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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 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.
Aug 30, 2023 · CLAIM: President Joe Biden “literally” convinced segregationist U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond to vote in favor of the Civil Rights Act. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Biden had not yet been elected to the U.S. Senate when the landmark law was passed in 1964, and Thurmond was among the prominent southern Democrats to vote against the bill.
- pmarcelo@ap.org
- New York City Reporter
May 6, 2018 · Drunk driver killed Strom Thurmond’s ‘little girl’ years ago. By CODY DULANEY. Published 9:02 PM PDT, May 5, 2018. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nancy Thurmond still wonders if the tragedy could have been avoided.
Feb 17, 2019 · Nearly 20 years ago, Biden eulogized Strom Thurmond, who began his long political career as a segregationist. Some South Carolina Democrats still say that's a good thing — but politics has changed a lot. Henry J. Gomez. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Darren Sands. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Posted on February 17, 2019, 8:19 am. John Duricka / AP.
Jun 27, 2003 · Former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, the nation's longest-serving senator and former "Dixiecrat" candidate for the presidency, died today in Edgefield, S.C. He was 100. Fox News Media
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t. e. James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951. Thurmond was a member of the Democratic Party until 1964 when he ...
