Byrd, Robert C.
Biography:
"Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., November 20, 1917; attended West Virginia public schools; student at Beckley College, Concord College, Morris Harvey College, and Marshall College, all in West Virginia, and George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.; graduated, American University Law School 1963; received Bachelor's degree in political science from Marshall University 1994; member of the West Virginia house of delegates 1947-1950; member of the West Virginia senate 1951-1952, resigning when elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1959); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958 for the term commencing January 3, 1959; reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; Secretary, Senate Democratic Conference 1967-1971; Democratic whip 1971-1977; Majority Leader 1977-1980, 1987-1988; Minority Leader 1981-1986; President pro tempore (1989-1995, June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003, 2007-); chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]; One Hundred Tenth Congress); grandfather of Erik, Darius, and Frederik Fatemi, Michael (deceased), Mona, and Mary Anne Moore; great-grandfather of Caroline Byrd Fatemi, Kathryn James Fatemi, Anna Cristina Fatemi and Michael Yoo Fatemi, Emma James Clarkson and Hannah Byrd Clarkson."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- King--April 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 5) (Reports)
- Rubin --Reports from Mississippi and Georgia, 1962-1964 (Larry Rubin papers, 1960-1971, 1977; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 565, Box 1, Folder 5) (Memoirs)
- Rubin --Rubin's Scrapbook, 1962-1966 (Larry Rubin papers, 1960-1971, 1977; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 565, Box 2, Folder 21) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Eastland as President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate in a meeting of the Senate Democratic Leadership Steering Committee. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Eastland at a Senate committee chairmen meeting with Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Robert Byrd, Mike Mansfield (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland standing with Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey, Robert Byrd, and four unidentified men (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 4 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 5 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 6 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Mike Mansfield, Eastland, John C. Stennis, Robert Byrd on the day the Senate chose Eastland as President Pro Tempore (Gelatin silver prints)