[2] Democrat until 1964, Republican thereafter. Ran as a "Dixiecrat" in 1948.
Father: John William Thurmond
Mother: Eleanor Gertrude Thurmond
Sister: Mary Eleanor Thurmond Tompkins (d. 15-Jul-2004, age 95)
Sister: Martha Evelyn Thurmond Bishop (d. Nov-2003)
Brother: Allan George Thurmond (d.)
Slept with: Carrie Butler ("Tunch", family's black maid)
Daughter: Essie Mae Washington-Williams (secret biracial daughter, b. 12-Oct-1925, d. 4-Feb-2013)
Wife: Jean Crouch (m. 1947, d. 1960, brain cancer)
Wife: Nancy Janice Moore (m. 1968, sep. 1991)
Daughter: Nancy Moore Thurmond (b. 1971, d. 14-Apr-1993 traffic accident)
Son: James Strom Thurmond, Jr. (b. 1972)
Daughter: Juliana Gertrude Thurmond Whitmer (b. 1974)
Son: Paul Reynolds Thurmond (b. 1976)
High School: Edgefield High School, Edgefield, SC
University: BS Horticulture, Clemson University (1923)
US Senator, South Carolina (1954-2003)
Governor of South Carolina (1947-51)
South Carolina State Official Circuit Judge (1938-46)
South Carolina State Senate (1933-38)
4-H Club
American Bar Association
Freemasonry Concordia Lodge #50, Edgefield SC (1925)
Knights Templar
Shriners 1969
Young Americans for Freedom National Advisory Board
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Bronze Star with V for valor
Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster
Purple Heart
South Carolina Hall of Fame 1982
Secret Service Codename Footprint
Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)
Wedding: William Cohen and Janet Langhart (1996)
Prostate Surgery Walter Reed Army Medical Center (25-Aug-1999)
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