James Strom Thurmond
December 5, 1902-June 26, 2003
The longest serving and oldest Senator in American history, he began his public service as Edgefield County Superintendent of Education in 1929. A decorated soldier and circuit court judge, he was elected in the U.S. Senate as a write in candidate in 1954.
Marker is on Waterworkd Road, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
