Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993, where he helped with the implementation of Education 2000.
Official portrait, 2017
Alexander with President Richard Nixon in 1970
Alexander with President Ronald Reagan in 1986
Alexander with President George H. W. Bush in 1991
The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor is the only official in the Tennessee state government who is directly elected by the voters of the entire state.
Governor of Tennessee
John Sevier, Tennessee's first governor
Former Governor Sam Houston
James K. Polk