[[Image:{{Officeholder|name=Strom Thurmond|image=StromThurmond1.jpg|rightparty=[[Democrat]] (until 1964)<br>[[Republican]]|250pxspouse=Jean Crouch (died 1960)<br>Nancy Moore|thumbreligion=[[Baptist]]|Senator Strom Thurmondoffices= {{Officeholder/senator |state=South Carolina |terms=November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 |preceded=Thomas A. Wofford |status=f |succeeded=[[Lindsey Graham]] }} {{Officeholder/senator |state=South Carolina |terms=December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 |preceded=Charles. E. Daniel |status=f |succeeded=Thomas A. Wofford }} {{Officeholder/governor |state=South Carolina |lieutenant=George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |terms=January 21, 1947 – January 16, 1951 |preceded=Ransome Judson Williams |former=y |succeeded=James F. Byrnes }} {{Officeholder/state senator |state=South Carolina |district=Edgefield County |terms=January 10, 1933 – January 14, 1938 |preceded=Thomas Greneker |former=y |succeeded=William Yonce }}}}
'''James Strom Thurmond, Sr.''' (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years. He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to his death in 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and he is the only major office holder in [[American]] history to serve at age 100. Prior to 2010, Thurmond was the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote; [[Lisa Murkowski]] was elected senator of Alaska by write-in during the [[2010 Midterm Elections]].