Albert Arnold Gore, Sr., was born on December 26, 1907, in Granville, Tennessee. He was the Democratic Congressman from the fourth district of Tennessee who served in Congress during the 76th through 82 Sessions (1939 to 1953) and as Senator from Tennessee during 1953 thru 1970. He was not a subject of an FBI criminal investigation, but there is a correspondence file with Gore as the subject. In 1938 and 1939 Congressman Gore visited the FBI with some of his constituents from Tennessee. After leaving the Senate, he became Chairman of Island Creek Coal Company, Lexington, Kentucky in 1972. Gore was a vice-president and on the Board of Directors for Occidental Petroleum. Island Creek Coal Company is a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. At the request of the White House a background investigation was on Albert Gore, Sr., in 1977.