POSITIONS:
U.S. House of Representatives (1953-1959)
U.S. Senate (1959-2010)
Senate Majority Leader (1977-1980, 1987-1988)
OVERVIEW:
Biographical Directory of Congress
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Robert C. Byrd Center
West Virginia Encyclopedia
American National Biography
Wikipedia
RESOURCES:
Robert C. Byrd Center
Congressional Papers
Byrd Oral History Project
Senate Leader’s Lecture
Ted Kennedy Oral History
Booknotes (C-SPAN, 4/7/1989)
Senate Website
ARTICLES:
The Man Who Runs the Senate (Atlantic, 9/1975)
A Senator’s Shame (WP, 6/19/2005)
Obituaries, 6/28/2010 (WP, NYT, WSJ, Politico, NPR)
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