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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 incumbent U.S. senator from South Carolina, Burnet R. Maybank, was unopposed for re-election in 1954, but he died two months before the Election day.Various leaders requested a primary election for choosing the new nominee; however, the Democratic Party selected Edgar A. Brown, a state senator as the party 's nominee to replace Maybank without conducting a primary election.
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.
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday ... a middle ground between the party base and general election voters. Asked about the Texas case at a CNN town ... to break a Senate filibuster. “It hasn’t ...
Sen. Chris Murphy filibustered for nearly 15 hours into early Thursday. This marathon was put down as the 9th longest since 1900.
Supreme Court justices have life tenure, meaning that they serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and removed from office. For the 107 non-incumbent justices, the average length of service was 6,203 days (16 years, 359 days). [1] [A] The longest serving justice was William O. Douglas, with a tenure of 13,358 days (36
The Texas Supreme Court is the state’s highest court, or court of last resort, for civil matters in the state. It is made up of nine justices who serve in six-year terms, and three of the court ...