Robert Byrd
| Robert Byrd | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
|
In office January 3, 2007 – June 28, 2010 |
|
| Preceded by | Ted Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Dan Inouye |
|
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
|
| Preceded by | Strom Thurmond |
| Succeeded by | Ted Stevens |
|
In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001 |
|
| Preceded by | Strom Thurmond |
| Succeeded by | Strom Thurmond |
|
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
|
| Preceded by | John Stennis |
| Succeeded by | Strom Thurmond |
| Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee | |
|
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
|
| Preceded by | Thad Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Inouye |
|
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
|
| Preceded by | Ted Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Ted Stevens |
|
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
|
| Preceded by | John C. Stennis |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hatfield |
| President pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate | |
|
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
|
| Preceded by | Strom Thurmond |
| Succeeded by | Ted Stevens |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
|
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
|
| Deputy | Alan Cranston |
| Preceded by | Bob Dole |
| Succeeded by | George Mitchell |
|
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 |
|
| Deputy | Alan Cranston |
| Preceded by | Mike Mansfield |
| Succeeded by | Howard Baker |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
|
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
|
| Deputy | Alan Cranston |
| Preceded by | Howard Baker |
| Succeeded by | Bob Dole |
| Senate Majority Whip | |
|
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
|
| Leader | Mike Mansfield |
| Preceded by | Ted Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Alan Cranston |
|
United States Senator from West Virginia |
|
|
In office January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 |
|
| Preceded by | Chapman Revercomb |
| Succeeded by | Carte Goodwin |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 6th district |
|
|
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
|
| Preceded by | Erland Hedrick |
| Succeeded by | John Slack |
| Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 9th district |
|
|
In office December 1, 1950 – December 23, 1952 |
|
| Preceded by | Eugene Scott |
| Succeeded by | Jack Nuckols |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. November 20, 1917 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | June 28, 2010 (aged 92) Merrifield, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Columbia Gardens Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Erma James (1937–2006) |
| Education |
Mountain State University Concord University University of Charleston Marshall University (BA) George Washington University American University (JD) |
| Signature |  |
Robert Carlyle "Bob" Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010. He was the longest-serving Senator in United States history. In addition, he was, at the time of his death, the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress, a record later surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd was the last remaining member of the U.S. Senate to have served during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both houses of the state legislature and both houses of Congress.
Byrd served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1947 to 1950, and the West Virginia State Senate from 1950 to 1952. Initially elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, Byrd served there for six years before being elected to the Senate in 1958. He rose to become one of the Senate's most powerful members, serving as secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1967 to 1971 and—after defeating his longtime colleague, Ted Kennedy—as Senate Majority Whip from 1971 to 1977. Over the next three decades, Byrd led the Democratic caucus in numerous roles depending on whether his party held control of the Senate, including Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, President pro tempore of the United States Senate and President pro tempore emeritus. As President pro tempore—a position he held four times in his career—he was third in the line of presidential succession, after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
...
Wikipedia