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{{Officeholder
|name=Strom Thurmond
|image=StromThurmond1.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]] (until 1964)<br>[[Republican]]
|spouse=Jean Crouch (died 1960)<br>Nancy Moore
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=South Carolina
|terms=November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003
|preceded=Thomas A. Wofford
|status=f
|succeeded=[[Lindsey Graham]]
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=South Carolina
|terms=December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956
|preceded=Charles. E. Daniel
|status=f
|succeeded=Thomas A. Wofford
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=South Carolina
|lieutenant=George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
|terms=January 21, 1947 – January 16, 1951
|preceded=Ransome Judson Williams
|former=y
|succeeded=James F. Byrnes
}}
{{Officeholder/state senator
|state=South Carolina
|district=Edgefield County
|terms=January 10, 1933 – January 14, 1938
|preceded=Thomas Greneker
|former=y
|succeeded=William Yonce
}}
}}
'''James Strom Thurmond, Sr.''' (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years. He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to his death in 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and he is the only major office holder in [[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 Elections]].
'''James Strom Thurmond, Sr.''' (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years. He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to his death in 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and he is the only major office holder in [[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 Elections]].