(1936-09-30) September 30, 1936 (age 87) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Mary Sasser
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Vanderbilt University (BA, LLB)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1957-1963
Unit
Reserves
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. From 1996 to 1999, during the Clinton Administration, he was the United States Ambassador to China.
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States...
Class 1 Senate seat from Tennessee. JimSasser, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977 Bill Anderson, attorney Sasser raised $1.5 million in 1987 to ward off...
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Democratic U.S. Senator JimSasser won re-election. Sasser defeated Republican Robin Beard. Sasser received 92% of the black vote. JimSasser, incumbent U.S....
Transplant Center. In 1994, he defeated incumbent Democratic Senator JimSasser. After serving as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee...
Tennessee was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator JimSasser ran for re-election to a fourth term but was defeated by Republican nominee...
two Democratic senators from the state of Tennessee, JimSasser and Harlan Mathews. JimSasser lost re-election and Harlan Mathews retired in 1994. In...
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re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democratic challenger JimSasser. Several prominent Democrats ran in the Democratic primary. The most prominent...
JimSasser (Tennessee), in addition to picking up six open seats in Arizona, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Notably, since Sasser's defeat...
winner of the primary was JimSasser, who had managed Albert Gore Sr.'s 1970 reelection campaign.[citation needed] Sasser was able to exploit lingering...
Frist, a Nashville heart surgeon, defeated three-term incumbent Democrat JimSasser, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, for Tennessee's other Senate...
Services (Chair: JimSasser; Ranking Member: N/A) Government Efficiency, Federalism and the District of Columbia (Chair: JimSasser; Ranking Member: H...
Harry Reid; Ranking Member: Slade Gorton) Military Construction (Chair: JimSasser; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm) Transportation and Related Agencies (Chair:...
Dale Bumpers) Military Construction (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: JimSasser) State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking...
Bumpers) Military Construction (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: JimSasser) Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member:...
Budget Committee In office January 3, 1995 – June 6, 2001 Preceded by JimSasser Succeeded by Kent Conrad In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 Preceded...
Julius C. Michaelson, former Attorney General of Rhode Island. Democrat JimSasser was re-elected with 61.9% of the vote, over Republican Robin Beard, a...
a teenager, she worked on the political campaigns of Tom Wiseman and JimSasser. Overall graduated from Tusculum University with a degree in English,...
Tennessee, as Republican Bill Frist won Tennessee's other Senate seat held by JimSasser and Don Sundquist was elected governor. The 4th district seat was also...
lieutenant governor and former state senator Richard Licht. Incumbent Democrat JimSasser won re-election to a third term over Republican Bill Anderson. Incumbent...
endorsements from: United States Senate Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia Senator JimSasser of Tennessee Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts United States House...
election, in which Republican Bill Frist defeated incumbent Democrat JimSasser. As a result of Thompson and Frist's simultaneous victories in Tennessee...
Nickles Policy Committee Chairman: William L. Armstrong House Speaker Speaker: Jim Wright (D), until June 6, 1989 Tom Foley (D), from June 6, 1989 Majority...
Bennett Johnston, Ted Kennedy, Tip O'Neill, Don Riegle, Paul Sarbanes, JimSasser Response to the State of the Union address 1983 Served alongside: Les...
Spencer, Jane (September 20, 2000). "Who Cares Who Wins?". A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Special for Students. PBS. Archived from the original on January 5...
Gary Hart, Bennett Johnston, Ted Kennedy, Tip O'Neill, Paul Sarbanes, JimSasser Succeeded by Les AuCoin, Joe Biden, Bill Bradley, Robert Byrd, Tom Daschle...