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he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the...
The United States Senate career of Joe Biden began on January 3, 1973, and ended on January 15, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party from the state...
John C. Stennis (category Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate)(2015). Senator James Eastland: Mississippi's Jim Crow Democrat (Making the Modern South). LSU Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0807160015. Senate Girds for Filibuster...
Wall Doxey (category Sergeants at Arms of the United States Senate)United States Senate from 1941 until 1943. He was defeated in the 1942 Democratic primary by James Eastland. Throughout his political career, Doxey represented...- Benjamin Fine (section Senate testimony)Communist line to you on the campus." The committee chair, Senator James Eastland complimented Fine for his candor and called him "a fine citizen." Fine's...
Thad Cochran (section U.S. Senate)ran for U.S. Senate against James Eastland, only finished with 38 percent of the vote, largely because of Nixon steadfastly backing Eastland. Another factor...
Strom Thurmond (redirect from James Strom Thurmond)joined Sam Ervin, Spessard Holland, and James Eastland in calling Marshall a "Constitutional iconoclast" in Senate debate. Thurmond questioned Marshall for...
Prentiss Walker (section Political career)relinquish his House seat after one term for the vagaries of a Senate race against the powerful Eastland was "very devastating" to the growth of the Republican...
Hiram R. Revels (section Election to Senate)the Senate, along with that of the other black Americans who had been seated in the House of Representatives, prompted a white Congressman, James G. Blaine...
Larry Speakes (section Senate press secretary)for Democratic Senator James Eastland in 1968. In this position he also worked as the spokesman for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary...- Spessard Holland, and James Eastland, Thurmond was one of four senators noted for calling Marshall a "Constitutional iconoclast" in Senate debate. Thurmond...
Ted Kennedy (redirect from The Lion of the Senate)drive, but was more affable than either. He was favored by Senator James Eastland, chair of the powerful Judiciary Committee. Vice President Lyndon Johnson...
Jefferson Davis (section Return to Senate)States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before...
the U.S. Senate on the 100th anniversary of the creation of Dakota Territory. After a speech by James Eastland in which he praised the career of Harlan...- William Harold Cox (section Career)Senate on June 27, 1961, and received his commission on June 30, 1961. He was nominated as part of a deal between Mississippi Senator James Eastland and...
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (section Early career)He remained in the House until 1877, and represented Mississippi in the Senate from 1877 to 1885. He opposed Reconstruction and voting rights for African...
McGovern observed Mississippi Senator James Eastland, not a big supporter of his, looking at him from across the Senate floor and chuckling to himself. He...
Sam Ervin (redirect from Samuel James Ervin)and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl. During his Senate career, Ervin was at first a staunch defender of Jim Crow laws and racial segregation...
the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. As a senator...
Blanche Bruce (section Career)presided over the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African American (and the only former slave) to have done so. In 1880, James Z. George, a Confederate...
- James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from
- an excellent impression, and he obtained some new privileges for the Eastland company. A short `diarium' of the mission by Howell is in Bodl. Libr. MS