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Há 5 dias · Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican , he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .
29 de jun. de 2024 · Illinois Sen. Everett Dirksen in 1964 with Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey, both of whom played key roles in passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act. AP. Sixty years ago this summer, a presidential election was looming when, against difficult odds, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the first meaningful civil rights bill since Reconstruction.
27 de jun. de 2024 · It was one of the most meaningful pieces of civil rights legislation since the twelve-year Reconstruction Era immediately following the end of the American civil war. Today a largely forgotten unsung hero on that issue was conservative Republican Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois.
30 de jun. de 2024 · Sen. Everett Dirksen sits cross-legged on top of a Senate press gallery desk — his favorite news conference form — as he talks to reporters April 7, 1964, discussing amendments he planned to...
Há 4 dias · But the next day, Everett Dirksen, the leading senator of the other party, vowed, “ There is not going to be a political truce. … You don't use sponges to throw at somebody when you go into that kind of a contest.” But the two were friends, and within a few months Dirksen was helping to pass a signature civil rights bill urged by the ...
30 de jun. de 2024 · But it took the combined efforts of Minnesota’s liberal icon, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, and a conservative Midwesterner from the mostly white Illinois town of Pekin, Everett Dirksen, to enshrine the protections into law.
Há 3 dias · Incumbent Republican and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen won re-election to his fourth term over William G. Clark (D), the Illinois Attorney General. He would not serve the entirety of his term as he would die in 1970.
