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Senate Years of Service: 1995-2007 Party: Republican
FRIST, William H., a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.,
on February 22, 1952; attended public and private schools in Nashville;
graduated from Princeton University 1974; graduated from Harvard Medical School
1978; worked as a heart and lung transplant surgeon; director, heart and lung
transplantation program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; author; elected
as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1994 and reelected in 2000 for
the term ending January 3, 2007; chairman, National Republican Senatorial
Committee (2001-2003); majority leader (2003-2007); not a candidate for
reelection in 2006.
BibliographyFrist, William H.
Tennessee Senators, 1911-2001: Portraits of Leadership in a Century of
Change. Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1999; Frist, William H.
When Every Moment Counts: What You Need To Know About Bioterrorism From
the Senates Only Doctor. Lanham, Md: Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers Inc., 2002.
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