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To: tejek who wrote (502577)	8/7/2009 6:35:18 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574267

Most of the segregationist leaders stayed in the Democratic party. Only two of the old segregationist leaders became Republicans - Helms and Thurmond. Robert Byrd, the former KKK recruiter, is still a Democrat. Al Gore's daddy stayed a Democrat. Clinton's mentor, J William Fulbright, stayed a Democrats. Sam Ervin stayed a Democrat. Here's a list of segregationist Senators - see only Thurmond has both a D and R after his name. Senators (D)VA Harry F. Byrd, 1933-1965 (D)VA A. Willis Robertson, 1946-1966 (D)MS John C. Stennis, 1947-1989 (D)MS James O. Eastland, 1941-1941, 1943-1978 (D)LA Allen J. Ellender, 1937-1972 (D)LA Russell B. Long, 1948-1987 (D)OK Thomas Pryor Gore, 1906-1921, 1931-1937 (D)AL J. Lister Hill, 1938-1969 (D)AL John J. Sparkman, 1946-1979 (D)FL Spessard Holland, 1946-1971 (D)FL George Smathers, 1951-1969 (D)SC Olin D. Johnston, 1945-1965 (D,R)SC Strom Thurmond, 1954-1956, 1956-2003 (D)AR John McClellan, 1943-1977 (D)GA Richard B. Russell, Jr., 1933-1971 (D)GA Herman E. Talmadge, 1957-1981 (D)TN Herbert S. Walters, 1963-1964 Other prominent Democratic segregationists: [edit] State governors Benjamin Travis Laney, Arkansas Governor Fielding Wright, Mississippi Governor Frank M. Dixon, Former Alabama Governor William H. Murray, Former Oklahoma Governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. Governor of Virginia Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (1955-1967) during the Little Rock Nine Crisis and presidential candidate. Jimmy Carter grew up later but made his beginning in Democratic politics fighting busing and defending the "ethnic purity" of neighborhoods.