James Eastland | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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James Eastland


00:02:36 1 Early life
00:03:42 2 Career
00:04:17 3 Political career
00:15:03 3.1 Nixon resignation
00:16:37 3.2 Senate President pro tempore
00:17:20 4 Opposition to civil rights
00:23:10 5 Anticommunism
00:24:19 6 Relationship with FBI
00:25:08 7 Marijuana
00:25:35 8 Later years
00:26:51 9 Portrayal in Popular Culture



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James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 –  February 19, 1986) was an American politician from Mississippi who served in the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1941; and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978. From 1947 to 1978, he served alongside John C. Stennis, also a Democrat. At the time, Eastland and Stennis were the longest-serving Senate duo in American history, though their record was subsequently surpassed by Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, who served together for thirty-six years. Eastland was also the most senior member of the Senate at the time of his retirement in 1978. He was a supporter of the Conservative coalition, and was best known nationally as a fierce proponent of and a symbol of Southern support for racial segregation.The son of a prominent attorney, politician and cotton planter, Eastland attended the local schools of Scott County, Mississippi, and took courses at several universities, including the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama.  He completed his legal education by studying in his father's office, and attained admission to the bar in 1927.  Eastland practiced law in Sunflower County and took over management of his family's cotton plantation.  He became active in politics as a Democrat, and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1928 to 1932.
in 1941, Senator Pat Harrison died in office, and the governor appointed Eastland to fill the vacancy on the condition that he not run later in the year in the special election to complete the term.  Eastland kept his word, and served from June to September.  The special election was won by Congressman Wall Doxey. In 1942, Eastland defeated Doxey in the primary for the Democratic nomination in the election for a full term.  The Democratic primary was then tantamount to election, and Eastland returned to the Senate in January 1943.  He was reelected five times, and served until resigning in December 1978, shortly before the end of his final term.  Eastland advanced to the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee and President pro tempore of the Senate, and became known primarily as an advocate of racial segregation.  Eastland later moderated his views on race, and sought the support of black voters for his possible 1978 reelection before deciding not to become a candidate.
Eastland died in 1986 and was buried at Forest Cemetery in Forest, Mississippi.