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'''James Strom Thurmond''' was an [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] for over fifty years.

'''James Strom Thurmond''' was an [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]].  Thurmond was originally a strong supporter of segregation.  At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] stated that things would have been a lot better if Thurmond had been elected president when he ran.  This eventually caused Lott resign his position as Majority Leader, as Thurmond had run on a pro-segregation platform.

 

After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman.

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[[Category:Political people]]