. . "Senate Minority Whip" . . "1969Z"^^ . . "United States Army officer" . . "1949-01-03Z"^^ . "1896-01-04Z"^^ . "1969-09-07Z"^^ . "Everett McKinley Dirksen"@en . . "Dirksen, Everett"@en . "1933-03-04Z"^^ . "1959-01-03Z"^^ . "1896Z"^^ . . "1918Z"^^ . . "1969-09-07Z"^^ . . . "1959-01-03Z"^^ . "Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 \u2013 September 7, 1969) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1933\u20131949) and U.S. Senate (1951\u20131969).As Senate Minority Leader for a decade, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s, including helping to write and pass the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, both landmarks of civil rights legislation."@en . "Member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromIllinois's16thdistrict" . "1957-01-03Z"^^ . . "1951-01-03Z"^^ . . "1919Z"^^ . .