Jeff Sessions [1946-0] American Rank: 11 Politician, United States Senator
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. He is a member of the Republican Party.
From 1981 to 1993 he served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. Sessions was elected Attorney General of Alabama in 1994, and to the U.S. Senate in 1996, being re-elected in 2002, 2008, and 2014. Sessions was ranked by National Journal in 2007 as the fifth-most conservative U.S. Senator, siding strongly with the Republican Party on political issues. As a senator, he is noted for his opposition to illegal immigration and advocacy of reducing legal immigration. He supported the major legislative efforts of the George W. Finance, Intelligence, Leadership, Politics, Power, Respect | |