With a public service career spanning over 70 years, the speeches of Senator Strom Thurmond document the evolution of his thoughts, opinions, and philosophies in all of the public offices he held – State Senator, Circuit Judge, Governor, and U.S. Senator. His words are reflective of the times and of his unflagging support of his constituents. These speeches available online are only a small portion of the Strom Thurmond Collection. Please visit the guide to the Strom Thurmond Collection for additional information.
Submissions from 1958
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond in support of second point of order directed against H. R. 7999 on Senate floor, 1958 June 30, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina with reference to a statement issued by him on 1957 August 30, 1958 January 7, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond on Foreign Aid Bill, H. R. 12181, on Senate floor, 1958 June 5, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond on Senate floor, 1958 February 24, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond on Senate floor, 1958 June 18, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond on Senate floor Re: Confirmation of Gordon Tiffany as Staff Director, Civil Rights Commission, 1958 May 14, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for his weekly radio broadcast, 1958 July 10, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for his weekly radio broadcast, 1958 July 17, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for his weekly radio broadcast, 1958 July 3, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for his weekly radio broadcast, 1958 June 12, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for his weekly radio broadcast, 1958 May 22, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for South Carolina Broadcasters, 1958 April 24, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for South Carolina radio stations, 1958 February 27, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for South Carolina radio stations, 1958 March 6, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for television, 1958 April 17, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for television, 1958 August 14, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for television, 1958 July 10, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for television, 1958 July 11, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for television, 1958 June 5, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for television, 1958 May 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for television, 1958 May 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded for weekly radio broadcast, 1958 April 24, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond Re: Death of Charles Peace, 1958 May 15, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond Re: Little Rock, 1958 May 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond Re: Textile Study Resolution recorded for television,1958 May 6, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond, televised 1958 February 7, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond to press, 1958 August 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement by Senator Strom Thurmond to Press, 1958 February 26, Strom Thurmond
Statement for Miss Henrietta Means, Charleston News and Courier, (Issued in the absence of Senator Thurmond), 1958 June 26, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) before the Senate Finance Committee regarding H. R. 8381, 1958 February 28, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) for Lawrence News Service,1958 April 2, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) in opposition to case amendment to S. 3497 on Senate floor, 1958 April 15, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) in opposition to District of Columbia Home Rule Bill on Senate floor, 1958 August, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) in opposition to Federal Aid to Education Bill S. 4237, on Senate floor, 1958 August 14, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Armed Services Reduction in Force Program on Senate floor, 1958 August 22, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Defense Reorganization Act on Senate floor, 1958 July 18, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on his amendment to S. 3497, the Community Facilities Loan Bill, on Senate floor, 1958 April 16, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on introduction of new Section 306 to National Labor Relations Act on floor of Senate, 1958 May 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Jenner-Butler Amendment to H. R. 6789 on Senate floor, 1958 August 20, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Morse Amendment S. 1313 to the Social Security Bill on the Senate floor, 1958 August 16, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on S. 2646 before Internal Security Sub-Committee of the Judiciary Committee, 1958 February 27, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on S. 2646 before Internal Security Sub-Committee of the Judiciary Committee, 1958 February 27, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Senate floor, 1958 April 2, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Senate floor, 1958 March 20, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Senate floor, 1958 March 21, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Senate floor, commenting on Senator Payne's address, 1958 April 2, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Senate floor regarding Thurmond amendment to strike Section 605 from S. 3974, 1958 June 12, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Senate floor upon introduction of S. 2995, Veterans' Housing Extension, 1958 January 13, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on the Senate floor, 1958 January 27, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on the Senate floor upon introduction of Taft-Hartley Amendment, 1958 May 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the plea of double jeopardy, 1958 May 8, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) Re: Anti-Defamation League Dinner, 1958 February 27, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) upon introduction of amendment to the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 on Senate floor, 1958 May 22, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) upon introduction of Educational Tax Credit Bill on the floor of the Senate, 1958 March 13, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) with reference to Section 122 of S. 3414 on the Senate floor, 1958 March 26, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond for South Carolina television stations, 1958 March 12, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond for television, 1958 March 13, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond for weekly broadcast, 1958 March 13, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond for weekly radio broadcast, 1958 March 20, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond on S. 4213, to provide vocational rehabilitation training for disabled peacetime veterans, 1958 August 14, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond on the Senate floor, 1958 February 21, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for South Carolina radio stations, 1958 February 20, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond recorded for television, 1958 February 19, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Senator Strom Thurmond to press, 1958 March 12, Strom Thurmond
Statement to press by Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC), 1958 March 26, Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond reports to the people, Vol. IV, 1958 January 13-September 1, Strom Thurmond
Summary by Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Bill of 1958, 1958 June 19, Strom Thurmond
Television film clip by Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) on Toll TV, 1958 January 27, Strom Thurmond
Transcript of address by Honorable Strom Thurmond on Manion Forum, 1958 December 14, Strom Thurmond
U.S. Senate memorandum on Senator Strom Thurmond announcing National Science Foundation summer institutes, 1958 November 17, Strom Thurmond
Weekly radio address of Senator Strom Thurmond, recorded 1958 January 23, Strom Thurmond
Submissions from 1957
Actions of the First Session of the 85th Congress, Strom Thurmond
Address at Donaldson Air Force Base on Armed Forces Day, Strom Thurmond
Address by Senator Strom Thurmond (-SC) in the Senate in opposition to enactment of the so-called Civil Rights Bill, 1957 July 11, Strom Thurmond
Address in the Senate by Senator Strom Thurmond, D-SC, on the subject of the Senate as a continuing body, 1957 January 4, Strom Thurmond
Address in the U.S. Senate by Senator Strom Thurmond, (D-SC), upon introducing a bill to curb the power of the court, 1957 June 26, Strom Thurmond
Address of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) in the Senate against the compromise version of H. R. 6127, 1957 August 27, Strom Thurmond
Address of Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) in the Senate in opposition to passage of H. R. 6127, 1957 August 6, Strom Thurmond
Address to Greenville, SC, American Legion Post, Strom Thurmond
Address to State Convention of The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Strom Thurmond
Address to state convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Strom Thurmond
Amendment proposal on jury trials in certain contempt proceedings, circa 1957, Strom Thurmond
Bill to prohibit the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages on airplanes, Strom Thurmond
Civil affairs military government in the atomic age, Strom Thurmond
Civil Affairs/Military Government in the Atomic Age, Strom Thurmond
Constitutional government, Strom Thurmond
Equal Rights Amendment for Women, Strom Thurmond
Explanation of bill restricting the importation of plywood, Strom Thurmond
Explanation of bill to provide a standard tax deduction for small businesses, Strom Thurmond
Farmers Home Administration survey for emergency farm loans, Strom Thurmond
Guests at the Sandy Grove Luncheon, Strom Thurmond
High school students write letter about national debt, Strom Thurmond
Inserting Two South Carolina Editorials into Senate Record, Strom Thurmond