With a public service career spanning over 70 years, the speeches of Senator Strom Thurmond document the evolution of his thoughts, opinions, and philosophies in all of the public offices he held – State Senator, Circuit Judge, Governor, and U.S. Senator. His words are reflective of the times and of his unflagging support of his constituents. These speeches available online are only a small portion of the Strom Thurmond Collection. Please visit the guide to the Strom Thurmond Collection for additional information.
Submissions from 1947
National Maritime Day, Strom Thurmond
National Parental Week, Strom Thurmond
National Pharmacy Week, Strom Thurmond
National Radio Week, Strom Thurmond
National Security Week, Strom Thurmond
National Service Insurance Week, Strom Thurmond
National Social Hygiene Day, Strom Thurmond
National Swim for Health Week, Strom Thurmond
Naval Reserve Week, Strom Thurmond
Navy Day, Strom Thurmond
New Plant Openings of Textron Southern, Inc, Strom Thurmond
Odd Fellows National Magazine, Strom Thurmond
On a "Purge" of South Carolina officials, Strom Thurmond
On Public School Survey Committee, Strom Thurmond
On the Election of Colonel Manning as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Strom Thurmond
On the Opening of Radio Station WSAV, Strom Thurmond
On the Unveiling of the Monument to Colonels Travis and Bonham, Strom Thurmond
Opening of WJMX (Radio), Strom Thurmond
Opening of WSAV (Radio), Strom Thurmond
Outline of Address of J. Strom thurmond, Governor of South Carolina at Commencement Exercises of Winthrop College, Strom Thurmond
Parent-Teacher Enrollment Month, Strom Thurmond
Peace, Strom Thurmond
Peach Blossom Week, Strom Thurmond
Poultry Facts, Strom Thurmond
Powe Veneer Company, Strom Thurmond
Preparations for Possible Hurricane Strike in South Carolina, Strom Thurmond
Price Reduction, Strom Thurmond
Procedures for Deactivating Dangerous War Trophies, Strom Thurmond
"Proclamation of Universal Military Training Week.", Strom Thurmond
Proofread Press Release of Chief Thurmond, Strom Thurmond
Public Health Nursing Week, Strom Thurmond
Purchase of Anchor Corporation Alumina Plant, Strom Thurmond
Purchases for State Institutions, Strom Thurmond
Radio Address of J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina on the Opening of the Lawson Frozen Food Plant, Strom Thurmond
Radio Address of J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina to Baptist Young People Over WKIX, Strom Thurmond
Radio As a Means of Getting Into the Home, Strom Thurmond
Radio Talk on National Home Demonstration Week, Strom Thurmond
Raiding Elks Club for Gambling and Liquor, Strom Thurmond
Reference to addresses Before National Association of Real Estate Boards, Strom Thurmond
Religious Education Week, Strom Thurmond
Safety Week, Strom Thurmond
Salute to America's Free Radio, Strom Thurmond
Section 3096 of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, Strom Thurmond
Shut-In Day, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina Agriculture as a Business, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina Agriculture as a Business, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina and Its Future, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina General Assembly, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina Retirement Act, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina's Industrial Outlook, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina's Seaports, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina State Junior Chamber of Commerce's Plan for Better Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents, Strom Thurmond
South Carolina State Ports Authority Steamship Service (Charleston), Strom Thurmond
Southeast Shippers Advisory Board, Strom Thurmond
Southern Freight Rate Reductions, Strom Thurmond
Southern Governors' Freight Rates Committee, Strom Thurmond
Spartanburg County's Peach Industry. (WSPA Radio), Strom Thurmond
State Assistance to Veterans, Strom Thurmond
State Employee Salaries Will Only Be Cut as a Last Resort, Strom Thurmond
State Farm Safety Committee, Strom Thurmond
State Finances and Institutions, Strom Thurmond
Statement by J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina on Occasion of the Opening of Radio Station WJMX, Strom Thurmond
Statement from Governor J. Strom Thurmond on South Carolina Seaports and Facilities, Strom Thurmond
Statement from J. Strom Thurmond for South Carolina Education News, Strom Thurmond
Statement of Governor Thurmond on Columbia Record's 50th Anniversary "South Carolina Of Tomorrow.", Strom Thurmond
Statement of J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina on Thanksgiving Relief Plans, Strom Thurmond
Statement of J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina, on the Beginning of Radio Station WMRC-FM Operation, Strom Thurmond
Statement of J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina, on the Dedication of Radio Station WALD, Strom Thurmond
Statement on Banker's Essay Contest on Soil Conservation, Strom Thurmond
Statement Regarding Mr. Ben E. Davis, Member of Penal Board, Strom Thurmond
State Park Day, Strom Thurmond
State Park Day Address, Strom Thurmond
State's Progress During the Year. (The Associated Press), Strom Thurmond
Sullivan's Island Committee, Strom Thurmond
Sunday Blue Laws, Strom Thurmond
Sunday School Week, Strom Thurmond
Telegram, to Governor Millard F. Caldwell of Florida: Hurricane Disasters, Strom Thurmond
Temperance Day, Strom Thurmond
Textiles and the South, Strom Thurmond
Text of Remarks of Governor J. Strom Thurmond at 17th Anniversary of WSPA and Dedication of WSPA-FM, Strom Thurmond
Textron Southern, Inc. Plant Openings, Strom Thurmond
Thanksgiving Day, Strom Thurmond
The First Law of Nature (Sixteenth Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit), Strom Thurmond
The Freedom Train, Strom Thurmond
The Freedom Train, Strom Thurmond
The Uneasy World and Universal Military Training. (National Convention of American Veterans), Strom Thurmond
Thomas A. Edison Day, Strom Thurmond
Thurmond's Mother Selected "South Carolina Mother of the Year", Strom Thurmond
Thurmond Urges Support of South Carolina Ports Authority, Strom Thurmond
To American Wool & Cotton Reporter, Strom Thurmond
"Twenty-Ninth Anniversary of Czechoslovak Republic." New Yorske Listy and New Yorsky Dennik, Strom Thurmond
United Jewish Appeal, Strom Thurmond
Universal Military Training Week, Strom Thurmond
Urging Tobacco Farmers to Vote for Protection of Foreign Tobacco Markets, Strom Thurmond
U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on the Southern Governors' Freight Weight Case, Strom Thurmond
Veterans of Foreign Wars Poppy Day, Strom Thurmond
Vocational Rehabilitation, Strom Thurmond
Wartime Sunday Amusement Law, Strom Thurmond
White Cane Week, Strom Thurmond
Why Edgefield People Should Trade At Home, Strom Thurmond