AL GORE 1948 VICE PRESIDENT GORE AL 1948 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS BORN IN WASHINGTON D.C AL GORE IS THE SON OF FORMER SENATOR ALBERT GORE SR OF TENNESSEE GORE GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IN 1969 HE SERVED AS A MILITARY REPORTER IN VIETNAM FROM 1969 TO 1971 UPON HIS RETURN FROM VIETNAM GORE WORKED IN TENNESSEE AS A REPORTER AND ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY IN 1976 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE HOUSE IN 1984 GORE WAS ELECTED SENATOR HE CAMPAIGNED IN 1988 FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION WHICH WENT TO MICHAEL DUKAKIS GORE WAS REELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 1990 WHERE HE SERVED TWO MORE YEARS BEFORE BEING SELECTED AS BILL CLINTON'S RUNNING MATE IN THE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN GORE'S BOOK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT EARTH IN THE BALANCE WAS ALSO PUBLISHED THAT YEAR GORE WAS ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM AS VICE PRESIDENT IN 1998 AND RAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 2000
