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Governor of South Carolina.

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Senator from South Carolina. Strom Thurmond served in the United States Senate from to interrupted in Bush , and George W. The incumbent U. Maybank , was unopposed for re-election in , but he died two months before the Election day. Various leaders requested a primary election for choosing the new nominee; however, the Democratic Party selected Edgar A.

Brown , a state senator as the party 's nominee to replace Maybank without conducting a primary election. Thurmond organised a write-in campaign for the vacant senate seat. He pledged that if he won, he would resign in to force a primary election. His victory made him the first person to be elected to the U. Senate as a write-in candidate.

He spoke of the importance of education, saying "it should be a primary duty of the states just as national defense is a primary obligation of the federal government. He argued the bill would strengthen Eisenhower during the Geneva Summit. Thurmond asserted that patriotism could not be purchased. Thurmond co-wrote the first version of the Southern Manifesto , stating disagreement with the U.

Supreme Court ruling in Brown v.