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Senators Everett Dirksen (R-IL) and Thomas Kuchel (R-CA)


Photo: Dirksen and Kuchel

credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office

Republican leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) confers with Republican whip Thomas Kuchel (R-CA). Kuchel served as co-floor manager of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.