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Vor 3 Tagen · 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. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 until his death in 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s.
Vor 3 Tagen · Today a largely forgotten unsung hero on that issue was conservative Republican Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois. At the time, Dirksen was the minority floor leader. In February 1964, the U.S. House approved a civil rights bill originally proposed by former President Kennedy. The bill immediately encountered fierce opposition ...
9. Juni 2024 · Among that group was Everett Dirksen of Illinois, the Republican leader in the Senate. On June 10, 1964, for the first time in its history, the Senate voted cloture on a civil rights...
Vor einem Tag · Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks out of the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (The Center Square) – A ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court about a federal bribery statute is expected to impact the high profile trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as a defense attorney ...
15. Juni 2024 · The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was introduced in Congress on March 17, 1965, as S. 1564, and it was jointly sponsored by Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield (D-MT) and Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL), both of whom had worked with Attorney General Katzenbach to draft the bill's language.
20. Juni 2024 · Grand Old Partisan notes that June 20th 1964, The Chicago Defender, a renowned African-American newspaper, praised Republican Senator Everett Dirksen for leading passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Here is a Rumble Video about this article.
6. Juni 2024 · Everett Dirksen first served in the House of Representatives beginning in 1933 until his election to the Senate in 1950. He was elected Republican whip and then minority leader of the Senate by 1957.
