Robert Byrd

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is a West Virginia Democrat serving in the United States Senate. As of 2005, he is the longest-serving current member of the U.S. Congress, having served in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1953, until he entered the Senate on January 3, 1959; current Dean of the House John Dingell has served only since December 1955. If Byrd serves until June 2006, he will surpass Strom Thurmond as the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate. At 87, Byrd is the oldest member of Congress. Some like to call Byrd a "walking encyclopedia" on the history of both the American and Roman senates.

External links

• Project Vote Smart Bio Includes vote record, ratings by interest groups, campaign contributors, et cetera.
• U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd
• Modern America (Senator Byrd 2006 Campaign Affiliate)
• Senator Byrd's Campaign Website
• The Traditionalist
• The Soul of the Senate
• Senator Byrd, A Hero for Our Time
• Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program
• One Man's Pork Is Another's Bacon: Byrd A Living Legend Among Democrats E-Vote.com
• Just Who WAS the "White Nigger" Senator Byrd Was Thinking About? Banner of Liberty
• Byrd's Klan Alibi
• Standing for the Founding Principles of the Republic: Voting No on the Nomination of Dr. Rice as Secretary of State
• Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, Ex-Klansman
• CORE: Byrd's Condi Delay Is 'Racist'
• A Senator's Shame
• Why did the Post protect Byrd's image?

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