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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Robert C. Byrd |
| Address |
Sophia, West Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 20, 1917 |
| Died |
June 28, 2010
(92 years) |
| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Mar 16, 2024 01:11am |
| Tags |
Caucasian - Widowed - Freemason - Ku Klux Klan - Baptist - Straight -
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| Info | BYRD, ROBERT CARLYLE, A Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., November 20, 1917; attended West Virginia public schools; student at Beckley College, Concord College, Morris Harvey College, and Marshall College, all in West Virginia, and George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.; graduated, American University Law School 1963; received Bachelor's degree in political science from Marshall University 1994; member of the West Virginia house of delegates 1947-1950; member of the West Virginia senate 1951-1952, resigning when elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1959); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958 for the term commencing January 3, 1959, and served from January 3, 1959, until his death; reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; Secretary, Senate Democratic Conference 1967-1971; Democratic whip 1971-1977; Majority Leader and Democratic caucus chairman 1977-1980, 1987-1988; Minority Leader and Democratic caucus chairman 1981-1986; chair, Democratic Policy Committee 1977-1989; President pro tempore (1989-1995, June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003, 2007-June 28, 2010); chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]; One Hundred Tenth Congress); died June 28, 2010; lay in repose in the Senate Chamber July 1, 2010; interment in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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| ENDORSEMENTS |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 06, 2009 |
I |
Sonia Sotomayor |
| U.S. Trade Representative - Mar 18, 2009 |
NPA |
Reject |
| US Attorney General - Feb 02, 2009 |
D |
Eric Holder |
| US Secretary of the Treasury - Jan 26, 2009 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Commander-in-Chief of Central Command - Jul 10, 2008 |
NPA |
Reject |
| WV District 2- D Primary - May 13, 2008 |
D |
Anne Barth |
| US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 |
D |
Barack Obama |
| D.C. Circuit Court Judge - May 26, 2006 |
R |
Brett M. Kavanaugh |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 |
R |
Samuel A. Alito Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 |
R |
John G. Roberts Jr. |
| US Attorney General - Jan 20, 2001 |
R |
John Ashcroft |
| Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 |
I |
Sonia Sotomayor |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 |
D |
Stephen G. Breyer |
| US Ambassador to Switzerland - Feb 09, 1994 |
NPA |
Reject |
| U.S. Surgeon General - Sep 07, 1993 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 03, 1993 |
D |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 |
R |
David Souter |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 |
R |
Anthony M. Kennedy |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
Antonin Scalia |
| US Ambassador to Chile - Mar 02, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
| US Ambassador to Romania - Oct 02, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
| U. S. Secretary of State - Jan 22, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
| US Attorney General - Dec 17, 1973 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
R |
William H. Rehnquist |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
R |
Harry Blackmun |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
R |
G. Harrold Carswell |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
R |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
R |
Warren E. Burger |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
NPA |
Reject |
| CIA Director - Nov 29, 1961 |
NPA |
Reject |
| WV US President - D Primary - May 10, 1960 |
DFL |
Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. |
| US Ambassador to Brazil - Apr 28, 1959 |
NPA |
Reject |
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