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| Affiliation | Republican |
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1995-01-01 |
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| Name | J. Strom Thurmond |
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Edgefield, South Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 05, 1902
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| Died | June 26, 2003
(100 years)
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| Contributor | Mr. Techno |
| Last Modifed | BrentinCO
Jun 28, 2024 09:31am |
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Caucasian - Divorced - Widowed - Army - Freemason - Christian - Protestant - Southern Baptist - Straight -
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| Info | THURMOND, James Strom, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Edgefield, S.C., December 5, 1902; attended the public schools; graduated, Clemson College 1923; taught in South Carolina high schools 1923-1929; Edgefield County superintendent of education 1929-1933; studied law and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1930; city and county attorney 1930-1938; member, State senate 1933-1938; circuit judge 1938-1946; served in the United States Army 1942-1946, in Europe and in the Pacific, and participated in the Normandy invasion; was awarded the Purple Heart; major general, United States Army Reserve; Governor of South Carolina 1947-1951; unsuccessful States Rights candidate for President of the United States in 1948; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1950; practiced law in Aiken, S.C., 1951-1955; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to complete the term of Charles E. Daniel, who resigned, and served from December 24, 1954, to January 3, 1955; had been previously elected as a write-in candidate in November 1954 for the term commencing January 3, 1955, and ending January 3, 1961, but due to a promise made to the voters in the 1954 election, he resigned as of April 4, 1956; again elected as a Democrat on November 6, 1956 to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation and took the oath of office on November 7, 1956; reelected in 1960, 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990 and 1996 and served from November 7, 1956, to January 3, 2003; was not a candidate for reelection in 2002; changed from the Democratic to the Republican Party on September 16, 1964; President pro tempore of the Senate (January 5, 1981-January 5, 1987, January 4, 1995 to January 3, 2001, January 20 to June 6, 2001); President pro tempore emeritus (June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003); chair, Committee on the Judiciary (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses); Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Fourth Congresses); turned 100 years old on December 5, 2002, while still in office, the oldest person ever to serve in the U.S. Senate; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 12, 1993; died in Edgefield, South Carolina on June 26, 2003; interment in Willowbrook Cemetery in Edgefield.
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| US Attorney General - Jan 20, 2001 |
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John Ashcroft |
| Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 |
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| U.S. Surgeon General - Feb 10, 1998 |
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David M. Satcher |
| SC US President - R Primary - Mar 02, 1996 |
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Robert J. "Bob" Dole |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 |
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Stephen G. Breyer |
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
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Anthony M. Kennedy |
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Robert H. Bork |
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William H. Rehnquist |
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Antonin Scalia |
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
| SC US President - R Primary - Mar 08, 1980 |
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John B. Connally |
| US President - R Convention - Aug 19, 1976 |
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Ronald Reagan |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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Harry Blackmun |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
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G. Harrold Carswell |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
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Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
| US President - R Convention - Aug 08, 1968 |
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Richard M. Nixon |
| US President - R Primaries - Jun 11, 1968 |
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Richard M. Nixon |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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| US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 |
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Lewis L. Strauss |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 |
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Mar 17, 1955 |
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| US President National Vote - Nov 04, 1952 |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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