Dirksen, Everett McKinley
- Authoritative Name:
- Dirksen, Everett McKinley
- Biography:
- "Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., January 4, 1896; attended public schools and the University of Minnesota College of Law at Minneapolis; during the First World War served overseas as a private and later as a second lieutenant of Field Artillery 1918-1919; general manager of a dredging company 1922-1925; commissioner of finance of Pekin, Ill., 1927-1931; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1936 and commenced practice in Pekin, Ill.; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1949); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Eightieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1948; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1950; reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968, and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 7, 1969; Republican whip 1957-1959; minority leader 1959-1969; chairman, Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements (Ninetieth Congress); lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, September 9-10, 1969; interment in Glendale Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Associated Subjects:
- Dirksen, Everett McKinley
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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24 items in 5 collections (expand all)
--I feel like scoring again-- / Baldy, [1968 Mar. 6].
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1968-03-06
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--It may require a little alteration attention, Barry! / Baldy, [ca. 1964]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--Next, the chair recognizes-- / Baldy, 1967 Nov. 7.
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1967-11-07
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--Now my next point-- / Baldy, [1967 Nov. 7].
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1967-11-04
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--Picking on these poor defenseless people shame on you, boy! / Baldy, [1969 Mar. 31]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1969-03-31
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--Pssst-- Don't you know there's a war on? / Baldy, [1968]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1968
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 3)
- Creator:
- Allen, Pamela P., 1943-
- Date of Original:
- 1967/1974
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)
- Creator:
- Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Poor People's Corporation--Correspondence, COFO, 1964, Jan. 30-1964, Oct. 14 (Poor People's Corporation records, 1960-1967, Archives Main Stacks, Mss 172, Box 1, Folder 1)
- Creator:
- Poor People's Corporation
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01
1964-02
1964-03
1964-04
1964-05
1964-06
1946-07
1974-08
1964-09
1964-10 - Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Robinson--Correspondence, 1964-1966 (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 1)
- Creator:
- Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942-
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1966
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Shirah--Correspondence and memos, 1961, 1963-1964, undated (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 3)
- Creator:
- Shirah, Samuel C., 1943-
- Date of Original:
- 1961
1963
1964 - Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Oral history interview with David Gambrell, 1992 September 21
- Creator:
- Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-
- Date of Original:
- 1992-09-21
- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Contributing Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
Oral history interview with Phil Landrum, 1988 July 25-26
- Creator:
- Landrum, Phil M.
- Date of Original:
- 1988-07-25/1988-07-26
- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Contributing Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
Everett M. Dirksen to Hugh, 17 March 1954
- Creator:
- Dirksen, Everett McKinley
- Date of Original:
- 1954-03-17
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
BLACK CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ON THOSE WHO WOULD FILIBUSTER "TO DEATH" CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION (1963)
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1963
1963-01-01 - Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
DIRKSEN AND SENATOR COMMENT ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL (1960)
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1960
1960-01-01 - Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
DIRKSEN ON CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1960-03-22
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commenting on the United States' Congress failure to pass equal housing legislation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1966-00-00
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection