Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia was elected to the US Senate in 1959, just after Alaska and Hawaii were admitted to the Union. He served for 51 years, longer than any other member. In failing ...

Robert Byrd, Longest-Serving U.S. Senator, Dead at 92 Published June 27, 2010 • Updated on October 13, 2010 at 10:50 am Log in or create a free profile to save articles ...

Leave it to black folk to tell it like it is, while exercising some restraint, and we love it. CBC Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) released a statement on the passing of Sen. Robert Byrd of ...

WASHINGTON — Robert C. Byrd, who rose from the poverty of West Virginia coal country to become the sage and conscience of U.S. Senate in a political career stretching more than half a century, died ...

An agreement with Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia salvaged a key piece of President Biden’s agenda. But Democrats still have a few crucial steps to take before it becomes law. By Emily ...

About 10,000 men and women have served in the United States Congress. Robert C. Byrd, who died Monday at age 92, served longer than all the rest - -more than 57 years, with six in the House and 51 in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hundreds of West Virginians, two U.S. presidents and dozens of family members and friends gathered Friday to pay tribute to Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S.

Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), the nation’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. Byrd was admitted to the hospital last week for dehydration and never recovered. He spent 50 years in the ...

West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, a former Klansman who became a Democratic senator, died overnight after being admitted to a D.C. area hospital.