<div class="jwplayer"><!-- wp:shortcode -->[jwp-video n="1"]<!-- /wp:shortcode --></div><p class="p1"><span class="s1">On May 29, 1937, Robert Byrd married his childhood sweetheart, a coal miners daughter named Erma Ora James. Byrd, who would become the longest-serving Senator in history, would often deliver poetic odes to his wife on the Senate floor. On this Valentines Day, Roll Call brings you some of our favorites.</span></p><div id="cqrcPostAdditional"></div>
