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Jun 28, 2010 · Sen. Robert C. Byrd -- known for his staunch defense of the Constitution and for steering billions of dollars to his home state -- died Monday after more than a half century representing West ...
Jun 28, 2010 · Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history known for passionate rhetoric and insider knowledge of Washington's power corridors, died early Monday at age 92.
Jun 28, 2010 · Robert Carlyle Byrd was born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. on November 20, 1917, in the North Carolina town of North Wilkesboro. His mother died when he was a year old, and he was adopted and renamed ...
Byrd passed away on March 25, 2006 after battling a long illness. Robert Byrd could not afford college. In fact, his diploma from Marshall University would have to wait until 60 years after high school, when Senator Byrd was 77 years old. In between high school and his undergraduate degree, though, Byrd enrolled in law school and, after ten ...
Robert Carlyle Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was a Senator of the state of West Virginia from 1959 until his death in 2010. He is the longest serving Senator in United States History. [1] He was dean of the United States Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was president pro tempore four times. He was elected to the Senate in 1958.
Robert C. Byrd: A Featured Biography. The longest serving senator in history, Robert C. Byrd gained his higher education in the United States Senate. Rising from an impoverished childhood in the coalfields of West Virginia, Byrd entered public office in 1947 without a college degree. As a senator he earned a law degree by attending classes in ...
Jun 28, 2010 · West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd passed away early this morning in a hospital in suburban Washington at the age of 92. MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: He was the adopted son of a coal miner and was ...
