Don Sundquist Official Bio

Don Sundquist

Donald Kenneth Sundquist is an American businessman and politician who served as the 47th Governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. Prior to his governorship, he represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.Georgiana Vines, "[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jan/03/sundquist-wants-more-civil-and-bipartisan/ Sundquist Wants More 'Civil' and 'Bipartisan' Politics]," Knoxville News Sentinel, January 3, 2010; retrieved January 9, 2013. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Don Sundquist has 117 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1983 House Proceeding as a Republican Representative for Tennessee's 7th district. The year with the most videos was 1994 with 15 videos. Most appearances with John M. Engler (6), Terry E. Branstad (6), Newt Gingrich (5). Most common tags: Tennessee, Health Care, Governor.

Appearances by Title:c. August 30, 2005 - Present Chair, Medicaid Advisory Commission


Videos: 3 c. January 21, 1995 - Present Governor,
R-Tennessee


Videos: 23

Previously

U.S. Representative, R-TN 7th January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1995 Videos: 89

Recent Appearances

  • Future of Medicaid

    Future of Medicaid

    As part of a day-long meeting of the Health and Human Services Department’s Medicaid Advisory Commission, the session was ope…

  • Future of Medicaid

    Future of Medicaid

    A day-long meeting of the Advisory Commission on Medicaid examined the future of the program. Mr. Smith and Mr. Holtz-Eakin d…

  • Future of Medicaid

    Future of Medicaid

    A day-long meeting of the Advisory Commission on Medicaid examined the future of the program. Mr. Smith and Mr. Holtz-Eakin d…

  • Governance in the 21st Century

    Governance in the 21st Century

    During the final session of the annual summer meeting, NGA chair Governor Engler honored Governors Sundquist and Geringer who…

  • Prescription Drugs

    Prescription Drugs

    Members of the National Governors Association met with participants and talked to governors about various programs to make pr…

  • Homeland Security and Bioterrorism

    Homeland Security and Bioterrorism

    Chaired by Governor Don Sundquist, the Committee on Human Resources heard from Director Ridge and Donald Henderson on the top…

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Historical Member of Congress Record

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Former Ideology Rankings

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

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