Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond

Known for

Acting

Born

December 5, 1902

Birthplace

Edgefield, South Carolina, USA

Died

June 26, 2003 (aged 100)

Biography

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. Thurmond was a member of the Democratic Party until 1964, when he joined the Republican Party. He had earlier run for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate in opposition to Democrat Harry Truman, receiving over a million votes and winning four states, and endorsed Republican Dwight Eisenhower for president in the 1950s.

A staunch opponent of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s, Thurmond conducted the longest...

Best known work

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
The Sixties
The Sixties
2014
Anita
Anita
2013
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
2008
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bad Faith
Bad Faith
2024
Riotsville, USA
Riotsville, USA
2022
Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible
Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible
2010

Filmography

  1. 2024

    Bad Faith

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2022

    Riotsville, USA

    as Self (archive footage)

  3. 2014

    The SixtiesTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  4. 2013

    Anita

    as Self (archive footage)

  5. 2010

  6. 2008

    Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

    as Self (archive footage)

  7. 2006

    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    as Self (archive footage)

  8. 1961

    The Mike Douglas ShowTV

    as Self (1 episode)

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