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 1955
Nomination of Judge Harlan to the Supreme Court, Strom Thurmond
Notes for Freedom Shrines address at Hand Junior High School, Columbia, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond
Opposition to Housing Bill, Strom Thurmond
Passage of textile resolution, Strom Thurmond
Plans to improve the military reserve structure, Strom Thurmond
Postal Pay Bill, Strom Thurmond
President's New Military Reserve Plan, Strom Thurmond
Price reduction of cotton, Strom Thurmond
Proposed amendments to Reciprocal Trade Agreements Bill, Strom Thurmond
Proposed bill to limit litigation promoted by tax-exempt money, Strom Thurmond
Proposed introduction of farm resolution, Strom Thurmond
Recent riots in Turkey against Greek citizens, Strom Thurmond
Reciprocal Trade Agreements bill, Strom Thurmond
Reciprocal Trade Bill Extension, Strom Thurmond
Remarks for the American Cancer Society campaign, Strom Thurmond
Remarks on CBS Capitol Cloakroom about education, Strom Thurmond
Remarks on CBS Capitol Cloakroom about states rights, Strom Thurmond
Remarks on military reserve program, Strom Thurmond
Remarks on Senate Floor about South Carolina, Strom Thurmond
Reporters' Roundup: Problems of the South, Strom Thurmond
Report of National President of the Reserve Officers Association, Strom Thurmond
Request for ban on alcohol aboard airliners, Strom Thurmond
Request for investigation of textile tariff reductions, Strom Thurmond
Restoration of funding for Fort Jackson and Charleston Air Force Base, Strom Thurmond
Review of 1955 legislation for radio-TV addresses, Strom Thurmond
Review of 1955 Senate legislation, Strom Thurmond
Rural Electrification Administration deferment of payments, Strom Thurmond
Rural Electrification Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Rural Electrification Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Rural Electrification Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Rural Electrification Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Rural Electrification Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Safe-Driving Day in Spartanburg County, Strom Thurmond
Senate bill regarding cotton export program, Strom Thurmond
Senate committee assignments for 84th Congress, first session, Strom Thurmond
Senate office staff appointments, Strom Thurmond
Senate staff appointment of Warren H. Abernathy, Strom Thurmond
Senator Thurmond calls for open Big Four Conference, Strom Thurmond
Set asides in government contract bidding, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loan, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loans, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loans, Strom Thurmond
Small Business Administration loans, Strom Thurmond
Small business drought disaster loans, Strom Thurmond
Sparkman-Jones Rural Farm Housing Act, Strom Thurmond
Speech before South Carolina State Grange, Strom Thurmond
Statement about address before Newberry Electric Cooperative, Strom Thurmond
Statement at States Rights League meeting, Strom Thurmond
Statement before Senate Agriculture Committee, Strom Thurmond
Statement before Senate Agriculture Sub-Committee on Interest Rates, Strom Thurmond
Statement before the Reserve Officers Association National Council Banquet, Strom Thurmond
Statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Reserve Bill, Strom Thurmond
Statement before the Senate Finance Committee on textile tariff, Strom Thurmond
Statement before the Wiggins Committee on State Financing, Strom Thurmond
Statement concerning remarks on reservists, Strom Thurmond
Statement in favor of cotton acreage allotment, Strom Thurmond
Statement on address before Laurens civic clubs, Strom Thurmond
Statement on address before rural letter carriers, Strom Thurmond
Statement on China's claims on Formosa, Strom Thurmond
Statement on cotton export policy, Strom Thurmond
Statement on Eisenhower's State of the Union address, 1955, Strom Thurmond
Statement on letter to Tariff Commission, Strom Thurmond
Statement on resolution about tariff reductions, Strom Thurmond
Statement on speech to Richland County Legion Post, Columbia, SC, Strom Thurmond
Statement on Tenth Anniversary of Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Strom Thurmond
Statement on the twentieth anniversary of the Rural Electrification Administration, Strom Thurmond
Statement on Trade Agreements Extension Act, Strom Thurmond
Statement regarding Lyndon Johnson's illness, Strom Thurmond
Statement to the House Armed Services Committee on H.R. 2967, Strom Thurmond
Statement upon taking office as Senator, Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond reports to the people, Vol. I, 1955 March 17-August 24, Strom Thurmond
Supporting Florence, S.C. as new location for Atlantic Coast Line Railway offices, Strom Thurmond
Support program for weathered cotton, Strom Thurmond
Supreme Court decision on school segregation, Strom Thurmond
Suspension of Japanese cotton goods exports, Strom Thurmond
Tariff on textile products, Strom Thurmond
Telegram to Eisenhower on Reserve Bill, Strom Thurmond
Television Report, Strom Thurmond
Television Report, Strom Thurmond
Television service delays in Spartanburg, Strom Thurmond
Textile tariff resolution introduction, Strom Thurmond
Textile tariff situation, Strom Thurmond
Thurmond aids Charleston veterans with housing purchase, Strom Thurmond
Thurmond support for Symington arms control resolution, Strom Thurmond
Tribute to General Charles P. Summerall, Strom Thurmond
Trip-leasing regulations on farm products, Strom Thurmond
TV and Radio Report, Strom Thurmond
TV program on 1955 Reserve Act, Strom Thurmond
Twentieth anniversary of the Senate-House Joint Recording Facilities, Strom Thurmond
Vote in favor of income tax deduction, Strom Thurmond
Weekly radio address, 1955-04-20, Strom Thurmond
Weekly Radio Report, Strom Thurmond
Weekly Radio Report, Strom Thurmond
Weekly Radio Report, Strom Thurmond
Weekly Radio Report, Strom Thurmond