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[[Image:StromThurmond1.jpg‎|right|250px|thumb|Senator Strom Thurmond]]

[[Image:StromThurmond1.jpg‎|right|250px|thumb|Senator Strom Thurmond]]

'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was a [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He is the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote.

'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was a [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and is the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote; he is the only major office holder in American history to serve at age 100.

==Governor==

==Governor==

In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a [[liberal]]. <ref>[http://www.kevinbaker.info/c_wtm.html What Trent Lott Meant], Kevin Baker.</ref> As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast: ''"We need a [[Progressivism|progressive]] outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership."''  In his inaugural address as governor, Thurmond not only called for abolishing the [[poll tax]], but also advocated expanding Workman's compensation laws, and better working conditions in plants and factories. He repeated his call for better public education, and told his constituents that ''"more attention should be given to Negro education".''  

In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a moderate and a modernizer who represented the middle class, the wealthy landowners,  and the business community in the state to bring in new industry. In South Carolina terms he was a [[New Deal]] liberal, but he rejected the populism of the "lint heads" (mill workers and poor farmers) led by Cole Blease and Olin Johnston. Thurmond belonged to the more conservative faction of the Democratic party led by [[James Byrnes]].<ref>Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson, ''Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond'' (2003), pp 121-22; ch 8</ref> As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast: ''"We need a progressive outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership."''  In his inaugural address as governor, Thurmond not only called for abolishing the [[poll tax]], but also advocated expanding workman's compensation laws, and better working conditions in plants and factories. He repeated his call for better public education, and told the state that ''"more attention should be given to Negro education".''  

Thurmond also was a pioneer as a Democrat for [[feminism]] and the women's movement.  He also demanded in his inaugural speech: ''..."equal rights for women in every respect...equal pay for equal work for women."''

Thurmond advocated in his inaugural speech: ''..."equal rights for women in every respect...equal pay for equal work for women."''

==Presidential candidate==

==Presidential candidate==

[[Image:Thurmond48.jpg|thumb|300px|''Time'' magazine Oct 11, 1948]]  

[[Image:Thurmond48.jpg|thumb|300px|''Time'' magazine Oct 11, 1948]]