James Strom Thurmond

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Dixiecrat
gptkbp:birthDate 1902-12-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Edgefield,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nancy_Thurmond
gptkb:Paul_Thurmond
gptkb:Strom_Thurmond_Jr.
Julian_Thurmond
gptkbp:deathDate 2003-06-26
gptkbp:education gptkb:Clemson_University
gptkbp:famousFor Civil rights activism
Opposition to desegregation
Presidential candidate in 1948
Longest-serving_senator_in_U.S._history
Political_influence_in_South_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Strom Thurmond
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:John_C._Calhoun
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_American_politics
Historical_significance_in_U.S._Senate_history
Impact_on_South_Carolina_politics
Influence_on_Republican_Party's_Southern_strategy
Symbol_of_Southern_resistance_to_civil_rights
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Filibuster_against_the_Civil_Rights_Act
gptkbp:office Governor_of_South_Carolina
United_States_Senator
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Conservative
Segregationist
States'_rights_advocate
gptkbp:residence gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jean_C._Thurmond
gptkbp:termEnd 2003-01-03
gptkbp:termStart 1947-12-24