Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member and former leader of the Democratic Party. Byrd has held the office since January 3, 1959 and is the longest-serving member in the Senate's history. He is also the oldest current member of the United States Congress
"One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way One of these days I'll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who'll be with me will be my family."
