Person in history
Jim Sasser
Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (born 1936)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2024 · September 10
- Known as
- politician, diplomat, and lawyer. Citizenship: United States
Their story
Who they were
James Ralph Sasser was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. From 1996 to 1999, during the Clinton administration, he was the United States Ambassador to China. To date, he is the most recent Democratic U.S. senator from Tennessee.
Early life
Educated at: Vanderbilt University and Hillsboro Comprehensive High School.
Early life and career James Ralph Sasser was born in Memphis, Tennessee , on September 30, 1936. [ 1 ] He attended public schools in Nashville, Tennessee , [ 1 ] graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1954. [ 2 ] He attended the University of Tennessee from 1954 to 1955, where he joined the Lambda chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He earned his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in 1958, followed by his law degree from the Vanderbilt University Law School in 1961. [
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