Editing Robert Byrd (section)

{{Important}}{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Robert Byrd official portrait.jpg
|fullname = Robert Carlyle Byrd
|alias = Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. (birth name)
|origin =North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
|occupation = U.S. Senator from West Virginia (1959 - 2010)
|type of villain = Redeemed White Supremacist 
|goals = Redeem himself for his racist past (successful)
|crimes = [[Racism]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Sexism]]
|hobby = 
}}{{Quote|To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.|Robert Byrd}}
'''Robert Carlyle Byrd''' (born '''Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr.'''; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. 

A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd also served as a U.S. Representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan; he was the last remaining member of the U.S. Senate to have served during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower; and he was the last remaining member of Congress to have served during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and both chambers of Congress.