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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.
Strom Thurmond served in the United States Senate from 1956 to 2003 (interrupted in 1956). He was a supporter of the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush .
Jun 22, 2024 · Strom Thurmond was an American politician who was a prominent states’ rights and segregation advocate. He ran for the presidency in 1948 on the Dixiecrat ticket and was one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history (1954–2003). Learn more about Thurmond’s life and career in this article.
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Sep 23, 2021 · While it may have shocked most of the nation that Thurmond, a career politician who had made a name for himself by ardently advocating a segregationist platform between the 1940s and '60s, had a child of mixed race, many who knew the Senator suspected that he had fathered Washington-Williams.
Following military duty in the Pacific and European theaters during World War II, where he participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and earned a Purple Heart, Thurmond served as governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951.
May 5, 2019 · Learn about the life and career of Strom Thurmond, who ran for president as a Dixiecrat in 1948 and served 48 years in the U.S. Senate. Find out how he opposed civil rights, filibustered a bill, and switched parties.
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Jun 26, 2003 · WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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.
