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'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was a [[United States Senate|Unites States Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years. He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and he is the only major office holder in [[United States|American]] history to serve at age 100. Prior to 2010, Thurmond was the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote; [[Lisa Murkowski]] was elected senator of Alaska by write-in during the 2010 midterm election.
'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was a [[United States Senate|Unites States Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years. He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and he is the only major office holder in [[United States|American]] history to serve at age 100. Prior to 2010, Thurmond was the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote; [[Lisa Murkowski]] was elected senator of Alaska by write-in during the 2010 midterm election.
==Early career==
Thurmond began his career as a Democrat. As a South Carolina state senator in 1938 he publicly opposed [[lynching]] and declared that the [[Ku Klux Klan]] stood for “the most abominable type of lawlessness.” Thurmond called himself a “[[progressive]].”
==Governor==
==Governor==
Thurmond advocated in his inaugural speech: ''..."equal rights for women in every respect...equal pay for equal work for women."''
Thurmond advocated in his inaugural speech: ''..."equal rights for women in every respect...equal pay for equal work for women."''
On February 16, 1947, a young black man from Pickens County was arrested and charged with the murder of Thomas Brown, a white Greenville taxicab driver. The next day a mob broke into the Pickens County jail, took Earle, shot him, stabbed him and then beat him to death on the outskirts of town. The FBI and state officials investigated the crime at the behest of Thurmond, who also called for the prosecution of those accused of lynching.
==Presidential candidate==
==Presidential candidate==