Strom Thurmond

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American politician United States senator governor human

Strom Thurmond was a long-serving U.S. senator from South Carolina known for his staunch segregationist views, 1948 Dixiecrat presidential run, and record-breaking Senate tenure.

Aliases (2)

James Strom Thurmond ×1
Thurmond ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → United States senator → governor → human →
carriedStatesIn1948	Alabama → Louisiana → Mississippi → South Carolina →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1902-12-05 →
dateOfDeath	2003-06-26 →
educatedAt	Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina →
electionParticipatedIn	1948 United States presidential election →
electoralVotesIn1948	39 →
endTime	2003-01-03 →
familyName	Thurmond →
filibusterDuration1957	24 hours 18 minutes →
fullName	James Strom Thurmond →
givenName	James → Strom →
honorificPrefix	Senator →
ideology	segregationism → states' rights →
memberOf	United States Senate Committee on Armed Services →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
militaryRank	colonel →
notableFor	longest-serving United States senator at the time of his retirement → oldest-serving member of the United States Senate → record-breaking filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 →
occupation	lawyer → teacher →
partyInElection	States' Rights Democratic Party →
placeOfBirth	Edgefield, South Carolina, United States →
placeOfDeath	Edgefield, South Carolina, United States →
politicalParty	Democratic Party → Republican Party → States' Rights Democratic Party →
popularVotePercentageIn1948	2.4% →
positionHeld	Governor of South Carolina → United States senator from South Carolina →
ranForOffice	President of the United States →
religion	Baptist →
spouse	Jean Crouch → Nancy Janice Moore →
startTime	1954-12-24 →
stateRepresented	South Carolina →
termEndAsGovernor	1951-01-16 →
termStartAsGovernor	1947-01-21 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1948 United States presidential election →	dixiecratNominee
Strom Thurmond ("Thurmond") →	familyName
Strom Thurmond ("James Strom Thurmond") →	fullName
Clemson University →	hasNotableAlumni
Southern Democrats →	notableMember
98th United States Congress →	senatePresidentProTempore
1948 United States presidential election →	thirdPartyCandidate