What is Robert Byrd?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert Byrd | image = Robert Byrd official portrait.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2003 | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[West Virginia]] | term_start = January 3, 1959 | term_end = June 28, 2010 | predecessor = [[Chapman Revercomb]] | successor = [[Carte Goodwin]] {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Senate positions|titlestyle=border: 1px dashed lightgrey;}} {{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office1 = [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] | term_start1 = January 3, 2007 | term_end1 = June 28, 2010 | predecessor1 = [[Ted Stevens]] | successor1 = [[Daniel Inouye]] | term_start2 = June 6, 2001 | term_end2 = January 3, 2003 | predecessor2 = [[Strom Thurmond]] | successor2 = Ted Stevens | term_start3 = January 3, 2001 | term_end3 = January 20, 2001 | predecessor3 = Strom Thurmond | successor3 = Strom Thurmond | term_start4 = January 3, 1989 | term_end4 = January 3, 1995 | predecessor4 = [[John C. Stennis]] | successor4 = Strom Thurmond | office5 = [[President pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate]] | term_start5 = January 3, 2003 | term_end5 = January 3, 2007 | predecessor5 = Strom Thurmond | successor5 = Ted Stevens | office6 = [[Senate Majority Leader]] | 1blankname6 = Whip | 1namedata6 = [[Alan Cranston]] | term_start6 = January 3, 1987 | term_end6 = January 3, 1989 | predecessor6 = [[Bob Dole]] | successor6 = [[George J. Mitchell|George Mitchell]] | term_start7 = January 3, 1977 | term_end7 = January 3, 1981 | 1blankname7 = Whip | 1namedata7 = Alan Cranston | predecessor7 = [[Mike Mansfield]] | successor7 = [[Howard Baker]] | office8