He was a agent from Tennessee (1977-1985) and from 1985 to 1993 served as a senator from that state. Senator from Tennessee, and Pauline (LaFon) Gore, one of the initial girls to graduate from Vanderbilt University Law School. He has served as a visiting professor at Middle Tennessee State University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Fisk University and the University of California, Los Angeles. Gore attended St.