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Last Updated: Friday, 27 June, 2003, 10:40 GMT 11:40 UK
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Strom Thurmond: A life in pictures
Strom Thurmond in 1922 at the Camp McClellan, Alabama Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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Strom Thurmond started out as a young gun in the Alabama Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Vice-President Richard Nixon, right, congratulates Thurmond as he is sworn in as a Senator in 1955
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Thurmond was the longest-serving senator, here he is congratulated by Richard Nixon as he is sworn in
Strom Thurmond announces his decision to join the Republican candidate
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The young Democrat switched sides in 1964, joining the Republican presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater
Strom Thurmond with Miss South Carolina, Nancy Moore, at a Republican Grand Old Party fund-raiser in 1966. They married in 1968
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Thurmond married Miss South Carolina, Nancy Moore, in 1968
Strom Thurmond his wife, Nancy, and their children in the backyard of their home in Columbia, South Carolina
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Thurmond and his wife, Nancy, and their children in the backyard of their home in Columbia, South Carolina
Strom Thurmond waves to photographers from his desk on Capitol Hill on December 4 2002, a day before his 100th birthday
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Thurmond retired in January, at the age of 100 and after 49 years' service in the Senate


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