What is Jim Sasser?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jim Sasser |image = jim sasser.jpg |office = [[United States Ambassador to China]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = February 14, 1996 |term_end = July 1, 1999 |predecessor = [[J. Stapleton Roy]] |successor = [[Joseph Prueher]] |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = [[Tennessee]] |term_start1 = January 3, 1977 |term_end1 = January 3, 1995 |predecessor1 = [[Bill Brock]] |successor1 = [[Bill Frist]] |birth_name=James Ralph Sasser |birth_date = {{birth date|1936|9|30}} |birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|9|10|1936|9|30}} |death_place = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Mary Sasser |education = [[University of Tennessee|University of Tennessee, Knoxville]]<br>{{nowrap|[[Vanderbilt University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}} |residence= |allegiance={{flag|United States}} |branch={{flag|United States Marine Corps|23px}} |serviceyears=1957-1963 |unit=Reserves }} '''James Ralph Sasser''' (September 30, 1936 &ndash; September 10, 2024) was an American [[politician]] and [[Lawyer|attorney]]. He was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. He was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Tennessee]] from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Budget|Senate Budget Committee]].<ref name=CongressionalBio>{{cite web|access-date=2007-06-15 |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000068 |title=Sasser, James Ralph — Biographical Information |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref> From 1996 to 1999, during the [[Bill Clinton|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sher |first1=Andy |last2