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'''Robert Carlyle Byrd''' (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was a [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] Senator and [[Exalted Cyclops]] of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] from [[West Virginia]]. He was the oldest member of [[Congress]] at his death at age 92, [[President pro tempore]] of the US Senate, and was the longest-serving [[Senator]] in history, having been first elected in 1958.  
 
'''Robert Carlyle Byrd''' (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was a [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] Senator and [[Exalted Cyclops]] of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] from [[West Virginia]]. He was the oldest member of [[Congress]] at his death at age 92, [[President pro tempore]] of the US Senate, and was the longest-serving [[Senator]] in history, having been first elected in 1958.  
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Byrd twice held the position of Senate Democrat Leader, was a crucial 60th vote in holding a filibuster-proof Senate in 2009, is the only senator to have cast over 18,000 votes, never once lost an election and remained a Democrat Party legend and icon until the end. He was third in line to the [[President of the United States|Presidency]] behind [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].
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Byrd twice held the position of Senate Democrat Leader, was a crucial 60th vote in holding a filibuster-proof Senate in 2009, is the only senator to have cast over 18,000 votes,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/robert_byrd/300016 Sen. Robert Byrd]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 19, 2021.</ref> never once lost an election and remained a Democrat Party legend and icon until the end. He was third in line to the [[President of the United States|Presidency]] behind [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].
    
==Once a klansman, always a klansman oath==
 
==Once a klansman, always a klansman oath==
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