Strom Thurmond - Political Timeline

Political Timeline

  • Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951)
  • States' Rights Democratic presidential candidate (1948)
  • Eight-term senator from South Carolina (December 1954 – April 1956 and November 1956 – January 2003)
    • Democrat (1954 – April 1956 and November 1956 – September 1964)
    • Republican (September 1964 – January 2003)
    • President pro tempore (1981–1987; 1995 – January 3, 2001; January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001)
    • Set record for the longest one-man Congressional filibuster (1957)
    • Set record for oldest serving member at 94 years (1997)
    • Set the then-record for longest cumulative tenure in the Senate at 43 years (1997), increasing to 47 years, 6 months at his retirement in January 2003, surpassed by Robert Byrd in July 2006
    • Became the only senator ever to serve at the age of 100

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