Jim Sasser

James Ralph Sasser (September 30, 1936 – September 10, 2024) was an American politician and attorney. He was a Democrat. He was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

From 1996 to 1999, during the Clinton Administration, he was the United States Ambassador to China.

Sasser died from a heart attack at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 10, 2024, at the age of 87.

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