Robert Carlyle Byrd

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
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gptkb:Marshall_University
gptkbp:apologyBy involvement in Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1917-11-20
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Cornelius_Calvin_Sale_Jr.
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:North_Wilkesboro,_North_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath natural causes
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2010-06-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Falls_Church,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:White_American
gptkbp:hasWritten gptkb:The_Senate,_1789–1989:_Addresses_on_the_History_of_the_United_States_Senate
gptkb:Losing_America:_Confronting_a_Reckless_and_Arrogant_Presidency
gptkb:Robert_C._Byrd:_Child_of_the_Appalachian_Coalfields
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
The Honorable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Carlyle Byrd
gptkbp:longestServingSenator true
gptkbp:majorityLeaderOf gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
1945–1945
gptkbp:minorityLeaderOf gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:notableFor opposition to Iraq War
former member of Ku Klux Klan
historian of the U.S. Senate
longest-serving member of U.S. Congress
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:William_Laird_III
gptkbp:presidentProTemporeOf gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Columbia_Gardens_Cemetery,_Arlington,_Virginia
gptkbp:senatorFrom gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:signature Robert C Byrd Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Erma_Ora_Byrd
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Carte_Goodwin
gptkbp:termEnd 2010
gptkbp:termStart 1959
gptkbp:website byrd.senate.gov
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