Gallup Brain: Strom Thurmond and the 1948 Election by Steve Crabtree Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott's praise for Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential candidacy has unleashed a furor that has damaged. The award was seen as part of an attempt by South Vietnam to court American congressional votes in its favor. [60] After the Supreme Court ruled state composed prayer in public schools was unconstitutional, Thurmond urged Congress to take steps to prevent the Court from making similar decisions. "[337] In a 2001 interview, colleague Fritz Hollings said that Thurmond was no longer "mentally keen" nor did he "have a home, and someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. [269] In December, after President Clinton's announcement that he would seek a $25 billion increase in defense spending over the following six years, Thurmond called it a correct move but one which validated claims that the president had hastily cut the Pentagon budget. [245] A month later, after some members of the Senate gave support to a law that would impose American participation in an international treaty outlawing genocide, Thurmond stated his intent to add a death penalty amendment in the event the bill reached the Senate floor and Democrats charged Thurmond with using parliamentary devices and Senate traditions to prevent a vote. Nearly 20 years ago, Biden eulogized Strom Thurmond, who began his long political career as a segregationist. The drug is commonly known by the brand name Ritalin.[271]. The Strom Thurmond Foundation, Inc., provides financial aid support to South Carolina residents in financial need. [189][190] In December 1980, Thurmond met with President-elect Reagan and recommended former South Carolina governor James B. Edwards for United States Secretary of Energy in the incoming administration. Biden praised segregationist Strom Thurmond as 'closest friend,' who [334][335][272] Thurmond opened his final campaign in a speech at the University of South Carolina-Aiken, proclaiming that he would not give up on "our mission to right the 40-year wrongs of liberalism" and that South Carolinians knew he did not like "unfinished business. Though the Thurmond family never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams as his daughter while he was alive, he helped pay her way through a historically black college in South Carolina and continued to give her financial support well into her adult life. Thurmond responded to the charges by stating that he thought the state had made advancements in its education system. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. "[244] In August 1988, Senator Robert Byrd presented the White House with a modified version of the Democratic proposal on Contra aid. In his courting of black voters, Thurmond was noted to have not undergone "any ideological transformation" but instead devoted himself to making personal contact with members of the minority group. He was a farmer, teacher and athletic coach until 1929, when he . [251] The following year, Thurmond sponsored legislation designed to impose "five rotating warning labels on alcoholic beverages cautioning pregnant women not to drink, warning that alcohol is addictive and can increase the risks of hypertension, liver disease and cancer, that it impairs a person's ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and that alcohol consumption can be hazardous in combination with some drugs. "[255], In July 1989, when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill by Democrat Dennis DeConcini that imposed a ban of three years on sales of several domestic assault weapons, it rejected an amendment by Thurmond that would have substituted the DeConcini bill with the Bush administration's anti-crime package, which did not include a ban on rifles produced in the United States. Strom Thurmond | Biography & Facts | Britannica [58] In November, Thurmond said that President Kennedy had lost support in the South due to the formation of the National Relations Boards, what he called Kennedy's softness on communism, and an increase in military men being muzzled for speaking out against communism. U.S. Department of Justice. Which explains, I believe, why Joseph Crespino, a professor of history at Emory University, begins his biography of Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) with these incendiary words: "Strom Thurmond. And then Trent Lott, seven years old when Mr. Thurmond ran, might not . In 1952, Thurmond endorsed Republican Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency, rather than the Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson, but Stevenson still narrowly carried South Carolina in the general election. [323], In 1997, future Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Thurmond "somebody I have heard about, observed and admired all of my life. He attended Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina (now Clemson University), where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha . [79] Thurmond explained his opposition to the Voting Rights Act as being opposed to its authorization of the federal government to determine the processes behind how statewide elections are conducted and insisted he was not against black voter turnout. At age 68 in 1971, Thurmond fathered the first of four children with Nancy, who was then 25. Though both Byrd and Thurmond had long since moved on from the States Rights' Democratic Party, they were the decided protest ticket of several Southern delegates and unpledged electors, who refused to give their support to Kennedy. Thurmond spokeswoman Genevieve Erny commented, "It's unfortunate that the media continue to portray him as in failing health, especially because the only reason the media is interested is a 50-50 split, and the repercussions that could have. [131] In January 1975, Thurmond and William Scott toured South Vietnam, Thurmond receiving a medal from President of South Vietnam Nguyn Vn Thiu. [169] Later that month, Thurmond asked Attorney General nominee Benjamin R. Civiletti if President Carter had made him give a pledge of loyalty or an assurance of complete independence. [115][116] This came after the White House consulted with Thurmond throughout all of July, as Thurmond had become impressed with Haynsworth following their close collaboration. [137] The document claimed Lennon's influence on young people could affect Nixon's chances of re-election, and suggested that terminating Lennon's visa might be "a strategy counter-measure". Nancy and Strom separated in March 1991, after Nancy claimed that they no longer had a real marriage, stating "At this point in my life I would like to be able to pursue several career options and some measure of independence. [183] Thurmond questioned Carter over his prior refusal to disclose the amount of funds he had received from public appearances after the 1976 Presidential election,[184] and stated his skepticism with some of the points made. "[273] Worley stated that the issue of age should be dealt with in the primary as opposed to the general election, encouraging Thurmond to be dropped as the seat's continuous nominee. THE EVOLUTION OF STROM THURMOND - Chicago Tribune [164] The higher amount of African-Americans voting in elections was taken into account by the Ravenel campaign, which sought to gain this group of voters by reviving interest in older statements by Thurmond. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Toward the end of Thurmond's Senate career, critics suggested his mental abilities had declined. The lie is. (Cunningham had switched parties in 1990. [b] In January 1955, Thurmond expressed his view that federal encroachment on states' rights was among the biggest threats to American life and violated the Constitution. In March 1979, after the Carter administration made an appeal to Congress for new powers to aid with the enforcement of federal laws as it pertains to housing discrimination, Thurmond refused to back the administration as he charged it with "injecting itself in every facet of people's lives" and said housing disputes should be settled in court. [97], In 1968, Chief Justice Earl Warren decided to retire, and Johnson subsequently nominated Abe Fortas to succeed him. Thurmond was married twice and fathered five children. Thurmond stated that the rhetoric delivered by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger suggested that the "Canal Zone is already Panamanian territory and the only question involved is the transfer of jurisdiction. [54] In the presidential election, he received 14 electoral votes for vice president (as Harry Byrd Sr.'s running mate). Although Nancy did not particularly enjoy politics, she nevertheless became a popular figure on Capitol Hill. In the 1960 South Carolina Senate race, Thurmond ran unopposed in the general election; a Republican candidate did not even appear on the ballot. [146] In December 1979, Thurmond was one of ten senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee to sign a report urging President Carter to delay the vote on a proposed treaty between the US and Soviet Union to limit nuclear arms. At the Democratic National Convention of 1948, however, Thurmond led the bolt of Southern delegates angry over the civil rights plank in the party platform. In September of 1964, Thurmond joined the Republican Party. [258], Thurmond launched his campaign for a seventh term on February 12, 1990, citing that he had never before felt "a stronger obligation to continue my work for the future of our state and our nation. He stated that President Bush had told him in advance of his intent to veto the bill if it passed.[265]. [226][227] The previous year, at a fundraising dinner for Thurmond's re-election campaign in Columbia, South Carolina, President Reagan delivered an address both praising Thurmond and noting the similarities in his views and that of the administration. Some remarks made by Mississippi Senator Trent Lott during the event were considered racially insensitive: "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we [Mississippi] voted for him. But we do know that when she delivered her child on . In early 1956, he resigned from the Senate, keeping the promise he made two years . www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78. Led by South Carolina governor (and later U.S. Thurmond was noted as one of five Senate members to have been a World War II veteran and back the measure and called Kimmel and Short "the last victims" of Pearl Harbor. [228][229] Cunningham charged Thurmond with being a follower who no one could validate the seriousness of as a candidate since he had not been challenged in eighteen years, furthering that the South Carolina Republican Party had been involved with the decline in his opposition. "[318] Former Slate senior writer Timothy Noah wrote that Thurmond's most significant political contribution was his backing of segregation and myths had been construed on the part of his contemporaries to explain his continued wielding of national influence. Thurmond's influence in national politics allowed him to have correspondence with staffers from the Nixon administration which gave him "a unique advantage in announcing federal grants and bird-dogging federal projects of particular interest to black voters. [302] Thirteen years later in 1960, Crouch died of a brain tumor at age 33; they had no children. Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies - HISTORY [109] Nixon carried each of these states with the exception of Texas. Thurmond publicly stated his belief that any measures introduced would be defeated in his committee. [314], Thurmond died of heart failure in his sleep at 9:45p.m. on June 26, 2003, at a hospital in his hometown of Edgefield, South Carolina. [260] In the general election, Thurmond defeated retired intelligence officer Bob Cunningham, who had been his Republican primary opponent in 1984. [277], In February 1999, Thurmond introduced legislation barring health messages on wine bottles, the measure intended to reverse what he called "erroneous and irresponsible" action of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. "[119], In 1969, Time ran a story accusing Thurmond of receiving "an extraordinarily high payment for land". And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either." [42] Thurmond co-wrote the first version of the Southern Manifesto, stating disagreement with the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, that desegregated public schools. [40] In the one-party state of the time, the Democratic primary was the only competitive contest. [264] In 1992, the Senate voted on an anti-crime bill, Thurmond predicting that it would not pass due to what he considered its lack of strength: "This weak bill expands the rights of criminals. [138] Thurmond's memo and attachment, received by the White House on February 7, 1972, initiated the Nixon administration's persecution of John Lennon that threatened the former Beatle with deportation for nearly five years from 1972 to 1976. Senators Approve Assignments to Thurmond", "Former Sen. 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Schweiker, Former Senator and Reagan Confidant, Dies at 89", "The Living Room Candidate Commercials 1976 Strom Thurmond", "Carter Stands Firm, Supports Sorensen As Director of C.I.A. [170] In September, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 30 of President Carter's nominees, the closest vote being waged against Abner J. Mikva, who the president had nominated for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Thurmond was 44 when he married his first wife, Jean Crouch (19261960),[299] in the South Carolina Governor's mansion[300] on November 7, 1947. [301] In April 1947, when Crouch was a senior at Winthrop College, Thurmond was a judge in a beauty contest in which she was selected as Miss South Carolina. Thurmond was noted for joining Edward J. Gurney in questioning Cox "at length in an attempt to show that he was biased against" Nixon and his administration, as Thurmond asked Cox if eleven members of his staff had worked for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Strom Thurmond Meets His Daughter - HistoryNet "[332] In 2003, political scientist Willie Leggett stated, "Thurmond is not going to be a hero for black people because he never became a proponent of black rights. [80] During floor debate on the bill, Thurmond espoused that the VRA would lead to "despotism and tyranny. The mother was a 16-year-old African American maid who worked for his family. Thurmond praised President Nixon and his "Southern Strategy" of delaying desegregation, saying Nixon "stood with the South in this case". [124][125][126][127], In January 1970, Thurmond asserted that he would work "to reverse the unreasonable and impractical decisions of the Supreme Court", as well as assist with the appointment of "sound judges" and uphold the Nixon administration's position for resumption of taxexempt status among all private schools. [262] Thurmond charged the Democratic proposal with aiding criminals and furthering the loss of rights on the part of victims. Pleasants, Julian M. "Claude Pepper, Strom Thurmond, and the 1948 Presidential Election in Florida.". The Dixiecrats represented the weakening of the "Solid South". She was 15. [61] In September 1962, Thurmond called for an invasion of Cuba. [111] This had followed continued Southern resistance for more than a decade to desegregation following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. Joe Biden once praised the segregationist Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina as "one of my closest friends" and championed him as someone who believed in America's diversity. [110], Thurmond decried the Supreme Court opinion in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education (1969), which ordered the immediate desegregation of schools in the American South. [48] Other Southern senators, who had agreed as part of a compromise not to filibuster this bill, were upset with Thurmond because they thought his defiance made them look incompetent to their constituents. [82], In 1965, L. Mendel Rivers became chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, commentator Wayne King crediting Thurmond's involvement with Rivers as giving Rivers' district "an even dozen military installations that are said to account for onethird to onehalf of the jobs in the area. The legendary Strom Thurmond. [242] In March 1986, after American warplanes took action against Libyan land, Thurmond stated the U.S. "has the right and the duty to protect and defend itself when attacked, as it was today, without provocation." [175] In October, President Carter signed the Federal Magistrate Act of 1979, an expansion of the jurisdiction of American magistrates in regards to civil and criminal cases. In March, Thurmond voted for an amendment to the campaign finance reform bill of John McCain and Russ Feingold. [319] South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson referred to Thurmond as South Carolina's greatest statesman in the 20th century. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Joe Biden refuted Thurmond's argument by mentioning that Senate critics of Lucas were civil rights supporters who had a problem with his lack of qualifications. 9 Deeply Unsettling Facts About Strom Thurmond - Ranker Collectively, the displays and exhibits depict the history of the area, the purposes of the dam, the abundant resources available, and the role of the . [72] Thurmond was the only senator to vote against Collins' nomination being sent to the Senate, and later one of eight senators to vote against his nomination in the chamber. After lying in state in the rotunda of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, his body was carried on a caisson to the First Baptist Church for services, at which then-Senator Joe Biden of Delaware delivered a eulogy,[315] and later to the family burial plot in Willowbrook Cemetery in Edgefield, where he was interred. Both candidates denounced President Truman during the campaign. Thurmond was one of the five Republicans to vote against Mikva. "[83] In his 1966 re-election campaign, the new Republican senator faced no opposition in the primary,[84] and competed against Bradley Morrah Jr. in the general election campaign. "[221], In 1984, as the Senate voted on a bill granting federal prosecution to weapon-carrying career robbers and giving 15 years of incarceration to those convicted, Thurmond and Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy sponsored an amendment limiting the bill to third-time federal offenders, which passed 77 to 12. The bill was supported by the Reagan administration in its efforts to expose the financial activities of criminals and was hailed by Thurmond as "an important step in our continuing war on organized crime and those financial institutions and individuals which hide the ill-gotten assets of law-breakers, especially drug traffickers.
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