Dirksen

[durk-suhn]

noun

1. Everett McKinley, 1896–1969, U.S. politician.

Example Sentences

They need a sizable guaranteed income, great health care and a comfortable living until they freeze in a blank stare and drool from a podium in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

From Salon

The hearing, held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, began with a video of victims of child sexual exploitation, who said the tech companies had failed them.

From New York Times

He is a co-writer of “Gallant Men,” a song that became an unlikely top 40 hit for Everett McKinley Dirksen, a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois, in 1967.

From Los Angeles Times

Senator Everett M. Dirksen, a Republican from Illinois who was the Senate minority leader, recited the lines Mr. Osgood had written.

From New York Times

Burke left the Dirksen Federal Courthouse without comment.

From Seattle Times