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    Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House...
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    The Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, commonly referred to as the Dirksen Federal Building, is a skyscraper in the Chicago Loop at 219...
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    Senate in Washington, D.C., and was named for the late Minority Leader Everett Dirksen from Illinois in 1972. On the eve of America's entry into World War...
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  • music promoter and emcee Emily Dirksen (born 1969), American rower Everett Dirksen (1896–1969), U.S. politician Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington...
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    in two best-selling books on Hillary Clinton. In 2008, he won the Everett Dirksen Award and Sandy Hume Award. Allen has appeared as a commentator on...
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    to the nation that evening. Two days later, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield both voiced support for the...
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    States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen won re-election to his fourth term. The primaries and general election...
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    in January 1969 and was elevated to Senate Minority Leader after Everett Dirksen's death later that year. As the Republican leader in the Senate, Scott...
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    the presidential oath of office to Nixon, and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen administered the vice presidential oath to Agnew. Nixon had narrowly...
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  • civil rights bills however, ultimately enabling President Johnson and Everett Dirksen to convince sufficient numbers of congressional Republicans to ally...
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