The Gore Family
Al Gore Sr. served three decades in Congress championing civil rights and infrastructure; his son Al Gore Jr. became Vice President and later a global climate change crusader.
Al Gore Sr.
Politician · b. 1907–1998
A U.S. Senator from Tennessee for 18 years who co-authored the Interstate Highway Act and was one of the few Southern senators to oppose the Civil Rights filibuster.
Notable Works
- U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1953-1971)
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (co-author)
Al Gore Jr.
Politician, Environmentalist · b. 1948
Al Sr.'s son, the 45th Vice President of the United States and 2000 presidential candidate who became the world's most prominent climate cha…
Notable Works
- Vice President of the United States (1993-2001)
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Nobel Peace Prize (2007)