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May 7, 2024 · Senator Strom Thurmond in his Capitol Hill Office, 2022, at age 99 (Image Source: Greenville News) Thurmond became the oldest senator ever. He completed his final Senate term and then retired to a special suite in the Edgefield County Hospital.
1 day ago · The United States Senate career of Joe Biden began on January 3, 1973, and ended on January 15, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party from the state of Delaware , Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 , and was sworn into office at the age of 30; he was later reelected five times and is Delaware's longest-serving U.S. senator .
US Senator Strom Thurmond celebrating his 100th birthday in 2003, a month before leaving office r/HistoricalCapsule • US Senator Strom Thurmond celebrating his 100th birthday on December 5th, 2003, about a month before leaving office
1 day ago · South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond, a segregationist, declared his candidacy for the presidency on a Dixiecrat ticket and led a full-scale revolt of Southern "states' rights" proponents. This rebellion on the right was matched by one on the left, led by Wallace on the Progressive Party ticket.
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- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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2 days ago · The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party ...
1 day ago · Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three non-consecutive years as Senate Majority Leader.
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US Senator Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) lived to see the launch of the first ever plane (1903) and the International Space Station (1998)
