| + | After returning from his assignment as a reporter for the 20th Engineering brigade during the Vietnam War in 1971, Al Gore decided as a journalist for Nashville Tennessean to write news stories and editorials on policy and metro government. In 1976, he entered politics joined the race for a Congressional seat for the Fourth District Tennessee after veteran Congressman Joe Evins retired. On November 2 that year, Gore was elected Congressman on. He served as a House Representative for three terms until 1982. |