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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaRobert Carlyle BYRD
(1917-2010)
Senate Years of Service:
1959-2010Party: DemocratBYRD, Robert Carlyle, a
Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in North
Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., November 20, 1917; attended West
Virginia public schools; student at Beckley College, Concord
College, Morris Harvey College, and Marshall College, all in West
Virginia, and George Washington University Law School, Washington,
D.C.; graduated, American University Law School 1963; received
Bachelor’s degree in political science from Marshall
University 1994; member of the West Virginia house of delegates
1947-1950; member of the West Virginia senate 1951-1952, resigning
when elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January
3, 1953-January 3, 1959); elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate in 1958 for the term commencing January 3, 1959, and
served from January 3, 1959, until his death; reelected in 1964,
1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the term
ending January 3, 2013; Secretary, Senate Democratic Conference
1967-1971; Democratic whip 1971-1977; Majority Leader 1977-1980,
1987-1988; Minority Leader 1981-1986; President pro tempore
(1989-1995, June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003, 2007-June 28, 2010);
chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred First through One
Hundred Third Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January
3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]; One Hundred Tenth
Congress); died June 28, 2010; lay in repose in the Senate Chamber
July 1, 2010; interment in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington,
Va.
Bibliography
Byrd, Robert C. The Senate, 1789-1989. 4 vols. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1989-1994. Vols. 1 and 2, Addresses
on the History of the United States Senate; Vol. 3, Classic
Speeches, 1830-1993; Vol 4, Historical Statistics,
1789-1992; Byrd, Robert C. The Senate of the Roman Republic:
Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995; Byrd, Robert C.
Child of the Appalachian Coalfields. Morgantown: West
Virginia University Press, 2005.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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