Born in Alabama on Aug. 19, 1942, and raised in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 70 miles north of Nashville, Fred Thompson, 65, has been a lawyer, lobbyist, radio commentator, minority counsel for the Senate Watergate hearings, and a senator; he was elected to finish Al Gore's unexpired term in 1994, re-elected in 1996, and in 2002 declined to run for another term.
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