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Capitol Love Affair Dirksen and the U.S. Senate
Washington profile of Everett Dirksen portrays a flamboyant, influential senator whose blunt wit and strategic skill earned him respect from presidents and colleagues. The piece traces his rise from Pekin to Senate leadership, his flexible stances, health struggles, and distinctive rhetoric shaping American policy and civil rights debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson Ashington
U.S
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Dirksen
United Nations
Tennessee
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Senate
Johnson
Jacob K. Javits
Capitol
Pekin
U.S. Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House
Virginia
Potomac
John R. Gomien
Eisenhower
Ike
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Everett Dirksen
Washington