Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)

Robert Byrd

American politician (1917–2010)

Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving…