“No other man has had the distinction of serving this long in Congress, and I venture to say it will be a long time before another does.”

— Carl Hayden

Strom Thurmond
Johnson, James W. (2002). Arizona Politicians: The Noble and the Notorious, illustrations by David `Fitz' Fitzsimmons, Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp 155. ISBN 0-8165-2203-0.
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American federal politician 1877–1972

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