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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=William Emerson "Bill" Brock, III
|image=Bill Brock of TN.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Tennessee]]
|term_start=January 3, 1971
|term_end=January 3, 1977
|preceded=[[Albert Gore, Sr.]]
|succeeded=James Sasser
|office2=[[U. Representative]] for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district
|term_start2=January 3, 1963
|term_end2=January 3, 1971
|preceded2=James B. Frazier, Jr.
|succeeded2=LaMar Baker
|office3=18th [[United States Secretary of Labor]]
|president3=[[Ronald Reagan]]
|term_start3=April 29, 1985
|term_end3=October 31, 1987
|preceded3=[[Raymond J. Donovan]]
|succeeded3=Ann McLaughlin Korologos
|office4=8th United States Trade Representative
|president4=Ronald Reagan
|term_start4=January 23, 1981
|term_end4=April 29, 1985
|preceded4=[[Reubin Askew]]
|succeeded4=Clayton Yeutter
|office5=Chairman of the<br>the [[Republican National Committee]]
|term_start5=January 14, 1977
|term_end5=January 20, 1981
|precdeed5=Mary Louise Smith
|succeeded5=Richard Richards
|birth_date=November 23, 1930
|birth_place=Chattanooga, Tennessee.
|death_date=March 25, 2021 (aged 90)
|death_place=[[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Florida]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=(1) Laura Handly Brock (married 1957-1985, her death)<br>
(2) Sandra Schubert Brock
|children=Four children from first marriagae
|alma_mater=[[Washington and Lee University]] (Lexington, [[Virginia]]) (Bachelor of Arts)
|branch=[[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears=1953–1956
}}
'''William Emerson “Bill” Brock, III''' (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021),<ref name="Bill Brock, Tenn. senator who rebuilt the GOP after Watergate and became labor secretary, dies at 90">Schudel, Matt (March 25, 2021). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bill-brock-dead/2021/03/25/e8e2e7b2-8d97-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html Bill Brock, Tenn. senator who rebuilt the GOP after Watergate and became labor secretary, dies at 90]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>) was a [[Tennessee]] [[Republican]] who served as the state's U.S. senator for one term in the 1970s,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6539 TN US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> having unseated [[Democrat]] [[Albert Gore, Sr.]], the father of former Vice President [[Al Gore]].
'''William Emerson “Bill” Brock, III''' (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021),<ref name="Bill Brock, Tenn. senator who rebuilt the GOP after Watergate and became labor secretary, dies at 90">Schudel, Matt (March 25, 2021). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bill-brock-dead/2021/03/25/e8e2e7b2-8d97-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html Bill Brock, Tenn. senator who rebuilt the GOP after Watergate and became labor secretary, dies at 90]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>) was a [[Tennessee]] [[Republican]] who served as the state's U.S. senator for one term in the 1970s,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6539 TN US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> having unseated [[Democrat]] [[Albert Gore, Sr.]], the father of former Vice President [[Al Gore]].