Fred Thompson 2008 presidential campaign
The 2008 presidential campaign of Fred Thompson, lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Senator from Tennessee began on September 5, 2007 after six months of speculation. He was a Republican Party primary candidate seeking to represent his party in the 2008 United States presidential election.
In Indianapolis on August 25, 2007.
Interviewed by Eleanor Mondale of WCCO radio at the Minnesota State Fair on August 27, 2007.
Thompson in Dubuque, Iowa on December 17, 2007.
Thompson in Sacramento with endorsing California legislators on November 23, 2007.
Freddie Dalton Thompson was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.
Fred Thompson
From left to right: Fred Thompson (minority counsel), Howard Baker, and Sam Ervin of the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973
Thompson greeting President Ronald Reagan in 1983
Fred Thompson with the U.S. Senate in 2002