Robert C. Byrd; Child of the Appalachian Coalfields
by Robert C. Byrd
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The senator's biography follows his experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the U.S. Senate.Tags
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Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia has served in the U.S. Congress for fifty-one years, forty-five of them as a senator. He is ranking member, and senior member, of the Senate Appropriations Committee and has twice been president pro tempore of the Senate -- third in line to succeed the president. He is also a former majority leader of the show more Senate show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Robert C. Byrd; Child of the Appalachian Coalfields
- Original publication date
- 2005 (1st edition) (1st edition)
- People/Characters
- Robert C. Byrd
- Important places
- West Virginia, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (2005): Robert C. Byrd : child of the Appalachian coalfields / by Robert C. Byrd
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 328.73 — Society, government, & culture Political science U.S. Congress - Legislation & Legislative Process North America United States
- LCC
- E840.8 .B965 .A3 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Biography (General)
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 26
- Popularity
- 1,042,290
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
