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==Background==

==Background==

Sessions was born in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], [[Arkansas]], to the former Edith Almetta Steele  (1907-1985) and the Reverend William "Will"  Anderson Sessions, Jr., (1905-1998), a [[Church of Christ]] pastor and author who was born in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. He also pastored in the [[Presbyterian]] denomination<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33910312/william-anderson-sessions|title=Dr. William Anderson "Will" Sessions, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 19, 2020}}</ref

Sessions was born in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], [[Arkansas]], to the former Edith Almetta Steele  (1907-1985) and the Reverend William "Will"  Anderson Sessions, Jr., (1905-1998), a [[Church of Christ]] pastor and author who was born in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. He also pastored in the [[Presbyterian]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33910312/william-anderson-sessions|title=Dr. William Anderson "Will" Sessions, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>

The family of four also lived in [[California]], [[Nebraska]], and [[Missouri]]. Will Sessions authored "Greater Men and Women of the Bible,'' ''The Week of the Cross,'' and the ''God and Country Award Handbook" for the [[Boy Scouts]]. Son William Sessions was an [[Eagle Scout]] and a 1948 graduate of Northeast High School in [[Kansas City]], Missour. He enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] and in 1952 received an officer's commission. He remained on active duty for three years. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, at which he received in 1956 a Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1958 a Bachelor of Laws.<ref name=fjc>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sessions-william-steele|title=Sessions, William Steele|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>   

 

The family of four also lived in [[California]], [[Nebraska]], and [[Missouri]]. Will Sessions authored ''Greater Men and Women of the Bible,'' ''The Week of the Cross,'' and the ''God and Country Award Handbook" for the [[Boy Scouts]]. Son William Sessions was an [[Eagle Scout]] and a 1948 graduate of Northeast High School in [[Kansas City]], Missour. He enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] and in 1952 received an officer's commission. He remained on active duty for three years. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, at which he received in 1956 a Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1958 a Bachelor of Laws.<ref name=fjc>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sessions-william-steele|title=Sessions, William Steele|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>   

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Clinton then claimed that Sessions had engaged in ethical improprieties, such as using an FBI airplane to visit his daughter on more than one occasion, and errors in judgment. Clinton asked for his resignation. When Sessions refused to leave on grounds that he had done nothing wrong, Clinton fired him. He had served just over half of his 10-year appoin ted term.<ref name="Time's Up for William Sessions">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/22/opinion/time-s-up-for-william-sessions.html |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|title=Time's Up for William Sessions|date=January 22, 1993| accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>​

Clinton then claimed that Sessions had engaged in ethical improprieties, such as using an FBI airplane to visit his daughter on more than one occasion, and errors in judgment. Clinton asked for his resignation. When Sessions refused to leave on grounds that he had done nothing wrong, Clinton fired him. He had served just over half of his 10-year appoin ted term.<ref name="Time's Up for William Sessions">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/22/opinion/time-s-up-for-william-sessions.html |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|title=Time's Up for William Sessions|date=January 22, 1993| accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>​

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==Family==

==Family==

In 1952, Sessions married his former classmate, Alice June Lewis (1931-2019), a native of Independence, Missouri, the 1948 high school class valedictorian,  an ardent liberal Democrat, and a patron of theater arts and [[Planned Parenthood]]. The couple had four children: William Lewis Sessions, former U. S. Representative Peter Anderson  "Pete" Sessions, Mark Sessions, and Sara Sessions Naughton.<ref name=alicedeath>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206457164/alice-june-sessions|title=Alice June Lewis Sessions|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref> Sessions was accused of relying too much on his wife, who publicly defended him against the allegations of "ethical improprieties." Sessions himself said that the real dispute center on the dissatisfaction of ten FBI employees who railroaded him.<ref name=death/>

In 1952, Sessions married his former classmate, Alice June Lewis (1931-2019), a native of Independence, Missouri, the 1948 high school class valedictorian,  an ardent liberal Democrat, and a patron of theater arts and [[Planned Parenthood]]. The couple had four children: William Lewis Sessions, former U. S. Representative Peter Anderson  "Pete" Sessions, Mark Sessions, and Sara Sessions Naughton.<ref name=alicedeath>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206457164/alice-june-sessions|title=Alice June Lewis Sessions|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref> Sessions was accused of relying too much on his wife, who publicly defended him against the allegations of "ethical improprieties." Sessions himself said that the real dispute center on the dissatisfaction of ten FBI employees who railroaded him.<ref name=death/>