Kansas City, (1897–1998), county prosecutor Jackson County, Missouri (1898–1900). He opposed the League of Nations and supported immigration reform to exclude Asian and African immigration. Absalom Willis Robertson, Senator from Virginia (1946–1966), Member, United States House of Representatives, Virginia At Large District (1933–1935), 7th District (1935–1946), Commonwealth Attorney, Rockbridge County, Virginia (1922–1928). He was a Dixiecrat and member of the Conservative Coalition who opposed Civil Rights. Richard Russell Jr., Senator from Georgia (1933–1971), 66th governor of Georgia (1931–1933). Russell was a founder of the conservative coalition. Richard Shelby, Senator from Alabama (1987-2023), member of the United States House of Representatives, Alabama's 7th District (1979-1987), member of Alabama State Senate, 16th District (1971-1979), he was one of the more conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives and a member of the boll weevils. In 1994, he switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Ellison D. Smith, Senator from South Carolina (1909–1944), South Carolina House of Representatives, Sumter County (1892–1901), he opposed women's suffrage, opposed a federal minimum wage, in World War II, he opposed the national war mobilization effort, and opposed immigration. His opposition to the New Deal caused Franklin D. Roosevelt to try to defeat him in the 1938 Democratic primary, but he was reelected. He supported Republican Thomas E. Dewey for president in 1944. Willis Smith, Senator from North Carolina (1950–1953), North Carolina House of Representatives (1928–1932), when he ran for the Senate in 1950, the liberal wing of the party opposed him, but he was aided by conservative Jesse Helms. Arlen Specter, Senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (2005–2007), Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (2003–2005, 1997–2001), Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee (1995–1997), 19th District Attorney of Philadelphia (1966–1974), and first lieutenant in the United States Air Force (1951–1953). Republican from 1965 to 2009. John C. Stennis, United States Senator from Mississippi (1947–1989). Herman Talmadge, United States Senator from Georgia (1957–1981), Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (1971–1981), and 71st Governor of Georgia (1948–1955 and 1947). Strom Thurmond, Senator from South Carolina (1956–2003, 1954–1956), president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate (2001–2003) president pro tempore of the United States Senate (2001, 1995–2001, 1981–1987), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (0995–1999), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987), 103rd Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951), member of the South Carolina Senate from Edgefield County (1933–1938), and