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Everett Dirksen

Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. d1641-2
Everett DirksenUnited States, 1896 - 1969

Everett Dirksen represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives and, later, in the U.S. Senate where, as a Republican, he served as Senate Minority leader from 1959-1969. He was an ally to President Johnson in passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968. He was also a strong supporter of the Vietnam war during the 1960s.

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1973.1.1882
Bob Taylor
ca. February 1967
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1973.1.709
Edmund (Ed) S. Valtman
ca. June 1968
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1965.28.334
Ross A. Lewis
ca. September 1965
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1973.1.306
F.O. (Franklin Osborne) Alexander
ca. October 1967
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1973.1.204
Bill Graham
ca. September 1965
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1973.1.142
Robbie Robinson
ca. February 1968
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1965.28.337
Ross A. Lewis
ca. September 1965
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1973.1.540
Ross A. Lewis
ca. December 1963
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1973.1.2521
Bob Taylor
ca. September 1965
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