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Bookmark or Share- Strom Thurmond - WikipediaJames 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: A Featured Biography - U.S. SenateBoard of Education of Topeka decisions. In September of 1964, Thurmond joined the Republican Party. He chaired the Judiciary and Armed Services Committees and was elected president pro tempore. He turned 100 years old in 2002, the only senator to reach that milestone while still in office.
- Strom Thurmond | Biography, 1948, Presidential Campaign, & FactsStrom 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.
- Biography of Strom Thurmond, Segregationist Politician - ThoughtCoRobert McNamara. Updated on May 05, 2019. Strom Thurmond was a segregationist politician who ran for president in 1948 on a platform opposed to civil rights for African Americans. He later served 48 years—an astonishing eight terms—as a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.
- Thurmond: A Town Born from Coal Mines and Railroads (Teaching with ...Thurmond, West Virginia, was amazingly busy, considering its location in a deep gorge. For 35 years the town could only be reached by train. As the chief railroad center on the C&O Railway, Thurmond served major portions of the mountainous coal fields of southern West Virginia.
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