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9 de feb. de 2010 · Strom Thurmond, who served in the United States Senate for a record 48 years, dies on June 26, 2003. Thurmond’s long and controversial political career had ended with his retirement one year ...
1 de jul. de 2003 · Born Dec. 5, 1902, in Edgefield, S.C., James Strom Thurmond — Strom was his mother's maiden name — was elected county school superintendent, state senator and circuit judge before enlisting in ...
18 de oct. de 2023 · Lake Strom Thurmond borders Georgia and South Carolina and is owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / CC BY 2.0. Also known as Clark Hill Lake, Lake Strom Thurmond is a man-made lake bordering Georgia and South Carolina. It is owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers, having been constructed by them between 1946 and 1954.
Thurmond, (James) Strom (b. 5 December 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina; d. 26 June 2003 in Edgefield, South Carolina), governor, U. S. Senator, States’ Rights Democratic Party (“Dixiecrats”) presidential candidate, and a leader in developing the Republican Party in the South.Born into a deeply rooted and politically active family, Thurmond grew up in a rural county bordering Georgia ...
In some southern states, Strom Thurmond had managed to obtain the Democratic Party line, but in the majority he had to run under the label of the States' Rights Democratic Party. Only in those states in which he ran under the standard Democratic Party label did he win, his best performance as a third-party candidate being a distant second in Georgia.
On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and ...
26 de jun. de 2003 · Thurmond died at 9:45 p.m., his son Strom Thurmond Jr. said. He had been living in a newly renovated wing of a hospital in his hometown of Edgefield since he returned to the state from Washington ...
