The oldest senator of the United States died

At the age of 100, the former Senator Strrom Tarmond died, only in January of this year he left his post.

As his son said today, he died in the hospital of his hometown of Edzhfield (South Carolina) late in the evening on Thursday. Tarmond, whose political career lasted 70 years, left a noticeable mark in the history of the United States. For 48 years, he met in the Senate - a record achievement for the American congress.

He also owns another record - the longest performance before colleagues. In 1957, trying to prevent the adoption of a bill equalizing the rights of white and black Americans, he spoke almost without a break for 24 hours 18 minutes. Moreover, then he was still a member of the Democratic Party (transferred to the Republican in 1964), ITAR-TASS reports.

In the first decades of his social activity, Tarmond adhered to frankly racist views. So, one of his election slogans, when in 1948 he tried to compete for the chair of the US president, boiled down to the fact that the white Americans would never agree to equality with the Black.

Subsequently, his views changed so much that in 1983 the conference of black mayors of South Carolina even presented him with a reward as a politician, who made a significant contribution to the decegio case. In addition to working in the Senate, Tarmond also managed to visit the judge and governor of South Carolina.

During the Second World War, he fought in Europe and the Pacific Ocean, landed in Normandy, awarded 23 orders and medals.

President Bush, having expressed sympathy for the family of the deceased today, emphasized that Tarmond had an “extraordinary life”. “He served his country as a senator, governor, state legislator,” Bush said, “and was a favorite teacher, coach, husband, father and grandfather. He was also my friend.”