Proper noun
Dirksen (plural Dirksens)
A surname.
Dirksen offered to drop the amendment if the poll tax ban were removed. Source: Internet
"Johnson tells Sen. Everett Dirksen, the Republican minority leader, that it will be Nixon's responsibility if the South Vietnamese don't participate in the peace talks. Source: Internet
He and Grace, his wife of 51 years, had three children: Karen (Mervin) Dirksen of Burnsville; Roger (Paula) Weber of Payson, Ariz.; and Marian Luft of Eagan. Source: Internet
'This is treason,' LBJ says to Dirksen." Source: Internet
Dirksen, and indeed all the candidates McCarthy supported, won their elections, and those he opposed lost. Source: Internet
He enlisted Dirksen to help gain Republican support. Source: Internet