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{{Officeholder
|name=Robert Byrd
|image=Uity70.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Erma Ora Byrd (deceased)
|religion=Baptist
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=West Virginia
|terms=January 3, 1959 - Present
|preceded=W. Chapman Revercomb
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Robert Byrd''' (born 20 November, 1917) is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator from [[West Virginia]]. He is currently the oldest and longest-serving member of [[Congress]], [[President pro tempore]] of the US Senate, and is the longest-serving [[Senator]] in history, having been first elected in 1958.
'''Robert Byrd''' (born 20 November, 1917) is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator from [[West Virginia]]. He is currently the oldest and longest-serving member of [[Congress]], [[President pro tempore]] of the US Senate, and is the longest-serving [[Senator]] in history, having been first elected in 1958.
He is third in line to the [[President of the United States|Presidency]] behind [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].
He is 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]].
==Participation in the Ku Klux Klan==
==Participation in the Ku Klux Klan==