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At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] humored Thurmond by saying if he had been elected before Democratic presidents led the [[United States]] into the Korean and [[Vietnam War]]s, "we wouldn't have had these problems all these years." [[Deceit|Liberals]] and [[race baiter]]s were in an uproar, demanding Lott not only apologize, but resign from the Senate.  This politically motivated pressure and distortion of the remarks, eventually caused Lott to resign his position as Majority Leader. But no one attacked Thurmond who remained in the Senate.

At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] humored Thurmond by saying if he had been elected before Democratic presidents led the [[United States]] into the Korean and [[Vietnam War]]s, "we wouldn't have had these problems all these years." [[Deceit|Liberals]] and [[race baiter]]s were in an uproar, demanding Lott not only apologize, but resign from the Senate.  This politically motivated pressure and distortion of the remarks, eventually caused Lott to resign his position as Majority Leader. But no one attacked Thurmond who remained in the Senate.

After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with a woman in his family's employ. The woman he fathered the child with was an [[African-American]] domestic worker in the Thurmond family household. She was 16 and Thurmond was 22. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showplatforms.php?platindex=SR1948] Thurmond and the child did not meet until she was 16 years old and she was unaware of the fact he was her father until that time. After that meeting, Thurmond (who had always privately given financial support to the mother and child), did take a more personal interest in her life.  His now 71-year-old daughter spoke affectionately of her father, and pointedly told reporters she and her mother had never held a grudge or ill feelings toward Thurmond.

After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with a woman in his family's employ. The woman he fathered the child with was an [[African-American]] domestic worker in the Thurmond family household. She was 16 and Thurmond was 22. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showplatforms.php?platindex=SR1948] Thurmond and the child did not meet until she was 16 years old and she was unaware of the fact he was her father until that time. After that meeting, Thurmond (who had always privately given financial support to the mother and child), did take a more personal interest in her life.  His now 71-year-old daughter spoke affectionately of her father, and pointedly told reporters she and her mother had never held a grudge or ill feelings toward Thurmond.

Strom Thurmond was married twice. His first wife, Jean Crouch, died of cancer in 1960. He married his second wife, Nancy Moore, in 1968. She worked on his staff prior to their marriage.

Strom Thurmond was married twice. His first wife, Jean Crouch, died of cancer in 1960. He married his second wife, Nancy Moore, in 1968. She worked on his staff prior to their marriage.

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Bass, Jack, and Marilyn W. Thompson ''Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond'' (2nd ed. 2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Ol-Strom-Unauthorized-Biography-Thurmond/dp/1570035148/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229410351&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search of 2003 edition]

* Bass, Jack, and Marilyn W. Thompson ''Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond'' (2nd ed. 2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Ol-Strom-Unauthorized-Biography-Thurmond/dp/1570035148/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229410351&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search of 2003 edition]

* Frederickson, Kari ''The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968'' (2001) 310 pgs.  [http://www.questia.com/read/100781200?title=The%20Dixiecrat%20Revolt%20and%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Solid%20South%2c%201932-1968 online edition]

* Frederickson, Kari ''The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968'' (2001) 310 pgs.  [http://www.questia.com/read/100781200?title=The%20Dixiecrat%20Revolt%20and%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Solid%20South%2c%201932-1968 online edition]

* Pietrusza, David ''1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America'', New York: Union Square Press, 2011.

* Pietrusza, David ''1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America'', New York: Union Square Press, 2011.