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{{Officeholder
|name=Everett Dirksen
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Louella Carver
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=[[Senate Minority Leader]]
|terms=January 3, 1959 – September 7, 1969
|preceded=William F. Knowland
|former=y
|succeeded=Hugh Scott
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Illinois
|terms=January 3, 1951 – September 7, 1969
|preceded=Scott W. Lucas
|former=y
|succeeded=Ralph Tyler Smith
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Illinois
|district=16th
|terms=March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949
|preceded=William E. Hull
|former=y
|succeeded=Leo E. Allen
}}
|military=y
|rank=Second Lieutenant
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1918 – 1919
|battles=[[World War I]]
}}
'''Everett McKinley Dirksen''' (1896–1969) was the leading [[conservative]] in the [[Senate]] after the untimely death of Senator [[Robert Taft]] in 1953. From Illinois, Dirksen first won his Senate seat in a huge upset by defeating the Senate [[Majority Leader]], a [[Democrat]]. Dirksen won by campaigning against [[communism]] and siding with Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]].
'''Everett McKinley Dirksen''' (1896–1969) was the leading [[conservative]] in the [[Senate]] after the untimely death of Senator [[Robert Taft]] in 1953. From Illinois, Dirksen first won his Senate seat in a huge upset by defeating the Senate [[Majority Leader]], a [[Democrat]]. Dirksen won by campaigning against [[communism]] and siding with Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]].
Dirksen was famous for his oratorical skills, tremendous wit, and likable, down-to-earth appearance. He was the epitome of the He was also a very shrewd politician who in just his second term was voted by a wide margin of 20-14 to become the [[Minority Leader]] in the Senate. Being so beloved by his colleagues that within three years of his untimely death from cancer, Democrats approved renaming a Senate building as the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Dirksen was famous for his oratorical skills, tremendous wit, and likable, down-to-earth appearance. He was the epitome of the He was also a very shrewd politician who in just his second term was voted by a wide margin of 20-14 to become the [[Minority Leader]] in the Senate. Being so beloved by his colleagues that within three years of his untimely death from cancer, Democrats approved renaming a Senate building as the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
==Political career==
==Political career==
[[Image:Dirksen.jpg|left|thumb|550px|Senator Everett Dirksen (Left) With President Lyndon Johnson, 1966]]
Dirksen helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Dirksen helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
==Miscellaneous==
==Miscellaneous==
Dirksen's speaking voice was so resonant that he recorded four albums. His "Gallant Men" won a Grammy Award and rose to #29 on the U.S. Billboard charts.
Dirksen's speaking voice was so resonant that he recorded four albums. His "Gallant Men" won a Grammy Award and rose to #29 on the U.S. Billboard charts.