The longest serving senator in U.S. history, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), died Monday. He was 92.Byrd was admitted to Fairfax Inova Hospital late last week for dehydration and heat exhaustion. What was originally considered a minor condition, developed into other medical conditions throughout the week. Byrd had been in frail health for several years.
Byrd, a Democrat, was known as a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to his state of West Virginia. He held his seat in the Senate for more than 50 years, serving as its majority leader for six of those years. He was most recently elected to an unprecedented ninth consecutive term in the Senate in 2006.
W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, is expected to appoint a replacement.
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