Robert Byrd

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Democrat United States senator human politician

Robert Byrd was a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from West Virginia who became one of the most powerful figures in Congress and the longest-serving member in its history.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Byrd canonical	10
Robert C. Byrd	6
Robert Carlyle Byrd	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democrat ⓘ United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
authored	Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency ⓘ The Senate, 1789–1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate ⓘ
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthDate	1917-11-20 ⓘ
birthName	Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2010-06-28 ⓘ
education	American University ⓘ Concord University ⓘ surface form: Concord College Marshall University ⓘ West Virginia University College of Law ⓘ
electedToBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
endTime	service in U.S. House of Representatives 1959 ⓘ service in U.S. Senate 2010 ⓘ
familyName	Byrd ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
knownFor	expertise in Senate rules and procedure ⓘ opposition to the Iraq War resolution of 2002 ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch	Army Reserve ⓘ surface form: United States Army Reserve United States Navy ⓘ
name	Robert Byrd self-link ⓘ
notableFor	earmarking federal funds for West Virginia infrastructure and institutions ⓘ longest-serving member of the United States Congress ⓘ longest-serving member of the United States Senate ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	North Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Fairfax, Virginia ⓘ
politicalAlignment	conservative Democrat (early career) ⓘ more liberal Democrat (later career) ⓘ
positionHeld	President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ Senate Majority Leader ⓘ Majority Whip ⓘ surface form: Senate Majority Whip Senate Minority Leader ⓘ U.S. Representative ⓘ surface form: United States Representative United States senator ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
represents	West Virginia ⓘ
spouse	Erma Ora James ⓘ
startTime	service in U.S. House of Representatives 1953 ⓘ service in U.S. Senate 1959 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInSenate	West Virginia ⓘ

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95th Congress → senateMajorityLeader → Robert Byrd ⓘ

subject surface form: 95th United States Congress

107th United States Congress → presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate → Robert Byrd ⓘ

101st United States Congress → senatePresidentProTempore → Robert Byrd ⓘ