Strom Thurmond Monument

Dedicated in 1999

Offices held by Strom Thurmond:
Edgefield County Superintendent of Education 1929-1933
South Carolina Senator 1933-1938
11th Circuit Court Judge 1938-1946
Lt. Colonel United States Army 1942-1946
Major General United States Army Reserves
Governor of South Carolina 1946-1951
United States Senator 1956-2003
President Pro Tempore of the Senate 1981-1987, 1995-2001
President Pro Tempore Emeritus 2001-2003

Strom Thurmond was the first person in United States history to win a major election by write-in ballot. He was the longest serving and oldest Senator in the United States with 48 years of service at age 100.