Who did Bill Frist succeed as the Senate Majority Leader?
Tom Daschle
Mitch McConnell
Harry Reid
Trent Lott
Answer
Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, was the Senate Majority Leader from 2001 until 2003. He was succeeded by Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, after the Republican Party won control of the Senate in the 2002 midterm elections.
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