Strom Thurmond
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James Strom Thurmond Sr. was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of S
Thurmond in 1961
Thurmond as S.C. Circuit Judge, 1939
Thurmond in 1979
Official portrait, 1983
Essie Mae Washington-Williams was an American teacher and author. She was the eldest child of Strom Thurmond, governor and United States senator from South Carolina. Of mixed race, she was born to Car
Strom Thurmond
…African-American teenager who worked as his family's housekeeper. In 2003, the Thurmond family confirmed that Thurmond fathered a mixed-race daughter named Essie Mae with Butler. While her paternity was long hidden, he helped support her and paid for her college education. In 1929, Thurmond was appointed as Edgefield…
Washington-Williams in 2003
Strom Thurmond's statue with Essie Mae added. In the phrase "The father of four children", the "four" was replaced with "five".