Birth Name: Everett McKinley Dirksen
Date of Birth: January 4, 1896
Place of Birth: Pekin, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Death: September 7, 1969
Place of Death: Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Ethnicity: German
Everett Dirksen was an American politician. A Republican, he served as a Member of the House of Representatives from Illinois, from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1949, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, from January 3, 1951 to September 7, 1969, his death, the Senate Minority Whip, from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1959, and Senate Minority Leader, from January 3, 1959 to September 7, 1969.
Everett was a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1944.
Everett was born in Pekin, Illinois, the son of German parents, Antje (Conradi/Conrady) and Johann Friedrich/Friedrichs Dirksen. His mother was born in Aurich.