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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.
A filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending. [1]: 2 The Senate's rules place few restrictions on debate; in general, if no other senator is speaking, a senator who seeks recognition is entitled to speak for as long as they wish.
The term "filibuster" ultimately derives from the Dutch vrijbuiter ("freebooter", a pillaging and plundering adventurer), but the precise history of the word's borrowing into English is obscure. [2] The Oxford English Dictionary finds its only known use in early modern English in a 1587 book describing "flibutors" who robbed supply convoys. [2]
Sen. Chris Murphy filibustered for nearly 15 hours into early Thursday. This marathon was put down as the 9th longest since 1900.
William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary.In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies.
Peter S. Veeder was a captain in the filibuster army. He was one of the followers of filibuster William Walker, helping him take control of Nicaragua in the mid-1850s. Veeder was one of 16 that fought in the Battle of Rivas on April 11, 1856. [97] He was said to have helped save many wounded filibusters. [24] Veeder was injured but survived. [97]
The Story of the Filibusters. T. F. Unwin, 1891. Modern. Mockler, Anthony. The New Mercenaries: The History of the Mercenary from the Congo to the Seychelles. Paragon House, 1987. Arnold, Guy. Mercenaries: The Scourge of the Third World. Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. ISBN 978-0-312-22203-1; Pelton, Robert Young. Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the ...
American Filibusters, people who have engaged in an (at least nominally) unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country or territory to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe United States citizens who fomented insurrections in Latin America , particularly in the mid-19th century (Texas, California, Cuba ...