The president also offered a degree of praise for Mr. Thurmond, the longtime segregationist, saying that while “he did terrible things,” he later took steps in support of civil rights. By Reid J.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Sunday marks 71 years since Strom Thurmond was elected to the U.S. Senate by a write-in vote. It was on Nov. 2, 1954, that he became the first and only person in history to win ...

STROM THURMOND 48, LIBERTY 21 JOHNSTON — Liberty's football team did exactly what Strom Thurmond knew it was going to do Friday night. The Red Devils' high-powered, run-heavy offense was picking up ...

President Biden appeared to attempt to rehabilitate the image of notorious late pro-segregation Sen. Strom Thurmond on Monday during one of the final speeches of his presidency. Biden made the ...

The longtime chief of staff for the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, and in some circles known as the "101st Senator" for his role in supporting the aging South Carolina politician, is being remembered ...

President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a ...

JOHNSTON — A lot was at stake Friday night for the No. 1-ranked Strom Thurmond football team against Saluda. An opportunity to clinch the Region 2-AA title with a week still to go in the regular ...

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, ...