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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 an 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 an siding with Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]].

[[Image:Dirksen.jpg‎‎|right|thumb|550px|Senator Everett Dirksen (Left) With President Lyndon Johnson, 1966]]

[[Image:Dirksen.jpg‎‎|right|thumb|550px|Senator Everett Dirksen (Left) With President Lyndon Johnson, 1966]]

Dirksen was famous for his oratorical skills and likable, down-to-earth appearance.  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.  So loved by his colleagues that within three years of his untimely death from cancer they renamed a Senate building as the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Dirksen was famous for his oratorical skills and likable, down-to-earth appearance.  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.  So loved by his colleagues that within three years of his untimely death from cancer they renamed a Senate building as the Dirksen Senate Office Building.