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US Senate career of Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond served in the United States Senate from 1956 to 2003 (interrupted in 1956). He was a supporter of the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush .
Strom Thurmond: A Featured Biography. James Strom Thurmond served as a city and county attorney before being elected to the South Carolina state senate in 1932.
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May 29, 2018 · Strom Thurmond was born James Strom Thurmond on December 5, 1902, in Edgefield, South Carolina. He was one of six children born to John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Strom. Thurmond ’ s father was a lawyer, farmer, community leader, and former South Carolina state senator.
Jun 27, 2003 · Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a central figure in the political transformation of the South and the longest-serving senator in American history, died yesterday in Edgefield, S.C. He was...
Jun 26, 2003 · June 26, 2003. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a one-time Democratic segregationist who helped fuel the rise of the modern conservative Republican Party in the South,...
Jun 27, 2003 · Strom Thurmond, a maverick Dixiecrat-turned-Republican who led the longest single filibuster in U.S. history and served in the U.S. Senate nearly 50 years, died late Thursday at the age of 100.
Dec 15, 2002 · Probably not even Strom Thurmond knew at the time. He never expected to win. His Dixiecrat candidacy was no more than an effort to force the election into the House of Representatives and give...
