How Did Albert Arnold Gore Contribute To Government

Albert Arnold Gore served as a US representative in Senate from January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971. Before his career as a Senator he served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th district from January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953. Gore was a Southern Progressive and thought the government's power should be used to address social issues, protect civil rights, and provide equal opportunities to minorities. Although these stances were not held consistently during his thirty two years in Congress. One of the biggest acts he did as a congressman that lead people to question his stances, was voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although Gore later supported the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and backed the Great Society, which was a set of domestic

Johnson in 1964, which sought to eliminate poverty and racial injustice, and Gore would introduced a bill which contained a Medicare blueprint. He also spoke out against the Vietnam War and voted for the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which later costed him his seat in Senate in 1970. Gore although not consistent in this stance throughout his career did help make progress for the equal treatment of blacks and the protection of their rights, and spoke out and tried to help end the conflict in Vietnam. Albert Arnold Gore was born in Granville, Tennessee and was the third of five siblings, his mother was Margie Bettie and his father was Alan Arnold Gore. Gore was descended from Scottish, Irish immigrants who came to America in the mid 1700s. Gore was able to study at Middle Tennessee State Teachers College and would later graduate from the Nashville Y.M.C.A. Night Law School. He started his career as a school teacher in rural Smith County, and would run for Smith County Superintendent of Schools, although he lost, he would later gain the position after his oppositions dies. Gore would serve as the Commissioner of the Tennessee