Robert Byrd, Democratic Senator from West Va. for 51 years, died early June 28, 2010. He was the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history. He was 92 when he died peacefully at approximately 3 a.m. at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Va. He has been called “the soul of the Senate” Byrd was [...]
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Senator Robert Byrd
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