Lamar Alexander

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American politician educator human

Lamar Alexander is an American politician and educator who served as governor of Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Education, and a long-time U.S. senator.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → educator → human →
appointedBy	George H. W. Bush →
candidateIn	1996 Republican Party presidential primaries → 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries →
chairpersonOf	Senate Republican Conference →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1940-07-03 →
educatedAt	New York University School of Law → Vanderbilt University →
endTime	2021-01-03 →
familyName	Alexander →
fullName	Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. →
givenName	Andrew → Lamar →
hasChild	Drew Alexander → Kathryn Alexander → Leslie Alexander → Will Alexander →
memberOf	Republican Party presidential candidates → United States Senate →
occupation	educator → lawyer → politician →
officeEndTime (Governor of Tennessee)	1987-01-17 →
officeEndTime (U.S. Secretary of Education)	1993-01-20 →
officeStartTime (Governor of Tennessee)	1979-01-16 →
officeStartTime (U.S. Secretary of Education)	1991-03-22 →
placeOfBirth	Maryville, Tennessee, United States →
politicalParty	Republican Party →
positionHeld	Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee → Governor of Tennessee → United States Secretary of Education → United States senator →
precededBy (Governor of Tennessee)	Ray Blanton →
precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education)	Lauro Cavazos →
precededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)	Fred Thompson →
ranForOffice	President of the United States →
religion	Presbyterianism →
represented	Tennessee →
residence	Maryville, Tennessee, United States → Nashville, Tennessee, United States →
servedIn	George H. W. Bush administration →
spouse	Honey Alexander →
startTime	2003-01-03 →
succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee)	Ned McWherter →
succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education)	Richard Riley →
succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)	Bill Hagerty →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Vanderbilt University →	hasNotableAlumni
1996 United States presidential election →	primaryOpponentOfDole