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May 5, 2019 · Getty Images. By. Robert McNamara. Updated on May 05, 2019. Strom Thurmond was a segregationist politician who ran for president in 1948 on a platform opposed to civil rights for African Americans. He later served 48 years—an astonishing eight terms—as a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.
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.
Jul 1, 2003 · Retired 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, died Thursday. He was 100...
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.
Jun 26, 2003 · Flipboard. Email. Retired Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina -- who spent nearly half his life in the U.S. Senate -- is dead at 100, mere months after leaving office. Thurmond was the...
