Everett Dirksen
- Dietz, Terry; Republicans and Vietnam, 1961–1968 Greenwood: 1986.
- Hulsey, Byron C. Everett Dirksen and His Presidents: How a Senate Giant Shaped American Politics. University Press of Kansas, 2000.
- MacNeil, Neil. Dirksen: Portrait of a Public Man. New York: World Publishing Company, 1970.
- Rodriguez; Daniel B. and Barry R. Weingast. "The Positive Political Theory of Legislative History: New Perspectives on the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Its Interpretation" University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Volume: 151. Issue: 4. 2003. pp 1417+.
- Schapsmeier Edward L., and Frederick H. Schapsmeier. Dirksen of Illinois. University of Illinois Press, 1985, the standard biography
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- Stan Mendenhall, "Everett Dirksen and the 1964 Civil Rights Act."
- Abstract of Byron C. Hulsey, Everett Dirksen and His Presidents: how a Senate giant shaped American politics U. Kansas, 2000.
- The Dirksen Congressional Research Center
- IMDB profile
- Everett Dirksen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Everett Dirksen at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-10
- Dirksen Junior High School, Joliet, IL
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by William E. Hull |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 16th congressional district 1933 – 1949 |
Succeeded by Leo E. Allen |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Scott W. Lucas |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois 1951 – 1969 Served alongside: Paul Douglas, Charles H. Percy |
Succeeded by Ralph Tyler Smith |
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| Preceded by Ralph Brewster Maine |
Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee 1953 – 1955 |
Succeeded by Barry Goldwater Arizona |
| Preceded by Barry Goldwater Arizona |
Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee 1957 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Andrew F. Schoeppel Kansas |
| Preceded by William F. Knowland California |
Senate Republican Leader 1959 – 1969 |
Succeeded by Hugh Scott Pennsylvania |
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| Preceded by Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Persons who have lain in state or honor in the United States Capitol rotunda September 9 – September 10, 1969 |
Succeeded by J. Edgar Hoover |
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