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Senator Fred Thompson. So disappointed to see he was part of ‘the club.’ I liked him as an actor. Another bubble burst.
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Fred Thompson
United States Senator
from Tennessee
In office
December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Harlan Mathews
Succeeded by Lamar Alexander
Chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded by Joe Lieberman
Succeeded by Joe Lieberman
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by Ted Stevens
Succeeded by Joe Lieberman
Personal details
Born Freddie Dalton Thompson
August 19, 1942
Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Died November 1, 2015 (aged 73)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Sarah Knestrick
(m. 1959; div. 1985)
Jeri Kehn (m. 2002)
Children 5
Education University of Memphis (BA)
Vanderbilt University (JD)
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Freddie Dalton Thompson[1][2][3] (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003; Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.
He also chaired the International Security Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of State, was a member of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.[4][5][6]
As an actor, usually credited as Fred Dalton Thompson, he appeared in a number of movies and television shows including Matlock, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard 2, In the Line of Fire, Days of Thunder, and Cape Fear, as well as in commercials. He frequently portrayed governmental authority figures and military men.[7] In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the NBC television series Law & Order, starring as Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson