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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 ...
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.
Many Democrats strongly opposed these laws, including Senator Robert Byrd, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act for 14 hours and 13 minutes on June 9 and 10, 1964. During the signing ceremony for the Civil Rights Act, President Johnson nominated LeRoy Collins as the first Director of the Community Relations Service. [ 44 ]
1964 to 1992. Longest-serving mayor of a city of more than 100,000 people. [55] 28 years George H. Lysle McKeesport, Pennsylvania: Served from 1914 to 1942. [56] 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.
He fights against discrimination in the city based on sexual orientation and becomes a gay rights icon—but he and mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) are later assassinated by another city ...
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 ...
Kennedy decided to run for the Senate in New York in August, and resigned from the Cabinet on September 3, 1964. While many reform Democrats resisted Kennedy, support from Robert F. Wagner Jr., and party bosses like Charles A. Buckley, of The Bronx, and Peter J. Crotty, [d] of Buffalo, helped Kennedy win the nomination at the party convention. [22]