Name: Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III
Party: Republican
Date of Birth: December 24, 1946
Honetown: Selma, Alabama
Age: 69
What He Does Now: U.S. senator from Alabama (serving his fourth term)
What He Used to Do: Sessions brings almost 20 years of experience to the Senate. He was first elected in 1996. He is also a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and served as Alabama's 44th attorney general (elected in 1994).
He supported President George W. Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cut packages, the war in Iraq and a proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage. He has opposed most major Democratic legislation, including the stimulus bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act.
He worked as a lawyer in Russellville and Mobile, where he still lives. He was a captain for the Army Reserve in the 1970s.
Family tree: Sessions was born to Abbie and Jefferson Beauregard Sessions. His father owned a general store in Hybart, Alabama, and a farm equipment dealership. He has three children and six grandchildren.
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