For jobs located in Wahkiakum County in 2015, about 54 percent were held by males, and 46 percent by femalesâwhile the state was split closer to 51/49. Three industries in the county are dominated by male workers: agriculture/logging (88 percent male), construction (82 percent) and manufacturing (61 percent).
Edward âTedâ Kennedy (1932-2009), the youngest brother of President John Kennedy (1917-1963), was a U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009, making him one of the longest-serving senators in American history.
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 â June 28, 2010) was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010. He was the longest-serving Senator in United States history. In addition, he was, at the time of his death, the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress, a record later surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan.