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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...
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    On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of...
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    Lake Strom Thurmond, officially designated J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir at the federal level, and Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, is a man-made...
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    James Strom Thurmond Jr. (born October 18, 1972) is a former United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and 2nd Circuit Solicitor. He is...
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  • children) of Strom Thurmond, who served in the United States Senate for 48 years. Paul was born to Nancy (née Moore) and Strom Thurmond on January 9,...
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    identity among white Southerners. The Dixiecrats standard bearer, Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, eventually switched to Republican. Since the beginning...
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    J. Strom Thurmond Dam, also known in Georgia as Clarks Hill Dam, is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located 22 miles (35 km) north of Augusta, Georgia...
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  • Essie Mae Williams (category Strom Thurmond)
    American teacher and author. She is best known as the eldest child of Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951) and longtime United States senator...
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    Electoral history of Strom Thurmond, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951), United States Senator from South Carolina (1954–1956, 1956–2003; Democrat...
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    great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton, was a slave owned by Julia Thurmond, whose grandfather was Strom Thurmond's great-great-grandfather. Coleman Sharpton was later...
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    1948 United States presidential election (category Strom Thurmond)
    launched a third-party "Dixiecrat" ticket led by South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond. The Dixiecrats hoped to win enough electoral votes to force a contingent...
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  • Strom Thurmond High School (STHS) is a four year high school located in Johnston, a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. It is named...
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    The Strom Thurmond Federal Building and United States Courthouse is United States federal building located in Columbia, South Carolina, which was completed...
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    from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond cruised to re-election against Democratic challenger Melvin Purvis....
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    from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, won re-election against Democratic challenger Elliott Springs Close...
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    from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond defeated Democratic challenger Charles D. Ravenel. The South Carolina...
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  • 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...
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    Republican U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond cruised to re-election against Democratic challenger Bob Cunningham. U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond faced no opposition...
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    James Eastland, he supported the Dixiecrat ticket in 1948 headed by Strom Thurmond, and signed the Southern Manifesto, which called for massive resistance...
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  • referred to as the "Dixiecrats", nominated South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond for president. The new party collapsed after Truman won the 1948 election...
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    Lindsey Graham, serving since 2003, and Tim Scott, serving since 2013. Strom Thurmond was the state's longest-serving senator (1954–1956, 1956–2003). United...
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    novel Push. A History of the African-American People (proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett and James Kincaid (2004), is an epistolary...
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    Civil Rights Act of 1957 (category Strom Thurmond)
    down its immediate impact. During the debate over the law, Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest one-person filibuster in Senate history. Under...
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    incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond easily won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. This was Thurmond's last Senate race in...
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    running, but backed down when Thurmond received endorsements from prominent Democrats in South Carolina. Senator Strom Thurmond easily defeated Robert Cunningham...
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    politically advantageous to do so. The Thurmond rule "has its origins in June 1968, when Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, blocked...
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    Graham won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican incumbent Strom Thurmond. He was reelected to a fourth term in 2020. In the Senate Graham advocates...
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    resignation of Senator Strom Thurmond on April 4, 1956, who was keeping a campaign pledge he had made in the 1954 election. Thurmond was unopposed in his...
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    election of 1948. The Democratic Party candidate, South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond, overwhelmingly won Mississippi against fellow Democrat, incumbent President...
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    supported racial segregation and co-authored the Southern Manifesto with Strom Thurmond. Russell and 17 fellow Democratic Senators, along with one Republican...
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