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Jun 26, 2003 · Strom Thurmond Dies 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 longest ...
Dec 2, 2023 · Strom Thurmond. 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. Prior to 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 ...
May 6, 2018 · She was the oldest of Strom and Nancy Thurmond’s four children. Nancy Moore, Strom Jr., Julie and Paul were born within five years of each other. A fifth child, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, would come forward in 2003 — the interracial daughter of a teenage maid and a 20-something Strom Thurmond, who never publicly acknowledged her.
Mar 7, 2013 · Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina after his 24+ hour filibuster in 1957. He was a Democrat then. Later, Thurmond would switch to the Republican Party. AP. A piece by Vanity Fair today led us ...
Feb 1, 2016 · Strom Thurmond Meets His Daughter. HE WAS 23. She was 15. He was white and rich. She was black and poor. He was Strom Thurmond, son of a powerful lawyer in Edgefield, S.C. She was Carrie Butler, a part-time maid in the Thurmond house. Carrie was pretty, and Strom, a handsome schoolteacher, flirted with her as she went about her work in his ...
Essie Mae Washington-Williams ( née Butler; October 12, 1925 – February 4, 2013) was an American teacher and author. She was the eldest child of Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951) and longtime United States senator known for his pro- segregation politics. [1] Of mixed race, she was born to Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old ...
Jun 27, 2003 · Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond who has died aged 100, was the senior Republican senator for South Carolina until his retirement last January, the oldest person ever to have served in the US ...
