legal careers. Al Gore ran for election to Congress in 1976, and Pauline Gore campaigned for him. She would help in most of his campaigns, although she would not play as active a role in his political career as she did in her husband's career. She also offered counsel to Phil Bredesen, later mayor of Nashville. She campaigned for Al Gore in 1988 in his unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic nominee for President. In 1992, she joined her husband in campaigning for the Clinton-Gore ticket on a seven-week bus trip across the United States with many visits to senior citizens' clubs. She had a mild stroke in 1993 and had a heart attack in 1995. Albert Gore Sr. died on December 5, 1998. After receiving a humanitarian award in 1998, she established a scholarship fund for residents of Smith County, Tennessee to enable poor people from that county to attend college. In 1999, the Vanderbilt University law school named her as its Distinguished Alumna for the year, the first woman to be so honored. She died in her sleep at her home in Carthage on December 15, 2004. See also List of first women lawyers and judges in California References External links The Women Who Made Al Gore Pauline Gore, Mother of Former VP Dies Pauline Gore receives degree from Union Univ. at age 87 Transcript of Al Gore's speech on presentation of honorary degree by Union College to Pauline LaFon Gore Information on Pauline LaFon Gore scholarship Governor Bredesen's statement on the death of Pauline LaFon Gore 1912 births 2004 deaths Arkansas lawyers Pauline LaFon Gore Mothers of vice presidents of the United States People from Weakley County, Tennessee People from Jackson, Tennessee Tennessee Democrats Tennessee lawyers Union University alumni Vanderbilt University alumni Vanderbilt University Law School alumni Lawyers from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American politicians People from Carthage, Tennessee 20th-century American women lawyers 20th-century American lawyers