A᥸er claiming that the U.S. would have been a better place
This politician won a gubernatorial election on a promise to take down a political machine run by his rival Solomon Blatt, which was called the "Barnwell Ring." A᥸er this politician was frozen out of his state's Democratic Party, he became the ᥸rst person to be elected to the senate as a write-in candidate. A᥸er claiming that the U.S. would have been a better place had this man been president, Trent Lott resigned as Senate majority leader; Lott made those remarks in 2002 at this senator's 100th birthday party. This politician read his grandmother's biscuit recipe into the congressional record during his record-breaking ᥸libuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. For 10 points, name this Dixiecrat candidate in the presidential election of 1948, a South Carolina senator known for his opposition to civil rights.
This politician won a gubernatorial election on a promise to take down a political machine run by his rival Solomon Blatt, which was called the "Barnwell Ring.
Strom Thurmond [or James Strom Thurmond]