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Monday, June 28, 2010
Senator Robert Byrd passes away
Robert Byrd was a powerful senator in West Virgina, one of the poorer states in the US. For 2007, Byrd was deemed the fourteenth-most powerful U.S. Senator, as well as the twelfth most powerful Democratic Senator.
He was greatly responsible for the excellent highway system in WV and also moved a lot of federal facilities into the state to create jobs.
Byrd was a repentant Dixiecrat. He was once a member of the KKK and even filibustered the Civil right s Act of 1964. But unlike many of his southern peers, he remained a Democrat.
A firm believer in continuing education — vocational schools, community colleges, adult education — Mr. Byrd practiced what he preached.
While in the U.S. House from 1953 to 1959, he took night classes at law schools. He received a law degree from American University in 1963 and is the only member of Congress to put himself through law school while in office.
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