Robert Byrd
Former United States Senator
Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six years, from... Wikipedia
Born: November 20, 1917, North Wilkesboro, NC
Died: June 28, 2010 (age 92 years), Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Annandale, VA
Party: Democratic Party
Previous offices: Majority Leader of the United States Senate (1987–1989), Minority Leader of the United States Senate (1981–1987), Majority Leader of the United States Senate (1977–1981), and more
Education: Marshall University (1994), American University Washington College of Law (1963), Concord University, and more
Descendants: Mona Byrd, Marjorie Byrd, Mary Anne Moore Clarkson, and more
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Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his ...
Rising from an impoverished childhood in the coalfields of West Virginia, Byrd entered public office in 1947 without a college degree. As a senator he earned a ...
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BYRD, Robert Carlyle, a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., November 20, 1917; attended West ...
Byrd started his political life as an Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan. In 1944, Byrd wrote the following in a letter to Senator Theodore Bilbo: "I shall ...
In every corner of West Virginia, the people of the Mountain State knew that there was one man on whom they could always depend: U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd ...
Senator Robert C. Byrd was elected Democratic Conference secretary in 1967. credit: United States Senate Historical Office.
Jun 28, 2010 · Elected to a record nine terms in the Senate, Mr. Byrd championed the legislative branch and brought huge amounts of federal money to West ...
May 17, 2022 · How Sen. Robert Byrd went from being a member of the KKK to being the longest-serving member of the US Senate and winning the praise of the ...
Legislative profile for Sen. Robert Byrd [D-WV, 1959-2010], the former Senator from West Virginia.
Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) served as a U.S. Senator for the state of West Virginia from 1958 until his death. This release consists of a large file of ...