Rosa Parks was the first woman and only the second African American to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.
June 12, 2006
SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD SETS RECORD AS LONGESTSERVING U.S. SENATOR
Senator Robert C. Byrd ofWest Virginia was elected to a record ninth consecuve full Senate termon November 7, 2006. He had become the longest-serving senator in American history on June 12, 2006, surpassing Strom Thurmond of South Carolina with 17,327 days of service. On November 18, 2009, Byrd became the longest-serving member in congressional history, with 56 years, 320 days of combined service in the House and Senate, surpassing Carl Hayden of Arizona's combined service in both chambers
Senator Robert C. Byrd was a staunch proponent of the U.S. Constuon and the history and precedents of the U.S. Senate during his record-seng tenure in the U.S. Congress.
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