701 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Washington, DC

Fred Thompson (b. August 19, 1942) is ubiquitous in the public sphere: he made a name for himself in politics, in Hollywood, as a radio host, and as a lawyer and newspaper columnist. His first major public role was in 1967 as Republican counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, which investigated Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal. Then, after playing himself in the movie Marie in 1985, Thompson launched his acting career. He played roles in Days of Thunder, The Hunt for Red October, In the Line of Fire and Law & Order. In the early 1990s, he ran and won a Senate seat in Tennessee and served until 2002. He briefly returned to politics in 2008 when he ran for the Republican presidential nomination. He lost the bid to Senator John McCain. Thompson lived at the heart of downtown DC while serving in the Senate, at 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in DC’s Penn Quarter.