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Strom Thurmond 2003 Deaths

Strom ThurmondAge: 100 South Carolina politician who was the longest-serving U.S. senator in history, holding the office from 1954 to 2003. Early in his career Thurmond was an avowed…

Thurmond, Strom

(Encyclopedia) Thurmond, Strom (James Strom Thurmond)Thurmond, Stromthûrˈmənd [key], 1902–2003, U.S. senator from South Carolina (1954–2003), b. Edgefield, S.C. He read law while teaching school (…

James Strom THURMOND, Congress, SC (1902-2003)

Senate Years of Service: 1954-1956; 1956-2003 Party: Democrat; Republican THURMOND James Strom , a Senator from South Carolina; born in Edgefield, S.C., December 5, 1902; attended the public…

Lynne Thigpen 2003 Deaths

Lynne ThigpenAge: 54 actress who won a Tony Award for her role in An American Daughter. She starred in the CBS drama The District. Died: Los Angeles, March 12, 2003Wilfred ThesigerR - ZStrom…

Hugh Trevor-Roper 2003 Deaths

Hugh Trevor-RoperAge: 89 British historian and prolific writer whose best-selling book The Last Days of Hitler remains the definitive account of the fall of the Third Reich. His reputation…

Trent Lott, 2002 News

Senator from Mississippi, gave up his bid for a second round as Senate Majority leader in December after an outcry about his pro-segregationist remarks at the 100th birthday party for Sen.…

John Light NAPIER, Congress, SC (1947)

NAPIER John Light , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Blenheim, Marlboro County, S.C., May 16, 1947; attended the public schools; A.B., Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., 1969; J.D.,…

Third Parties

  Learn about the history of third party participation in U.S. elections.   Sources: Ralph Nader: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Eugene Debs: AP Photo; Victoria Woodhull: WikiCommons; Theodore…

2003 Deaths: R - Z

Vera Hruba RalstonNoel ReddingDonald ReganNatalya ReshetovskayaLeni RiefenstahlJohn RitterFred RogersTony RomaBurns “Bud” RoperWalt RostowLaura RothenbergPrince Sadruddin Aga KhanPeter…

Bill Frist, 2003 News

politician and physician from Tennessee, became U.S. Senate majority leader in January, after Trent Lott resigned the post amid a furor over racially provocative remarks he made in December…