What is Everett Dirksen?
{{Infobox officeholder |birthname=Everett McKinley Dirksen |nationality=American |image=Everett dirksen painting.jpg |jr/sr=United States Senator |state=[[Illinois]] |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |term_start=January 3, 1951 |term_end=September 7, 1969 |preceded=[[Scott W. Lucas]] |succeeded=[[Ralph Tyler Smith]] |title2=[[United States Senate Minority Leader|Senate Minority Leader]] |term_start2=January 3, 1959 |term_end2=September 7, 1969 |deputy2=[[Thomas Kuchel]]<br />[[Hugh D. Scott, Jr.]] (whips) |preceded2=[[William F. Knowland]] |succeeded2=[[Hugh Scott|Hugh D. Scott, Jr.]] |order3=[[United States Senate Minority Whip|Senate Minority Whip]] |term_start3=January 3, 1957 |term_end3=January 3, 1959 |leader3=[[William F. Knowland]] |preceded3=[[Leverett Saltonstall]] |succeeded3=[[Thomas Kuchel]] |order4=Member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Illinois]]'s [[Illinois's 16th congressional district|16th]] district |term_start4=March 4, 1933 |term_end4=January 3, 1949 |preceded4=[[William E. Hull]] |succeeded4=[[Leo E. Allen]] |birth_date={{birth date|1896|1|4|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Pekin, Illinois]] |death_date={{death date and age |1969|09|07|1896|01|04}} |death_place=[[Walter Reed General Hospital]]<br>[[Washington, D.C.]] |spouse=Louella Carver Dirksen |alma_mater=[[University of Minnesota Law School]] |branch=[[United States Army]] |serviceyears=1918-1919 |rank=[[Second Lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]] |battles=[[World War I]] }} '''Everett McKinley Dirksen''' (January 4, 1896 &ndash; September 7, 1969) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He represented [[Illinois]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] (1933–1949) and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] (1951–1969). As [[Senate Minority Leader]] for ten years, he was very important in the politics during the 1960s. Some things he did was to help passing the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] and the [[Open Housing Act of 1968]], both landmarks of [[Civil Rights Mo