An Amazing Career

[HARDCORE]

How about a little departure from the usual ?Tacky Hardcore Tripe!?

Having written for many years, some of it political in nature, I have met with and/or chatted with quite a few within bureaucratic circles. One such political leader who?s staff I have had the occasion to talk with on several issues was that of the South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, a truly amazing gentleman who topped the "Century Mark" (100 years old) today! Still active as of this moment, but slated for retirement after this term (?), I thought that a little background on this truly noteworthy gentleman was in order! Besides, this makes for some pretty good reading for you history buffs!!
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SENATOR STROM THURMOND - 100 Years Young Today


1902 Born December 5 in Edgefield, S.C. (Present home, Aiken, SC)

1923 B.S. degree from Clemson University (also holds 34 honorary degrees)

1923-29 Teacher and Athletic Coach; McCormick, Ridge Spring and Edgefield, SC

1924 2nd Lt., U.S. Army Reserve; commissioned on January 9, 1924 upon becoming 21 years-old

1929-33 Superintendent of Education, Edgefield County, SC

1930 Admitted to SC Bar (studied law under father, Judge J. William Thurmond)

1930-38 Attorney at Law, Edgefield, SC (City Attorney and County Attorney)

1933-38 State Senator, representing Edgefield, County, SC

1938-46 Circuit Judge of South Carolina (four year leave of absence for World War II service)

1942-46 World War II; First US Army - American, European and Pacific Theaters. Landed in Normandy on D-Day with 82nd Airborne Division, awarded 5 Battle Stars. For his military service, earned 18 decorations, medals and awards, including the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star for Valor, Purple Heart, Belgian Order of the Crown, and French Croix de Guerre.

1947-51 Governor of South Carolina

1947 Married Jean Crouch of Elko, SC, November 7: Deceased January 6, 1960

1948 Candidate for President of the US, carried 4 States and received 39 electoral votes as States Rights Democratic candidate (third largest independent electoral vote in US history)

1951-55 Attorney at Law, Aiken, SC (City Attorney of North Augusta, SC)

1954-Present US Senator; elected as write-in candidate; first person ever elected to major office in US by this method;

Served Dec. 24, 1954 to April 4, 1956, when he resigned to run in the Democratic Party primary election, pursuant to a promise made to the people during the 1954 campaign.

Reelected US Senator and resumed duties November 7, 1956; reelected 1960, 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990 and 1996; President Pro Tempore, US Senate, 1981-1987, January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2001, and January 20, 2001 - June 6, 2001.

1959 Major General, US Army Reserve; served 36 years in Reserve and on Active duty. (Past National President, Reserve Officers Association, 1954-55)

1964 Switched from Democratic to Republican Party, September 16, 1964 (delegate to six Democratic and six Republican National Conventions)

1968 Married Nancy Moore of Aiken, SC, December 22. Four children: Nancy Moore (deceased; 1993), James Strom Jr., Juliana Gertrude and Paul Reynolds

1983 President's Commission on Organized Crime (appointed by President Reagan, November 28)

1985 Commission on the Bicentennial of The US Constitution (By US Senate, September 29)

1996 Became the oldest serving member of the US Senate

December 5 1997 Became the longest serving member of the US Senate

May 25 1998 Cast 15,000th vote,

September 2001 Named President Pro Tempore Emeritus, June 6, 2001

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Now here is an honorable gentlemen who has, and continues to live a full and dedicated life!

[reconeil]

In fact, I've no doubt whatsoever that if we had a few more Patriots like Strom T.,...this would be A MUCH BETTER PLACE (re. America and The World).

Neil

P.S. "Tacky Hardcore Tripe"??????? Awe-come-on HARDCORE,...why such nonsense?