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Byrd Stuns Kennedy as Senate Chooses New Democratic Leader
In a dramatic caucus, Robert Byrd ousted Kennedy as Democratic whip after a secret ballot. Senator Russell Russell of Georgia died shortly after the vote, leaving Byrd with 28 votes. Republicans re-elected Hugh Scott as minority leader. Mansfield kept the majority leadership. Kennedy vows to focus on health care and draft reform.
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Washington
Byrd
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Russell
Sen
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
Hugh Scott
Howard Baker Jr
Tennessee
Scott
Baker
Mansfield
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Russell B. Long
Louisia
Harrison A. Williams
New Jersey
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana