Strom Thurmond

James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to April 1956 and November 1956 to 1964 as a Democrat and from 1964 to 2003 as a Republican. He served as Senator through his 90s, and left office at age 100, as the longest-serving senator ever.

Further reading

• Dear Senator : A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond by Essie Mae Washington-Williams, William Stadiem. 240 pages. Publisher: Regan Books (February 1, 2005). ISBN 0060760958.
• The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 by Kari Frederickson. 328 pages. Publisher: University of North Carolina Press (March 26, 2001). ISBN 0807849103.
• Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond by Jack Bass, Marilyn W. Thompson. 368 pages. Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (January 1, 2003). ISBN 1570035148. Chapter one is available online.
• Strom Thurmond & the Politics of Southern Change by Nadine Cohodas. 574 pages. Publisher: Mercer University Press (December 1, 1994). ISBN 086554446.