Sen. Robert C. Byrd | 1917-2010
As Sen. Byrd, far right, and other members of the Senate look on, Sen. Strom Thurmond swears in Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to preside over President Clinton’s impeachment trial. (U.S. Senate / Associated Press)
Sen. Byrd talks to members of the media before the resumption of President Clinton’s impeachment trial. Byrd was openly hostile over Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky. (Timothy Clary / AFP/Getty Images)
Sen. Byrd and fellow Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy talk to reporters about the situation in Iraq. That day, President Bush put allies on notice that diplomacy would give way to a decision on war in “weeks, not months.” (Susan Walsh / Associated Press)
Sen. Byrd discusses an amendment to President Bush’s request for $87 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Byrd said the administration’s “plan for Iraq has not worked. It is costing lives each day.” (Dennis Cook / Associated Press)
Sen. Byrd the year before he was reelected with 64% of the vote to an unprecedented ninth term in the Senate. (Bob Bird / Associated Press)
Sen. Byrd emphasizes a point in an interview with a copy of the Constitution he carried in his pocket. (Linda Spillers / For The Times)
Sen. Byrd with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Byrd cried on the Senate floor in 2008 at the news that Kennedy had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and when Kennedy suffered a seizure at President Obama’s inauguration lunch in January 2009, Byrd was so upset that he too was taken out of the event in a wheelchair. (Karen Bleier / AFP/Getty Images)
Byrd, second from right, with Sens. John W. Warner, left, Carl Levin and John McCain on Capitol Hill. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Byrd at a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in 2008. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Byrd was known for his oratory skills. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Byrd, left, wipes his eyes as Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), stands alongside the hearse carrying his father after it stopped in front of the Capitol to allow members of Congress and their staffs to pay their respects. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Byrd, accompanied by longtime staff member Martha Anne McIntosh, arrives on Capitol Hill in 2009 to vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press)
