Sen. Robert Byrd logs his 20,774th day -- almost 57 years -- in Congress . Ku Klux Klan is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Byrd rules and history . West Virginian says joining Ku Klux Klan in almost 57 years was his `` most egregious mistake '' Three months later , he criticized Bush 's landing a jet on the USS Abraham Lincoln to signal the end of the Iraq war as `` flamboyant showmanship . '' When he arrived in D.C. in 1953 , gasoline costs 3 cents a gallon , a stamp was 20 cents .
Sen. Robert Byrd logs his 20,774th day -- almost 57 years -- in Congress . Ku Klux Klan is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Byrd rules and history . West Virginian says joining Ku Klux Klan in almost 57 years was his `` most egregious mistake '' When he arrived in D.C. in 1953 , gasoline costs 3 cents a gallon , a stamp was 20 cents .