J. Strom Thurmond

Native of Edgefield Born 1902

County Supt. of Education 1929-1933

State Senator 1933-1938

Circuit Judge 1938-1946

U.S. Army - World War II 1942-1946

Governor of South Carolina 1947-1951

United States Senate 1954-

Chairman - Senate Judiciary Comm. 1984-

President Pro-Tempore of U.S. Senate 1981-

Marker is on Courthouse Square. ...

J. Strom Thurmond Birthplace

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J. Strom Thurmond, by mid-1997 the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history, was born here to J. William and Gertrude Strom Thurmond Dec. 5, 1902. educated at Clemson College, he taught high school 1923-29, was county superintendent of education 1929-33, state ...

J. Strom Thurmond Dam

Constructed between 1946-1954, Thurmond Dam is the first hydropower project to be built on the Savannah River. Behind it lies one of the largest Corps of Engineer lakes east of the Mississippi.

The Thurmond Dam powerhouse contains seven power units, each ...