2018, Alexander announced that he would not run for a fourth term in the Senate in
2020
.