Beatrice Louise Gore was an American

United States

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 Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician from Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

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Born in Leesburg, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, Gore was a prominent Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 political heavy weight and daughter of lawyer and real estate investor H. Grady Gore. She served as a member of the Maryland

Maryland

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's General Assembly from 1963 to 1969. She was the Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

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 member from 1972 to 1984 and worked for Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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's presidential campaign in 1952.

In 1974, Gore launched an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Maryland

Governor of Maryland

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 against then incumbent

Incumbent

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 Marvin Mandel

Marvin Mandel

Marvin Mandel , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 56th Governor of Maryland in the United States from January 7, 1969, to January 17, 1979. He was Maryland's first, and, to date, only Jewish governor.- Early life :...

, who was the successor to Spiro T. Agnew. Gore's gubernatorial campaign included a lion and a placard which read: "Gore is no pussycat."

Gore was a second cousin of former Vice President

Vice President of the United States

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 Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 through their common ancestor Charles Claiborne Gore. Her sister, Mary Gore Dean, was the mistress of Attorney General John Mitchell

John N. Mitchell

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 and a Watergate scandal

Watergate scandal

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 figure, and Mary's daughter is Deborah Gore Dean

Deborah Gore Dean

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, a former official in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

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 convicted in a kickback

Political corruption

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scheme.