Strom Thurmond (R-SC)

Strom Thurmond represented South Carolina in the U.S. Senate from 1956-2003. He previously served a separate period in the U.S. Senate, as Governor of South Carolina, and in the South Carolina State Senate. He identified as a Republican but identified as a Democrat before 1964. He died in 2003.

1968

–Endorsed Richard Nixon (R) for President (won)

1976

–Endorsed Ronald Reagan (R) for President (lost primary)

–Endorsed Gerald Ford (R) for President (lost general election)

1980

–Endorsed John Connally (R) for President (lost primary)

–Endorsed Ronald Reagan (R) for President (won)

1984

–Endorsed Ronald Reagan (R) for President (won)

1988

–Endorsed George H. W. Bush (R) for President (won)

1992

–Endorsed George H. W. Bush (R) for President (lost general election)

2000

–Endorsed George W. Bush (R) for President (won)