Education and career
Born on April 28, 1878, in Gainesboro, Tennessee,[1] Gore received his education at Montpelier Academy in Gainesboro, Bellwood Academy in Macon County and Fall's Business School in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] He read law in the office of Judge Bancroft Murray in Gainesboro in 1899.[2] He entered private practice in partnership with Cordell Hull in Jackson, Tennessee in 1899, the law firm named Hull & Gore, despite the fact that Hull was a Democratic and Gore was a Republican.[2] During the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, Gore was Postmaster of Gainesboro and Collector of Customs for the Port of Nashville, both federal patronage positions.[2] He was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1915 to 1916.[1] Gore was Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for the State of Tennessee in 1920.[2]
Federal judicial service
Gore was nominated by President Warren G. Harding on February 28, 1923, to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, to a new seat authorized by 42 Stat. 837.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 1923, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on February 21, 1939, due to his death of heart failure at his residence at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville.[2] He was interred two days later at the cemetery at his family's farm in Gainesboro.[2] Gore never married.[2]
Family
Gore was related to the Gore political family of Tennessee, whose most noted member is former Vice President Al Gore.[citation needed]
