...nearly three decades. It was the first time a senator had won as a write-in candidate since South Carolina's Strom Thurmond did it in 1954.Returning to Washington, Murkowski resigned her GOP leadership post, but kept her clout as the...
...editorial appeared in today's Washington Post: Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina described President Bush's new...nominee is none other than the senator's own son: J. Strom Thurmond Jr. And in South Carolina, that is all the qualification...
...Joe Crosson flew over the summit of Mount McKinley without oxygen. In the nation In 1957, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours. In 1965...
...Sound off on the important issues at On Friday, Stevens logged 13,990 days seniority, passing South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, whose credentials come with an asterisk. Thurmond switched from Democrat to Republican earlier in his career...
...percent rate increase, the second such increase in less than two years. In the nation In 1957, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours. In 1965...
...25-percent rate increase, the second such increase in less than two years. In the nation In 1957, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours. In 1966...
...the nation In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours. In 1966, the Beatles concluded their fourth American...
...ever more redundant opinions. They outlast presidents, judges, senators, representatives - everybody except Sen. Strom Thurmond, age 96. Can readers learn much anymore from George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Anthony Lewis, the McLaughlin...
...ever more redundant opinions. They outlast presidents, judges, senators, representatives - everybody except Sen. Strom Thurmond, age 96. Can readers learn much anymore from George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Anthony Lewis, the McLaughlin...
...him the second longest serving of the 1,875 senators in history, behind only the 47 1/2 years of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. Stevens' 35 years rank him 20th. The two men are linked by more than longevity. They sit elbow to...
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