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Line 15: − + − Strom Thurmond was married twice. His first wife, Jean Crouch, died of cancer in 1960. He married his second wife, Nancy Moore, a former beauty queen in 1968. She was 23 at the time. He was 66. She worked on his staff prior to their marriage.
Since scandals are in the process of being treated more fairly, I wanted to tone my previous edit down.
Thurmond as a Democrat had been a supporter of [[segregation]] and ran for President on the breakaway [[Dixiecrat]] platform in 1948. Like many New Dealers, Thurmond by the 1960s was disenchanted with the [[Great Society]] and changed parties. At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] stated if Thurmond had been elected in the early days of the [[Cold War]] "we wouldn't have had these problems all these years." Liberals were in an uproar, and suggested some racial motivation behind Lott's comments This eventually caused Lott to resign his position as Majority Leader, as Thurmond had run on a segregationist platform.
Thurmond as a Democrat had been a supporter of [[segregation]] and ran for President on the breakaway [[Dixiecrat]] platform in 1948. Like many New Dealers, Thurmond by the 1960s was disenchanted with the [[Great Society]] and changed parties. At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] stated if Thurmond had been elected in the early days of the [[Cold War]] "we wouldn't have had these problems all these years." Liberals were in an uproar, and suggested some racial motivation behind Lott's comments This eventually caused Lott to resign his position as Majority Leader, as Thurmond had run on a segregationist platform.
After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman. The woman he fathered the child with was a servant in the Thurmond family household. She was 16 and Thurmond was 22. 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 did take more interest in her life and provided her with financial help. His now 71 year old daughter spoke affectionately of her father.
After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman. The woman he fathered the child with was a maid in the Thurmond family household. 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 did take more interest in her life and provided her with financial help. His now 71 year old daughter has spoke affectionately of her father.
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