Bob Seagren

He is also an active supporter of the Commission on Athletics of the California Community Colleges. He is reportedly paid $100,000 per episode of the show in which he appears; if this is in fact true, he earns more from appearing in two shows than he did in an entire year as a Senator, and will earn nearly twice in one season what his earnings were for his entire Senate career. Today, he is CEO of International City Racing, which specializes in the development, management, and implementation of road racing, endurance, and fitness events, including the Long Beach International City Marathon. Senator also to take a full-time television acting job; however, his first scenes as Branch were filmed during the Senate's August, 2002 recess, so he missed no legislative time in order to act on television. A 1968 University of Southern California graduate, Seagren took a try at professional track and later he started his career in television and movies as a show host and soap opera actor. In doing so, he became the first serving U.S. East German Wolfgang Nordwig didn't use a Cata-Pole and won the gold medal, with Seagren coming second. In the final months of his term, he joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing the character of District Attorney Arthur Branch (a role he still portrays as of 2005).

In the 1972 Summer Olympics, a last-minute ruling barred the new Cata-Pole from Olympic competition, forcing some vaulters, including Seagren, to compete with unfamiliar poles. Although he announced in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks his intention to seek re-election, upon further reflection, which seems to have been prompted in large part by the sudden death of his daughter from unrelated events, he decided not to pursue this course. Four years later, in Munich, he's best remembered for the Olympic gold medal he didn't get. He had never planned to make a lifetime career of the Senate, and had often publicly stated as much. He, silver medallist Claus Schiprowski (West Germany) and the bronze medal winner Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) had reached the same height (5,40m). Thompson was not a candidate for re-election in 2002. In an exciting contest, he won the gold medal. Thompson then became the ranking minority member.

In 1968, Bob Seagren participated in his first Olympic Games in Mexico City. While in the Senate, he was chair of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1997 to January 3, 2001 and January 20, 2001 to June 6, 2001, when the reorganization of the Senate prompted by the resignation of James Jeffords of Vermont from the Republican Party changed the control of the Senate. He jumped his first world record (5,32m) in Fresno on May 14, 1966, followed by his world records 1967 in San Diego (5,36m), 1968 in South Lake Tahoe (5,41m) and 1972 in Eugene (5,63m). This was no doubt due to his acting background, but many pundits saw this as an attempt to groom him for an even larger political role. Thompson was easily re-elected in 1996 for the term ending January 3, 2003 over Democratic attorney Houston Gordon of Ripley, Tennessee by an even larger margin than that by which he had defeated Cooper two years earlier. He was also the Pan American Games champion in 1967. ("while I was still unpacking my boxes," as he put it) Thompson was selected by the Republicans to give a reply to a nationally-televised address by President Bill Clinton. Indoors he posted eight world bests between 1966 and 1969. Almost immediately upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.

He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors. Thompson took the oath of office on December 2, 1994. A native of Pomona, California, Bob Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Representative Jim Cooper in a landslide which represented the most votes anyone had ever received for a statewide office in Tennessee history up to that point. Robert "Bob" Seagren (born October 17, 1946) was an American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion. On November 8, 1994, Thompson was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1997, left vacant by the resignation of Al Gore, defeating six-term Democratic U.S. Even more than most actors, Thompson's roles are generally portrayals of characters who are very similar to his real life persona, much in the tradition of performers such as John Wayne.

Thompson would go on to appear in numerous motion pictures, including The Hunt for Red October (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and In the Line of Fire (1993). This film launched his acting career. The scandal became the subject of a book and a movie titled Marie (1985) in which Thompson played himself, supposedly because the producers were unable to find a professional actor who could play him plausibly. In 1977, Thompson took on a Tennessee Parole Board case that ultimately toppled Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton from power on charges of selling pardons.

He was responsible for Baker's asking one of the questions that is said to have led directly to the downfall of President Richard Nixon – "What did the President know, and when did he know it?". He was the campaign manager for Senator Howard Baker's successful re-election campaign in 1972, which led to a close personal friendship with Baker, and from 1973-1974, he served as co-chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal. attorney from 1969-1972. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law, serving as an assistant U.S.

degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967. He received a J.D. He attended Memphis State University where he earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science in 1964. Born in Sheffield, Alabama, Thompson grew up attending the public schools in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Fred Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, actor, and former Republican Senator from Tennessee. No Way Out (1987). Feds (1988). Fat Man and Little Boy (1989).

The Hunt for Red October (1990). Days of Thunder (1990). Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990). Flight of the Intruder (1991) (uncredited).

Class Action (1991). Necessary Roughness (1991). Curly Sue (1991). Cape Fear (1991).

Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992). Thunderheart (1992). White Sands (1992) (uncredited). Born Yesterday (1993).

In the Line of Fire (1993). Baby's Day Out (1994).