Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmondwas an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 December 1902
CountryUnited States of America
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