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[[Image:Uity70.jpg|right|thumb|Former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Majority Leader and [[Klansman]] Senator Robert C. Byrd.]]
[[Image:Uity70.jpg|right|thumb|Former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Majority Leader and [[Klansman]] Senator Robert C. Byrd.]]
'''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]].
==Participation in the Ku Klux Klan==
==Participation in the Ku Klux Klan==
By the 1950s, he was no longer involved with the Ku Klux Klan. To this day, he acknowledges the poor choice he made, and like [[Strom Thurmond]], (who originally ran on a segregationist platform) says he regrets being involved with the group. However, he was involved in a controversy in 2001 over his use of a racial epithet as part of a metaphor during an interview on race relations by [[Tony Snow]].
By the 1950s, he was no longer involved with the Ku Klux Klan. To this day, he acknowledges the poor choice he made, and like [[Strom Thurmond]], (who originally ran on a segregationist platform) says he regrets being involved with the group. However, he was involved in a controversy in 2001 over his use of a racial epithet as part of a metaphor during an interview on race relations by [[Tony Snow]].
==Congressional service==
==Congressional service==