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Strom Thurmond
Dead
Born: 12/5/1902Died: 6/26/2003
Age: 100
Full name: James Strom Thurmond
Noted For: Governor of South Carolina, D (1947-51); States Rights party presidential candidate (1948); U.S. Senator, D-SC (1954-56, 56-64), R-SC (1964-2003). Set record for the longest Congressional filibuster (1957); president pro tempore of Senate (1981-87, 95-2003); set record for longest tenure in the Senate (1997).
