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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 ...
1964 to 1992. Longest-serving mayor of a city of more than 100,000 people. [56] 28 years George H. Lysle McKeesport, Pennsylvania: Served from 1914 to 1942. [57] 27 years, 364 days Stephen R. Reed: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Served from 1982 to 2010. 27 years, 0 days Don Robart Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio: Served from 1986 to 2013. 26 years, 30 days ...
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.
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951.
Democrats in the Missouri Senate broke the record for the longest filibuster in the chamber’s history on Wednesday while blocking a vote on a plan to make it harder for voters to amend the state ...
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 ...
The turnout gap between white voters and nonwhite voters increased from 10% to 12% from 2012 to 2020. In Texas, a photo ID law that was subject to preclearance went into effect immediately after ...
One of the most notable filibusters of the 1960s occurred when southern senators attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by filibustering for a continuous 75 hours, including a 14-hour-and-13-minute address by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. After 60 days of consideration of the bill, cloture was invoked by a 71 ...