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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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1970.35.91
1967
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1973.1.245
Gene Basset
ca. March 1967
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1966.64.32
Bill Crawford
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1973.1.1536
John Milt Morris
ca. October 1967
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1965.28.39
Jim Berry
ca. August 1965
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1973.1.1031
Bernard Seaman
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1973.1.1882
Bob Taylor
ca. February 1967
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