I assured my colleagues that I would work as hard as Trent, that I would do everything I could to assist our leader in the work that we have to do in the remaining days of this session and of course throughout the next session
Kyl, Alexander elected to GOP posts Dec 06, 2007
I have telephoned Jon Kyl to tell him I will vote for him as Trent's successor as whip
Senators vie for GOP leadership posts Nov 27, 2007
A strategy can't sustain itself unless it has more broad support in the country, in the Congress, than his current strategy does
White House to 'retool' Iraq strategy Jul 10, 2007
If we make it easier for people to learn English, they will learn it
Waiting lists leave immigrants speechless Feb 27, 2007
Based on a number of telephone calls and visits I know I have a majority of votes in the contest for whip and I'm now working on a consensus
New GOP leadership for Senate Nov 10, 2006
Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and Conference Chair of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush and candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000.
Alexander was born in Maryville, Tennessee, where he was raised, to Genevra Floreine (née Rankin) and Andrew Lamar Alexander. In high school he was elected Governor of Tennessee Boys State. Alexander graduated with a B.A. from Vanderbilt University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Chi Fraternity in 1962 and from the New York University School of Law in 1965. After graduating from law school, Alexander clerked for United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit judge John Minor Wisdom in New Orleans from 1965 to 1966.
In 1969 Alexander married Honey Buhler, who grew up in Victoria, Texas, and graduated from Smith College of Massachusetts. They had met during a softball game for Senate staff members; he was then a staffer for Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee while she worked for Senator John Tower of Texas. Together they have four children: Drew, Leslee, Kathryn, and Will.