James O. Eastland

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor Segregation
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Mississippi
gptkbp:associatedWith Southern Democrats
gptkbp:birthDate 1904-12-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Drew,_Mississippi
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_Eastland_Jr.
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Senate_Judiciary_Committee
gptkbp:deathDate 1986-02-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:electionYear 1940
1946
1952
1958
1964
1970
1976
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James O. Eastland
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/James_O._Eastland%2C_Senator.jpg/220px-James_O._Eastland%2C_Senator.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Southern Strategy
Mississippi_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_C._Stennis
gptkbp:knownFor Civil Rights Opposition
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_American_politics.
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Eastland_Act
gptkbp:nickname The_Senator_from_Mississippi
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Filibuster_against_Civil_Rights_legislation
gptkbp:occupation U.S._Senator
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Conservatism
Chairman_of_the_Senate_Judiciary_Committee
gptkbp:politicalRole 1941-1978
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Pat_Harrison
gptkbp:religion Baptist
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:Mississippi_State_Senate
Chairman_of_the_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary
gptkbp:spouse Evelyn_Eastland
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Thad_Cochran
gptkbp:termEnd 1978-01-03
gptkbp:termStart 1941-01-03