LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• New York University School of Law - JD (1965)

• Vanderbilt University - BA (1962)

  Activities and notes: Phi Beta Kappa

Office History

Election Results

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Tennessee (Class 2)
  Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (Lamar), 61.87%

  Republican
  Gordon Ball, 31.87%

  Democrat
  Joe Wilmoth, 2.63%

  Constitution

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Tennessee (Class 2)
  Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (Lamar), 65.14%

  Republican
  Robert D. Tuke, 31.64%

  Democrat
  Edward L. Buck, 1.30%

  Independent

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Tennessee (Class 2)
  Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (Lamar), 54.28%

  Republican
  Robert Nelson Clement (Bob), 44.34%

  Democrat

Employment History

• U.S. Department of Education (1991-1993)

  Secretary

• University of Tennessee System (1988-1991)

  President

• State of Tennessee (1979-1987)

  Governor

• U.S. Appeals Court, Fifth Circuit (1965-1966)

  Clerk

Other Experience:

• Sen. Howard Henry Baker (R-TN)

  Aide

• Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government

  Professor

Associated Organizations

• Lamar Alexander for President Committee

• Lamar Alexander for Senate (Tennessee)

• Sons of the Revolution

• Commission on Americans Outdoors

  Chair

• Campaign for a New American Century

• Tenn PAC

• National Governors Association (1985-1986)

  Chair

Awards

• Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

• Congressional Voice for Children Award (National Parent Teacher Association) (March 2020)

• Jefferson-Lincoln Award (Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy) (Nov. 2019)

• Outstanding Government Service Award (American Medical Association) (2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Champion (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (April 2018)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Service Award (Voices for National Service) (2018)

• Conservation Corps Leadership Award (Voices for National Service) (2018)

• Community Health Leadership Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• National Preservation Leadership Award (American Battlefield Trust) (June 2017)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Champion Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• James D. Range Conservation Award (Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership) (2015)

• Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award (60 Plus Association) (Oct. 9, 2014)

• Advocacy of Independent Higher Education Award (National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities) (2014)

• Champion of Science Award (Science Coalition) (June 2008)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: piano
  

Publications

• Going to War in Sailboats: Why Nuclear Power Beats Windmills for America's Green Energy Future (2010)

• Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book (1998)

• We Know What to Do (1995)

• Six Months Off (1995)

• Steps Along the Way: A Governor's Scrapbook (1986)

• Friends. Japanese and Tennesseans. A model of U.S.-Japan Cooperation. (1986)

• The Tennesseans: A People and Their Land (1981)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

12 trips taken between 2003 - 2012 costing $53,789

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 3/20/2005: Transportation within Israel via helicopter to view barrier fence along West Bank from Israel
• 8/26/2003-8/27/2003: Transportation via Government of Botswana aircraft from Gaborne to Kasane and back from Botswana
• 11/11/2013: 6'' red and gold vase from Taiwan ($400.00)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Boozman LD moves to university federal relations

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 19, 2022
  After ten years working for the Senate, a senior aide to Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) has a new job in federal relations. read more

• For a handful of members, Hill jobs continue after their terms

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 2, 2022
  Many members have spent time working as staffers before their election to Congress. But a handful of members just can't stay away from Congress, taking jobs as staffers after their terms have come to an end. read more

• Ex-GOP HELP staffer heads to health lobby shop

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 11, 2020
  A former Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee staffer has moved to a health-focused lobbying shop. read more

• HELP alum returns from administration

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 19, 2019
  Senate Republicans have re-hired a health-policy expert to the committee she left two years ago. read more

• VA adds Sen. Alexander press secretary

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 16, 2019
  Ahead of her boss's retirement, a Senate press secretary has moved to the Department of Veterans Affairs. read more

• FedEx adds Sen. Alexander aide to federal affairs team

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 25, 2018
  An aide to Sen. Lamar Alexander has shipped off to FedEx after eight years with the Tennessee Republican. read more

• Former McMorris Rodgers aide makes new life with Biotech advocacy firm

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 5, 2015
  A former aide to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) has left the office for a job with a little more chemistry. read more

• Duncan hires children's book author as new staffer

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 18, 2015
  Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) has just taken youth outreach to a whole new level. read more

• Alexander brings in former Senate majority leader as adviser

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 8, 2015
  Salary records reveal that one of the newest congressional staffers is none other than former Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). read more

• Soccer scandal reverberates on the Hill

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 1, 2015
  Attorney General Loretta Lynch may have waited months for Congress to give her the job, but one of her first moves has sparked reactions in Hill hallways and around the world. read more

• Sen. Alexander top aide drops off Facebook after child porn charges

  Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 16, 2013
  The top Capitol Hill aide arrested on child pornography allegations last week is not taking friend requests any longer. read more

• Lamar Alexander chief of staff appears to have shared videos in the past week of boys having sex

  Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 12, 2013
  An internet user using the same rare username as Sen. Lamar Alexander's (R-Tenn.) chief of staff shared at least two videos on a porn site in the past week of purported fathers having sex with their teen sons, LegiStorm has found. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on June 27, 2012
  Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)'s former chief of staff left the senator this month for a new post with a major consortium of business leaders. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on April 12, 2012
  A former environmental counsel under Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee slid back through the revolving door this month. read more