Robert Byrd

Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States Senate from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative from West Virginia's 6th congressional district from 1953 to 1959. Byrd is the longest serving senator in American history, the second longest serving member of Congress, and the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the West Virginia Legislature and the U.S. Congress.