The Political Career of Al Gore’s Father

One of the few liberal Southern Democrats with a mixed legacy

From Thomas J. O’Halloran at the 1968 Democratic National Convention — Public Domain

Most people today know who Vice President Al Gore is, but people know less about his father, Al Gore Sr. — who was a Senator in Congress himself who built himself a reputation as a liberal with a lot of wonky views. According to Anthony J. Badger in Albert Gore Sr.: A Political Life, Gore…