Episode 14 : THE GIANTS OF THE SENATE and Joe Biden (Part 1) Strom Thurmond & Ernest Hollings

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Some of the 20th Century's most consequential figures all served in the last quarter of the 20th century with the man who is now the President of the United States, Joe Biden.  They may have had very little in common, and disagreed often, but they all figured out ways to get things done by reaching across the aisle and finding that common ground so necessary in making government work successfully. Strom Thurmond, Ernest Hollings, Dan Inouye , Ted Stevens , Robert Byrd and Frank Lautenberg all helped build the American Century. 

They also had one other thing in common, Joe Biden did their eulogies at their funerals.

Over the next three episodes we look back on the lives of these giants of the Senate and the marks they left on their States and their country. We also will listen to Joe Biden as he speaks at each of their funerals. Biden was known as the eulogist of the Senate long before he was a Vice President or President of the United States. 

In this episode we look at the two giant figures of South Carolina politics in the 20th century, a team that served together for nearly 4 decades and helped transform our State into its modern day form as a tourism an economic powerhouse. Today both men are enshrined in the South Carolina Hall of Fame, Strom Thurmond and Ernest Hollings. 

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