After the death of his first wife, an intern 23 years his junior, he married a beauty queen 44 years younger.  
After the death of his first wife, an intern 23 years his junior, he married a beauty queen 44 years younger.  He first won election to the [i] Senate as a write-in candidate, and holds the record for the longest single-handed filibuster, at 24 hours, 18 minutes. He won 39 electoral votes during his only run for President in 1948 as a Dixiecrat. For 10 points—name this ancient senator from South Carolina.
After the death of his first wife, an intern 23 years his junior, he married a beauty queen 44 years younger.  
(James) Strom Thurmond