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James Strom Thurmond Jr. (born October 18, 1972) is a former United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and 2nd Circuit Solicitor. He is one of four children born to long-serving United States Senator Strom Thurmond and Nancy (Moore) Thurmond.
Learn about J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., the son of Senator Strom Thurmond and a lawyer with experience in state and federal criminal matters. He served as a US Attorney, a Solicitor, and a Liberty Fellow in South Carolina.
- Early Life and Career
- Dixiecrat Presidential Campaign
- Famous Filibuster
- Changing Party Alignments
- Later Career
- Legacy
- Strom Thurmond Fact Facts
- Sources
James Strom Thurmond was born December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina. His father was an attorney and prosecutor who was also deeply involved in state politics. Thurmond graduated from Clemson University in 1923 and worked in local schools as an athletic coach and teacher. Thurmond became Edgefield County's director of education in 1929. He w...
In 1948, as President Harry S. Truman moved to integrate the U.S. military and embark on other civil rights initiatives, southern politicians responded with outrage. The Democratic Party in the South had long stood for segregation and Jim Crow rule, and as Democrats gathered for their national convention in Philadelphia, southerners reacted fiercel...
After his term as governor ended in 1951, Thurmond returned to private law practice. His political career seemed to have ended with the Dixiecrat campaign, as establishment Democrats resented the danger he had posed to the party in the 1948 election. In 1952, he vocally opposed the candidacy of Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson. As the issue of ci...
When Barry Goldwater ran for president in as a Republican in 1964, Thurmond broke from the Democrats to support him. And as the Civil Rights Movementtransformed America in the mid-1960s, Thurmond was one of the prominent conservatives who migrated from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. In the election of 1968, the support of Thurmond an...
Following the tumult of the 1960s, Thurmond forged a somewhat more moderate image, leaving behind his reputation as a segregationist firebrand. He became a fairly conventional senator, focusing on pork barrel projectsthat would help his home state. In 1971, he made news when he became one of the first southern senators to hire a Black staff member....
A few months after Thurmond's death, Essie-Mae Washington-Williams came forward and revealed that she was Thurmond's daughter. Washington-Williams' mother, Carrie Butler, was an African-American woman who, at age 16, had been employed as a domestic worker at Thurmond's family home. During that time, the 22-year-old Thurmond had fathered a child wit...
Full Name: James Strom ThurmondOccupation: Segregationist politician and U.S. Senator for 48 years.Born: December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USADied: June 26, 2003 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USAWalz, Jay. "Carolinian Sets Talking Record." New York Times, 30 August 1957, p. 1.Hulse, Carl. "Lott Apologizes Again on Words About '48 Race." New York Times, 12 December 2002, p 1.Clymer, Adam. "Strom Thurmond, Foe of Integration, Dies at 100." New York Times, 27 June 2003.Janofsky, Michael. "Thurmond Kin Acknowledge Black Daughter." New York Times, 16 December 2003.Jun 27, 2003 · WASHINGTON — James Strom Thurmond, who personified many of the changes that swept the South after the civil-rights movement and was the oldest person to serve in the U.S. Senate, died...
Dec 18, 2003 · Though Mr. Thurmond's family, including his son, J. Strom Thurmond Jr., the United States Attorney of South Carolina, quickly acknowledged Ms. William's account after The Washington Post...
Jun 22, 2024 · Strom Thurmond was an American politician who was a prominent states’ rights and segregation advocate. He ran for the presidency in 1948 on the Dixiecrat ticket and was one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history (1954–2003).
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James Strom Thurmond Jr. (born October 18, 1972) is a former United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and 2nd Circuit Solicitor. He is one of four children born to long-serving United States Senator Strom Thurmond and Nancy (Moore) Thurmond.
