| Born : | March 31, 1948 |
| Father : | Albert Arnold Gore, Sr |
| Mother : | Pauline LaFon |
| Wife : | Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson |
| Children : | Karenna (August 6, 1973) |
| Kristin (June 5, 1977) | |
| Sarah (January 7, 1979) | |
| Albert III (October 19, 1982) | |
| Education : | Vanderbilt University Divinity School (failed) |
| Vanderbilt Law School | |
| Religion : | Baptist |
| Occupation : | former Vice President of the US |
| Career: | Reporter for Tennessee newspaper |
| US Senator | |
| US Vice President | |
| Political Party : | Democrat |
| Nicknames : | Algore |
Gore was born on March 31, 1948, and is the son of former U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Sr. and Pauline Gore. Raised in Carthage, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., he received a degree in government with honors from Harvard University in 1969. After graduation, he volunteered for enlistment in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam.
Returning to civilian life, Vice President Gore became an investigative reporter with The Tennessean in Nashville. He attended Vanderbilt University Divinity School -- in which he did not complete due to failing grades -- and Vanderbilt Law School and operated a small homebuilding business.
Gore's Congressional career began when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 where he served eight years representing the then 4th District of Tennessee. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and was re-elected in 1990, becoming the first candidate in modern history -- Republican or Democratic -- to win all 95 of Tennessee's counties. A candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1988, Gore won more than three million votes and Democratic contests in seven states.
Al Gore was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993. President Clinton chose then-Senator Gore to be his running mate on July 9, 1992. He was formally nominated as the Democratic nominee for Vice President one week later at the Democratic National Convention in New York.
Vice President Gore is married to the former Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson. They have four children: Karenna (born August 6, 1973), Kristin (born June 5, 1977), Sarah (born January 7, 1979), and Albert III (born October 19, 1982). Vice President Gore owns a small farm near Carthage, and the family attends New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Carthage.
Running for President in the 2000 election, he won a very slim popular vote, but lost the electoral vote to former Governor of Texas, George W. Bush. The electoral votes of Florida were became a critical factor in the outcome of the election, and continued to be vigorously fought over for a month after election day. Although Gore still won the popular vote, numerous inconsistencies surfaced which indicated widespread corruption of the voting process by Gore supporters and insiders. Enough corruption, in fact, that Bush may have clearly won both popular and electoral votes had the race been clean.