Freddie Dalton Thompson (19 August 1942 - November 1, 2015) is a politician, lawyer, lobbyist, columnist, film and television actor and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate who represented Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, and was a Republican presidential candidate in 2008.
Thompson serves as chairman of the International Security Advisory Council at the US Department of State, is a member of the US-China Economic and Security Assessment Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Visiting Member with an American Company of the Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.
As an actor, Thompson appeared in numerous movies and television shows including The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard 2, In Line Of, and > Cape Fear , as well as in ads. He often portrays government and military authority figures. In the final months of the US Senate's tenure in 2002, Thompson joined the cast from the long-running NBC television series Law & amp; Message , playing Manhattan District Attorney, Arthur Branch.
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Thompson was born in Sheffield, Alabama, on August 19, 1942, son of Ruth Inez (nà © Å © e Bradley) and Fletcher Session Thompson (born in Lauderdale County, Alabama, August 26, 1919, died Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, May 27, 1990), which is car salesman. Thompson has English and a distant Dutch lineage. He studied at a public school in Lawrenceburg, graduating from Lawrence County High School, where he played high school soccer. After that, he worked for days at the local post office, and night at the Murray bicycle assembly plant.
Thompson then entered Florence State College (now University of North Alabama), becoming the first family member to attend college. He was then transferred to Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis, where he earned a double degree in philosophy and political science in 1964, as well as a scholarship to Tulane and Vanderbilt law schools. He went on to earn a Doctoral Juris degree from Vanderbilt Law School in 1967.
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Career as a lawyer
Thompson was accepted in the state bar of Tennessee in 1967. At that time, he abbreviated his first name from Freddie to Fred. He worked as a US attorney's lawyer from 1969 to 1972, successfully suing bank robberies and other cases. Thompson was campaign manager for US Republican Howard Baker's reelected campaign in 1972, and was a minority adviser to the Senate Watergate Committee in his investigation of the Watergate scandal (1973-1974).
In the 1980s, Thompson worked as a lawyer, with law offices in Nashville and Washington, DC, handling personal injury claims and defending those accused of white-collar crimes. He also received assignments as special advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1980-1981), special adviser to the Senate Intelligence Committee (1982), and member of the Nomination Committee of the Court of Appeal for the State of Tennessee (1985-1987).
His clients include the German mining group and Toyota Motors Corporation Japan. Thompson served on various corporate boards. He also does legal work and serves on the board of directors for Stone & amp; Webster.
Role in Watergate audience
In 1973, Thompson was appointed a minority adviser to assist Republican senators in the Senate Watergate Committee, a special committee organized by the US Senate to investigate the Watergate scandal. Thompson is sometimes credited for supplying Republican Republican Howard Baker's famous question, "What does the President know, and when does he know that?" This question is said to have helped frame the congregation in a way that eventually led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.
A Republican staff member, Donald Sanders, found out about the White House tape and informed the committee on July 13, 1973. Thompson was informed of the existence of the tapes, and he, in turn, told Nixon's lawyer J. Fred Buzhardt. "Though I do not have the authority to act for the committee, I decided to call Fred Buzhardt at home," Thompson later wrote, "I want to make sure the White House is fully aware of what should be disclosed so as to take appropriate action."
Three days after Sanders' discovery, in public, the television committee hearing Thompson asked former White House assistant Alexander Butterfield, a famous question, "Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the existence of the listening devices in the President's Oval Office?" thus publicly disclosing the recording of a conversation within the White House. National Public Radio then called the session and the discovery of Watergate's recording "a turning point in the investigation."
Thompson's appointment as a minority advisor to the Senate Watergate committee reportedly angered Nixon, who believed Thompson was not skilled enough to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and be confused by the Democratic committee. According to historian Stanley Kutler, however, Thompson and Baker "bring water to the White House, but I have to give them credit - they are watching for their sake, too... They will not be without thinking going to the tube [for Nixon]."
Journalist Scott Armstrong, a Democratic investigator for the Senate Watergate Committee, criticized Thompson for having revealed the committee's knowledge about recording to Buzhardt during an ongoing investigation, saying Thompson was a "mole for the White House" and that Thompson's actions gave the White House an opportunity to destroy the tapes. Thompson's 1975 book At that time, in turn, accused Armstrong of being too close to Bob Woodward of the Washington Post and from the leaked committee's information to him. In response to a renewed interest in this, in 2007 during his presidential campaign, Thompson said, "I am glad this has finally led to someone reading my Watergate book, even though it has taken more than 30 years."
Corruption case against Tennessee governor
In 1977, Thompson represented Marie Ragghianti, former chair of the Tennessee Peace Council, who had been dismissed for refusing to release criminals after they bribed the maids to Democrat Governor Ray Blanton for clemency. With Thompson's help, Ragghianti filed a wrongful dismissal against Blanton's office. During the trial, Thompson helped expose the cash-for-gremency scheme that eventually led to the removal of Blanton from his post. In July 1978, the jury awarded Ragghianti $ 38,000 ($ 139,165,09 at inflation rate 2016) by paying it back and ordering it to restore his post.
Lobbyist
Thompson earned about $ 1 million in total from his effort to try. Except for 1981, his funeral never reached more than a third of his income. According to Memphis Commercial Appeal :
Fred Thompson earned about half a million dollars from Washington lobbying from 1975 to 1993... The lobby's disclosure announcement showed Thompson had six lobbying clients: Westinghouse, two cable television companies, Tennessee Savings and Loan League, the United States Central Pension Fund Timsters Union, and a Baltimore-based business coalition that lobbied for federal grants.
Thompson lobbied Congress on behalf of the Tennessee Savings and Loan League to win Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982, which deregulated the savings and loan industry. The majority of major congresses and President Ronald Reagan support the law, but it is said to be a factor that led to a savings and loan crisis. Thompson received $ 1,600 to communicate with some congressional staff on this issue.
When Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in 1991, Thompson made a phone call to White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu who advocated restoring Aristide's government, but said it was a private citizen, not on a payment basis on Aristide's behalf.
Billing records indicate that Thompson was paid for about 20 working hours in 1991 and 1992 on behalf of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, a family planning group that attempted to ease George H. W. Bush's administrative regulation of abortion counseling at a federally funded clinic.
After leaving the Senate in 2003, Thompson's only lobbying job was for reinsurance company based in London Equitas Ltd. He was paid $ 760,000 between 2004 and 2006 to help prevent the passage of the law that Equitas says unfairly chooses them for unfavorable treatment of asbestos claims. Thompson spokesman Mark Corrallo said Thompson was proud to have been a lobbyist and believed in Equitas' cause.
After Thompson was elected to the Senate, his two sons followed him into the lobbying business, but generally avoided clients where possible conflicts of interest could arise. When he left the Senate, some of his political action commission fee fell to the lobby of one of his sons.
Acting career
Marie Ragghianti's case became the subject of a book, Marie , written by Peter Maas and published in 1983. The rights of the film were purchased by director Roger Donaldson, who, after traveling to Nashville to talk to people which are involved. with the original case, asked Thompson if he wanted to play alone. The resulting film, Marie , was Thompson's first acting role and was released in 1985. Roger Donaldson then threw Thompson in the CIA director's section in the 1987 No Road Out movie. In 1990, he served as Ed Trudeau, head of Dulles Airport, in the sequel to the action of Die Hard 2, as Rear Admiral at The Hunt for Red October, and as Big John , President of NASCAR, in the movie Days of Thunder (patterned in Big Bill France). Thompson later appeared in many movies and television shows. A 1994 New York Times profile writes, "When a Hollywood director needs someone who can personify government power, they often turn to [Thompson]." He portrays a fictitious President of the United States in Recent Recent Opportunities, as well as two historical presidents: Ulysses S. Grant at Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) and Andrew Jackson's voice in [ Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story (both produced for TV).
In the final months of the US Senate's tenure in 2002, Thompson joined the cast from the long-running NBC television series Law & amp; Message , playing the conservative Arthur District Attorney for the next five years. Thompson began filming during the Senate senate in August 2002.
She makes occasional appearances in the same roles on other TV shows, such as Legal & amp; Order: Special Victim Unit , Legal & amp; Order: Criminal Intent , and pilot episode Conviction . On May 30, 2007, he asked to be released from the role, potentially in preparation for the president's offer. Due to concerns about the same time rules, reruns featuring Branch characters were not shown on NBC while Thompson was a potential or actual presidential candidate, but the TNT episode was not affected.
In May 2007, he took a break from acting to run for Republican presidential candidate in the 2008 election, winning 11 delegates before leaving the race in January 2008. In 2009, he returned to acting with guest appearances on the ABC TV series Life on Mars and in the Alleged movie, about the Scopes Trial.
Senate (1994-2003)
Two campaigns for the US Senate
In 1994, Thompson was elected to complete the remaining two-year term of the US Senate's unfinished term. During the 1994 campaign, Thompson's opponent had long been a member of the Nashville Congress, Jim Cooper. Thompson campaigned with a red pickup truck, and Cooper accused Thompson "of being a lobbyist and actor talking about lower taxes, talking about change, while he was riding a rented stage stage." In a good year for Republican candidates, Thompson defeated Cooper in a landslide, overcoming Cooper's 20% early advantage in the election to defeat him with a larger margin. That same night Thompson was elected to fill Gore's unfinished tenure, political newcomer Bill Frist, a heart surgeon in Nashville, defeated the ruling Jimin Sins, Jim Sasser, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, for another Tennessee Senate seat earmarked for a full six-year period. The twin victories by Thompson and Frist gave Republicans control of both Tennessee Senate seats for the first time since Sasser toppled Bill Brock in 1976.
In 1996, Thompson was re-elected (for terms ending January 3, 2003) with 61% of the vote, defeating Democratic lawyer Houston Gordon of Covington, Tennessee, even when Bill Clinton and Al Gore's spouse narrowly brought the country less than three percentage points in their journey for re-election. During this campaign, Mike Long served as the chief author of Thompson's speech. The GOP continues to hold seats, having won by former Tennessee Governor and Education Secretary Lamar Alexander in 2002. Frist won re-election in 2000 before retiring in 2006, when Bob Corker held a seat for Republicans despite winning from Democratic Party control of the House and Senate.
Electoral history
Career Senate
In 1996, Thompson was a member of the Government Affairs Committee when the committee investigated alleged Chinese attempts to influence American politics. Thompson said he was "largely discouraged" during the investigation by witnesses who refused to testify, claiming the right not to burden themselves or simply leave the country. Thompson explained, "Our work is deeply affected by the fact that Congress is a much more partisan institution than it used to be."
Thompson became chairman of the committee in 1997, but was reduced to a minority ranking when the Democrats took over the Senate in 2001. Thompson served on the Financial Committee (dealing with health care, trade, Social Security, and taxation), the Intelligence Committee, and the National Security Working Group.
Thompson's work includes an investigation into the "Umm Hajul controversy" involving the death of Tennessean Lance Fielder during the Gulf War. During his tenure, he supported campaign finance reform, against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and promoting government efficiency and accountability. During the 1996 presidential debate, he also served as Clinton to help prepare Bob Dole.
On 12 February 1999, the Senate voted on Clinton impeachment. The allegation of perjury was defeated with 45 votes for a guilty verdict, and 55, including Thompson, fought back. Obstruction lawsuits were defeated by 50, including Thompson, for belief, and 50 against. Confidence over impeachment allegations requires an affirmative vote from 67 senators.
Campaign vice president for John McCain
In the Republican presidential preliminary election in 2000, Thompson supported former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, who eventually replaced Thompson in the Senate two years later. When Alexander came out, Thompson supported Senator John McCain's bid and became his vice chairman. After George W. Bush won the preliminary election, McCain and Thompson were regarded as potential potential partners.
Thompson was not a candidate for re-election in 2002. He openly expressed his reluctance to have the Senate become a long-term career. Although he announced in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks his intention to seek re-election ("Now is not the time for me to leave," Thompson said at the time), after further reflection, he decided against it. The decision seems to have been demanded largely by the death of his daughter.
Ratings
Thompson has a 86.1% lifetime American Conservative Union voter rating (1995-2002), compared with 89.3 for Bill Frist and 82.3 for John McCain. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) characterizes her colleagues in this way: "I believe that Fred is a fearless senator, I mean, he's never afraid to vote or take a stand, regardless of the political consequences." Thompson was "at the short end of some 99-1 votes", a vote against those who wanted to federalize the things he believed were rightly handed over to state and local officials.
With Thompson's decision to campaign for the 2008 Republican nomination, his Senate record received some criticism from people who said he was "lazy" compared to other Senators. Critics say that some of his proposals became laws, and pointed to a 1998 quote: "I do not like to spend 14- and 16-hour days voting on 'the notion of a Senate resolution' on irrelevant matters. we really need to continue - and every day, it's very frustrating. "The defense said he spent more time in preparation than any other Senator. Paul Noe, a former staff member, told The New York Times: "On a lazy charge I had to laugh because I was there sometimes until 1 AM working with the man."
Post-Senate Activity
Political work
From 2002 to 2005, Thompson was head of the Federal City Council, a group of businesses, citizens, education, and other leaders interested in economic development in Washington, DC.
In March 2003, Thompson was featured in an advertisement by a conservative nonprofit group, Citizens United who advocated the invasion of Iraq, stating: "When people ask what Saddam has done to us, I ask what the 9/11 pirates have done to us - before 9/11. "
Thompson did a voiceover work at the Republican National Convention of 2004. While telling a video for the convention, Thompson observed: "History throws what's thrown at you, and you never know what's going to happen."
After retiring, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Thompson to an unofficial position to help guide John Roberts's candidacy through the confirmation process of the United States Senate. Roberts was later confirmed as Supreme Court Justice.
Until July 2007, Thompson was Chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, a bipartisan advisory panel reporting to the Secretary of State and focusing on the emergence of strategic threats. In that capacity, he advises the State Department on all aspects of arms control, disarmament, international security, and aspects related to public diplomacy.
Legal defense for Lewis Libby
In 2006, he served on the defense fund defense advisory board for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., who was indicted and later convicted of lying to federal investigators during their Plame investigation affairs. Thompson, who had never met Libby before volunteering for the advisory board, said he was convinced Libby was innocent. The Libby Scooter, the Trust Fund of Legal Defense, intends to raise over $ 5 million to help finance the legal defense of former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. Thompson held a fundraiser for Libby's defense fund at his home in McLean, Virginia. After Bush relieved Libby's sentence, Thompson released a statement: "I am very happy for Libby Scooter I know that it is a great relief for him, his wife and his children.This will enable good Americans, who have done much for him, to continue his life. "
Radio analyst
In 2006, he signed a contract with ABC News Radio to serve as a senior analyst and holiday replacement for Paul Harvey. He used the platform to describe his position on a number of political issues. The update on July 3, 2007 to Thompson's ABC News Radio homepage referred to him as "a former ABC Radio News contributor", indicating that Thompson had been released from his contract with the broadcaster. He did not return after his campaign ended.
columnist
He signed an agreement with Salem Communications Townhall.com to write for an organization magazine, Townhall, from April 23, 2007, to August 21, 2007, and from June 8, 2008, to November 17, 2008.
2008 presidential campaign
On March 11, 2007, Thompson appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the possibility of the 2008 presidential nomination. In late March, Thompson was asked to be released from his television contract, potentially in preparation for a presidential bid. Thompson set up a presidential exploratory committee on the possibility of a 2008 presidential campaign on June 1, 2007, but unlike most candidate cruisers, Thompson was organized as a 527 group.
Thompson continued to be called a potential candidate, but did not officially announce his candidacy. On June 12, Thompson told Jay Leno about The Tonight Show that although he did not want the presidency himself, he wanted to do the things he could only do with holding the office. The New York Times article quoted Thompson's aide as saying on July 18 that he planned to enter the race just after Labor Day, followed by a national announcement tour.
On September 5, 2007, Thompson made his nomination official, announcing on The Tonight Show that "I am running for president of the United States" and running an advertisement during the presidential candidate debate on Fox News i >. In both cases he leads people to his campaign website to watch a 15 minute video detailing his platform. The entrance of his campaign is described as "uninspired" and "awkward" despite high hopes for anticipating him joining the race. Fred Thompson is supported by the Virginia Society for Human Life and several other pro-life organizations.
In a national poll towards the end of 2007, Thompson's support in the Republican primary elections shifted, with Thompson putting either third or fourth in the polls.
On January 22, 2008, after withdrawing little support in early preliminary elections, Thompson confirmed that he had resigned from the presidential election. In a statement issued by his campaign, Thompson said:
Today I have withdrawn my nomination for the President of the United States. I hope my country and my party benefit from our efforts. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.
After campaign
Thompson signed an agreement to return as an actor with William Morris Agency.
He spoke at the Republican National Convention on September 2 in Minnesota, where he described in detail the alleged torture of Republican persecutor John McCain at the hands of North Vietnam during his imprisonment, and gave McCain support for the President.
In 2009, she re-acted with guest appearances on ABC's Life on Mars television series, and as William Jennings Bryan in the TV movie Suspicions , based on Scopes Monkey Trial. Thompson describes Frank Michael Thomas in the CBS series The Good Wife; Besides having a similar name, Thomas also shares Thompson's love for acting and law.
On March 2, 2009, he took over East Coast Westwood One daytime slot, organized the talk radio program The Fred Thompson Show, after Bill O'Reilly ended The Radio Factor. It was held for some time by his wife, Jeri. Thompson's last performance for Westwood One aired on January 21, 2011. Douglas Urbanski took Thompson's place in the Westwood One syndicated lineup.
In May 2010, Thompson became the advertising spokesman for the American Advisors Group, a reverse mortgage lender.
In 2014, Thompson appeared in a movie, Persecuted , about freedom of religion, government oversight, and censorship.
Political position
Thompson said that federalism is his "lodestar", which provides "the basis for proper analysis of most issues: 'Is this something the government should do? If so, at what level of government?'"
Thompson states that "Roe v. Wade is bad law and poor medical science," and that judges should not set social policy. Thompson stated that the government should not criminal prosecute women who have early abortions.
Thompson does not support federal ban on gay marriage, but would support constitutional amendments to keep a country's recognition of such marriages so that all countries should recognize them.
Thompson said citizens were entitled to guard and carry weapons if they did not have a criminal record, and the American gun owner said that he chose pro-gun in 20 of 33 weapons-related votes during his time in the Senate.
Thompson said that the US border should be secured before considering comprehensive immigration reforms, but it also supports the citizenship path for illegal aliens who say, "You must, in some way, make deals where they can have some citizenship aspirations, but not make it so easy so it is unfair to people queuing and obeying the law. "Thompson supported the US invasion of Iraq and opposed the withdrawal of troops, but believed that" mistakes had been made "since the invasion.
Thompson initially supported McCain-Feingold's financial legislation, but later said that certain parts had to be lifted.
Thompson is skeptical that human efforts cause global warming and point to parallel warming on Mars and other planets as an example.
Personal life
Marriage and children
In September 1959, at the age of 17, Thompson married Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. Their son, Freddie Dalton "Tony" Thompson Jr., was born in April 1960. Daniel's son and daughter Ruth Elizabeth were born shortly thereafter. While Thompson attended law school, both his wife and he worked to finance his education and support their three children.
The couple divorced in 1985. They have two surviving children, as well as five grandchildren. Princess Thompson Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson Panici died of a heart attack brain injury after what was set as a prescription drug overdose on January 30, 2002.
While single, Thompson is romantically linked to country singer Lorrie Morgan, Republican fundraiser Georgette Mosbacher, Donald Trump's Advisor to President Kellyanne Conway, and columnist Margaret Carlson.
In July 1996, Thompson began dating Jeri Kehn (born 1966) and both married almost six years later on June 29, 2002. When Thompson was asked in a December 2007 Associated Press survey about a candidate to name his favorite ownership, he replied, tongue-in- cheek, "cup wife". The couple has two children, a daughter of Hayden was born in 2003 and Samuel's son was born in 2006.
Religion
Thompson was raised in the Church of Christ. According to Thompson, his values ​​derive from "sitting around the kitchen table" with his parents, and from the Church of Christ. Speaking to reporters in South Carolina, Thompson said, "I attended church when I was in Tennessee, I live in McLean now, I did not attend regularly when I was there." Occasionally, Thompson attended the Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Virginia. He did not say much about his religion during his campaign, saying, "I wake up and talk about how great I am and things like that, I'm not comfortable with that, and I do not think it makes me any good."
Cancer and death
Thompson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a form of cancer, in 2004. In 2007, Thompson declared, "I have no illness from him, or even any symptoms." My life expectancy should not be affected I am in remission, and it's very treatable with medication if treatment is needed in the future - and without any debilitating side effects. "Reported brashly, NHL Thompson is the lowest of the three levels of NHL, and is a rare marginal zone lymphoma. This covers only 1-3% of all cases.
On the morning of November 1, 2015, Thompson died at the age of 73 from the recurrence of lymphoma. His funeral was held on November 6, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee, with US Senator John McCain and Lamar Alexander in attendance. She was buried at the Mimosa Cemetery in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, on the same day.
Movieography
Television
See also
- List of United States Senators
- List of United States Senators from Tennessee
References
External links
- Official
- Official Flickr Page for Fred Thompson (official photo website)
- Documentary, topic page, and database
- Fred Thompson on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Biography at the Directory of Congressional Biographies of the United States
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Electoral Commission
- Financial information (presidential campaign) at the Federal Electoral Commission
- Center the contributions of Responsive Political campaigns (aka OpenSecrets.org)
- 1994 (Congressman)
- Appearance in C-SPAN
- United States Senator's Archives Fred Dalton Thompson Congressional Website (From Internet Archive retrieved on 3 January 2007)
- Full text and audio and video from President GPR Presidential Presentation Fred Thompson AmericanRhetoric.com
- Full text and audio and video from Fred Thompson's 2008 Republican National Convention Speech AmericanRhetoric.com
- Fred Dalton Thompson at IMDb
- Fred D. Thompson Papers, University Library of Knoxville Tennessee
- News media
- Lawrenceburgs.com - Fred Thompson biography from the village newspaper
- Nashville Post - Disc File Reporting Fred, 1975-1994.
- New York Times - Fred D. Thompson news and commentaries
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