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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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1973.257.1
John Fischetti
1968
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1965.28.389
William (Bill) Mauldin
1965
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1973.1.697
Richard Yardley
ca. February 1968
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1973.1.559
Jim Berryman
ca. September 1959
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1973.1.2774
Burges Green
ca. January 1960
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1973.1.907
Herc Ficklen
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1973.1.2810
Times-Picayune
ca. June 1968
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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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