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Thurmond shifts to Goldwater Republicans in party break
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina moves farther than most defection cases by quitting the Democratic Party to join the Goldwater Republicans. The shift echoes earlier actions by Senators Morse and Norris as Thurmond stakes his loyalty with Barry Goldwater.
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Raymond Lahr
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Sen
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Senate
Democratic Party
Thurmond
Goldwater Republicans
D-Ore
GOP
Morse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Eign Relations Committee
Norris
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Houseland Senate
Nortis
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose Can
Roosevelt
House
Tom Heflin
Ala
Herbert Hoover
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Bronson Cutting
Joseph H. Ball
Rminn
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Progressive Party
Eawin F. Ladd
R-Nd
Lynn J. Frazier
Eastland
D-Mass
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Barry Goldwater
Harry Truman
Supreme Court
Strom Thurmond