Since I heard that Robert Byrd was a KKK member, I have been curious to find out if there were any other members of the KKK in the US Congress or Senate.
2007-04-24 09:22:12 · 15 answers · asked by Richard J 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Yes, in fact the KKK was founded by Democrats.
2007-04-24 09:25:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Notwithstanding the first answer, the only documented member of the KKK in the current Congress is Robert Byrd.
2007-04-24 09:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No.
Ever heard of Strom Thurmond?
He WAS a Democrat until 1964, then turned Republican when the parties basically switched, as others have pointed out to you. So yeah, pre-60's KKK was most likely a Democrat, and after 60's most racists and segregationists are Republican.
2007-04-24 09:30:36 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Robert Byrd was a KKK member for a year in 1942.
2007-04-24 09:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not true. Byrd wasn't a member of congress when he was in the Klan. In the 20's there was a mix of republican and democrat Klan members in congress, as well as in state governments.
2007-04-24 10:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely, at least in the early years. The Republican Party in the US was founded with the sole purpose of eliminating slavery in the US (look it up, I'm not making this up here). That would be something the KKK would have opposed...
2007-04-24 09:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by Paul McDonald 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The anti-Lincoln South voted Democrat for decades after the Civil War, and southern leaders were often in the Klan. With the advent of FDR and the New Deal, the Democratic party changed, and these same southern Democrats found their way to the Republican party over time.
So if you follow the Fox credo of "fair and balanced", you must ask - in addition to your question - which of these race-focused Democrats switched to the Republican side?
2007-04-24 09:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If yes, then why Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson- DEMOCRATS?
Majority of Jews and African-Americans in the Senate and Congress are Democrats.
2007-04-24 09:30:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
True, and black people also used to vote strictly Republican.. during the Reconstruction
2007-04-24 09:27:16 · answer #9 · answered by graco3wj 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
'Fraid so.
Duke was never in Congress nor in the Senate.
2007-04-24 09:26:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋