This record was previously held by South Carolina’s Strom Thurmond ... His final time was 25 hours and four minutes which beat Thurmond’s record of 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition ...

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ... worked as a maid at the Thurmond family home in Edgefield, South Carolina. At the time the girl was born in 1925, Butler was 16 and Thurmond was 22, unmarried ...

Loud applause filled the chamber as Booker surpassed the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer marked the moment by interrupting Booker with a question ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that ...