Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ... electoral votes as part of a states-rights uprising against President Harry Truman's support for civil rights. "I want to tell you," he declared in one ...

Although Truman won reelection ... according to the book “Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change” by Nadine Cohodas. Despite his efforts, the bill passed. He continued to move ...

On this day in 2002, Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), the oldest ... Thurmond carried four states, receiving 39 electoral votes; Truman won. In campaigning, Thurmond told his followers: “I wanna tell ...

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ... Thurmond finished a distant third to President Harry Truman that year, but his million votes cracked the once- solid Democratic South and helped set the ...

Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), who retires from the ... And that is Thurmond’s lasting legacy. In 1948, when Harry Truman and the Democratic Party endorsed a civil rights plank, Thurmond joined ...

EDGEFIELD, S.C., June 27 (UPI) -- Strom Thurmond, whose political career included ... but could not deny the election to President Harry Truman. He could not win a place on the South Carolina ...

Against all odds, Truman went on to win in November in a four-way race against Dewey, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and former Vice President Henry Wallace.

University of Tennessee Civics Professor Andrew Busch talked about the role of Strom Thurmond during the 1948 campaign. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was ...

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina -- who spent nearly ... Thurmond began his political career as a Democrat, splitting with President Harry Truman in 1948 to mount a "Dixiecrat" presidential ...

However, as President Truman integrated the Armed Forces and ... "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it.