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  2. 88th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    March 30 – June 10, 1964: The longest filibuster in the history of the Senate was waged against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with 57 days of debate over a 73-day period. It ended when the Senate voted 71–29 to invoke cloture , with the filibuster carried out by southern members of the Democratic Party, the first successful cloture motion ...

  3. 1964 United States House of Representatives elections

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    Two Democratic seats and one Republican seat were eliminated or combined at redistricting, but the defeat of three Republican incumbents and the election of Democrats to all the new seats yielded a net shift of four seats, changing the party balance from 11–8 Republican to 12–7 Democratic.

  4. Strom Thurmond - Wikipedia

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    [107] During the general election campaign, Nixon's running mate Spiro Agnew stated that he did not believe Thurmond was a racist when asked his opinion on the matter, [108] and Thurmond participated in a two-day tour of Georgia during October where he warned that American Independent Party candidate George Wallace would split the vote and give ...

  5. Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy, 60 years after challenging ... - AOL

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    Almost 60 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer took the podium at the Democratic National Convention and made a speech that challenged the party for its failure to support Black Americans' right to vote ...

  6. Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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    The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2025.

  7. Senate filibuster's racist past fuels arguments for its end - AOL

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    Among the most vivid examples, they point to landmark filibusters including Strom Thurmond's 24-hour speech against a 1957 Civil Rights bill, as ways it has been used to stall changes. filibuster ...

  8. Robert Byrd - Wikipedia

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    As the longest-serving Democratic senator, Byrd served as President pro tempore four times when his party was in the majority: [13] from 1989 until the Republicans won control of the Senate in 1995; for 17 days in early 2001, when the Senate was evenly split between parties and outgoing Vice President Al Gore broke the tie in favor of the ...

  9. The longest filibusters: where does Chris Murphy stack up? - AOL

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    Sen. Chris Murphy filibustered for nearly 15 hours into early Thursday. This marathon was put down as the 9th longest since 1900.