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James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 – February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27, 1978.
- Elizabeth Coleman Eastland
James Oliver Eastland war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei. Vom 30. Juni 1941 bis zum 28. September 1941 sowie vom 3. Januar 1943 bis zu seinem Ausscheiden aus der Politik am 27. Dezember 1978 war er einer der beiden US-Senatoren des Bundesstaates Mississippi.
James Oliver Eastland of Mississippi, widely known as "Big Jim," served in the U.S. Senate for 36 years. In 1941 he was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Democrat Pat Harrison.
Known as the Godfather of Mississippi Politics, James Oliver Eastland was one of the leaders of the massive resistance movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Eastland was born on 28 November 1904 in Doddsville, a small town in the Mississippi Delta. A year later the family moved to Forest, in the hilly eastern part of […]
21. Juni 2019 · Sen. James O. Eastland (D-Miss.) told President Lyndon B. Johnson it was fake news. Eastland’s legacy is under scrutiny in recent days as former vice president Joe Biden touted his relationship...
20. Feb. 1986 · James O. Eastland, for 36 years a conservative United States Senator from Mississippi who served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee for 22 years, died today in Greenwood-LeFlore County ...
27. Juni 2017 · Maarten Zwiers has written the definitive biography of Democratic U.S. senator James Oliver Eastland of Mississippi. Written partially under the direction of the great British historian Adam Fairclough, Zwiers’s book offers a compelling account of the life and times of arguably the most despicable yet greatly influential U.S ...
