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    James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 – February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat...
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    Stennis was a zealous supporter of racial segregation. Along with James Eastland, he supported the Dixiecrat ticket in 1948 headed by Strom Thurmond...
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    SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago...
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    violence in Birmingham on the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, Mississippi Senator James Eastland, and President Kennedy for failing to use "the great prestige of his...
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    Mississippi was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland won re-election to his sixth term. To date, this was the last time that...
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  • complete the unexpired term of Senator Pat Harrison. Interim Senator James Eastland did not run for a full term in office. In the election, U.S. Representative...
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  • racial hostility, segregationist Southern Democrat Mississippi Senator James Eastland calls Parker to an informal hearing and probes his mysterious past....
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    election in Mississippi was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Senator James Eastland was re-elected to a fourth term in office against nominal opposition...
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    Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent James Eastland, who first entered the Senate on 1941, was re-elected to a fifth term...
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    Nelson Rockefeller (R) from December 19, 1974 President pro tempore: James Eastland (D) Permanent acting president pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D) Majority...
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