{{infobox officeholder |birth_name=james strom thurmond |name = strom thurmond |image = strom thurmond.jpg |imagesize = 220px |smallimage = |caption = official senate picture, 1997 |order = united states senatorfrom south carolina |term_start = november 7, 1956 |term_end = january 3, 2003 |predecessor = thomas a. wofford |successor = lindsey graham |term_start1 = december 24, 1954 |term_end1 = april 4, 1956 |predecessor1 = charles e. daniel |successor1 = thomas a. wofford |order2 = president pro tempore emeritus of the united states senate |term_start2 = june 6, 2001 |term_end2 = january 3, 2003 |predecessor2 = position created |successor2 = robert byrd |order3 = president pro tempore of the united states senate |term_start3 = january 3, 1981 |term_end3 = january 3, 1987 |predecessor3 = warren g. magnuson |successor3 = john c. stennis |term_start4 = january 3, 1995 |term_end4 = january 3, 2001 |predecessor5 = robert byrd |successor5 = robert byrd |term_start6 = january 20, 2001 |term_end6 = june 6, 2001 |predecessor6 = robert byrd |successor6 = robert byrd |order7 = 103rd governor of south carolina |term_start7 = january 21, 1947 |term_end7 = january 16, 1951 |lieutenant7 = george bell timmerman, jr. |predecessor7 = ransome judson williams |successor7 = james f. byrnes |office8 = member of the south carolina senate from edgefield county |term8 = january 10, 1933&nbsp;&ndash; january 14, 1938 |predecessor8 = thomas benjamin greneker |successor8 = william preston yonce |birth_date =  |birth_place = edgefield, south carolina |death_date =  |death_place = edgefield, south carolina |resting_place =willowbrook cemetery in edgefield, south carolina |constituency = |party = republican (1964âdeath) democratic (1948â1964) states rights democratic (1948) democratic (1946â1948) |spouse = jean crouch (1947â1960)nancy moore (1968â2003) |children = essie mae washington-williamsnancy moore thurmondjames s. thurmond, jr.juliana whitmerpaul reynolds thurmond |profession = teacherlawyer | alma_mater = clemson college |religion = southern baptist |signature = strom thumond signature.svg |footnotes = |allegiance =  |branch = united states army reserves |rank = 35px major general |battles = world war ii*normandy campaign |serviceyears = 1924â1964http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/textgate.cgi?waisdocid=xfuiec/0/1/0&waisaction=retrieve  |awards = legion of merit (2)bronze star with [[valo
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