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Frist announced on Nov. 29, 2006 that he WILL NOT run for President in 2008.
Age: 55
Born: February 22, 1952; Nashville, Tenn.
Education: A.B. Princeton University, 1974; M.D. Harvard Medical School, 1978
Military: None
Family: Married (Karyn); three children
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Religion: Presbyterian
Career: U.S. Senate, 1995-present; practicing surgeon, 1978-94; Director, Vanderbilt Medical Center Heart-Lung Transplant Program, 1986-93.
For a good part of his life, Frist’s focus was medicine. He did not vote until he was 36 years old.
When elected, he became the first practicing physician to serve in the Senate since Royal Copeland of New York died in June 1938.
Became Senator Majority Leader in December 2002 after then-Majority Leader Trent Lott stepped down.
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