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Strom Thurmond High School is located in his hometown of Edgefield, South Carolina. Al Sharpton was reported on February 24, 2007, to be a descendant of slaves owned by the Thurmond family. Sharpton has not asked for a DNA test. [344] [345] [346] The U.S. Air Force has a C-17 Globemaster named the Spirit of Strom Thurmond. [347]
James Strom Thurmond c. 1961. Electoral history of Strom Thurmond, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951), United States Senator from South Carolina (1954–1956, 1956–2003; Democrat until 1964 and Republican after), 1948 States' Rights Democrats presidential nominee and President pro tempore of the United States Senate (1981–1987, 1995–2001 and 2001).
In September 1989, Thurmond was one of nine Republican senators appointed by Senate Republican leader Robert Dole to negotiate a dispute with Democrats over financing of President Bush's anti-drug plan that called for spending $7.8 billion by the following year as part of the president's efforts to address narcotics nationwide and abroad.
Republican: Democratic [97] Dean Johnson: Minnesota State Senator: 2000: Republican: DFL [98] Jim Justice: Governor of West Virginia: 2017: Democratic: Republican: Justice had previously been a Republican until switching to the Democratic Party in 2015 to run for Governor of West Virginia. [99] [100] John Kennedy: Treasurer of Louisiana: August ...
The 1996 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1996, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina.Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, won re-election against Democratic challenger Elliott Springs Close for a seventh full term in office.
Thurmond won his native state by a margin of 47.83 points, making him the first third-party candidate to carry the state since Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge in 1860. This was the first time the state voted against the Democrats since 1876, and Truman was the first Democrat to win without the state since 1836.
The 1960 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 8, 1960, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina.Popular incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond easily won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
Incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond, who had switched parties from Democratic to Republican in 1964, easily defeated state senator Bradley Morrah in the general election. This was the first time South Carolina popularly elected a Republican senator, and the first time since 1877 that a Republican won this seat.