Biography - Strom Thurmond
When he died at age 100 in December 2003, Strom Thurmond became the longest serving senator in the history of Congress. One of the most controversial U.S. politicians of the 20th century, Strom led the fight against the Civil Rights movement--changing political parties, his opinions, and hair color, all to stay in office and protect his image. At 66, he married a 22-year-old beauty queen, and shortly after he died, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an African-American teenager in 1925!