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.

Aliases (1)

Robert C. Byrd ×2

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 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	United States Army Reserve → United States Navy →
name	Robert Byrd →
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 → Senate Majority Whip → Senate Minority Leader → 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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
101st United States Congress ("Robert C. Byrd") → 111th United States Congress →	senatePresidentProTempore
Robert Byrd →	name
96th United States Congress ("Robert C. Byrd") →	presidentProTemporeOfSenate
107th United States Congress →	presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate
95th United States Congress →	senateMajorityLeader