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James Willard Ragsdale (1872-1919) —
also known as J. Willard Ragsdale —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Timmonsville, Florence
County, S.C., December
14, 1872.
Son of Littleton Russell Ragsdale and Ellen Adelaide (Byrd) Ragsdale.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1900; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1913-19; died in
office 1919.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1919 (age 46 years, 221
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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Ralph Heyward Ramsey, Jr. (b. 1900) —
also known as Ralph Ramsey, Jr. —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in Wedgefield, Sumter
County, S.C., April 7,
1900.
Son of Ralph Heywood Ramsey and Una Elizabeth (Wells) Ramsey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Brevard, N.C., 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Pi
Kappa Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Mary Dick Alford. |
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Henry Burchill Richardson (b. 1916) —
also known as Henry B. Richardson —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., October
15, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Sumter County, 1955-61; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1961.
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George Lamb Buist Rivers (b. 1896) —
also known as Buist Rivers —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 26,
1896.
Son of Moultrie Rutledge Rivers and Eliza Ingraham (Buist) Rivers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1924-28; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1930; president, The Central Railroad
of South Carolina; director and counsel, Citizens and Southern
National Bank;
director, Life and Accident Insurance
Company; vice president and counsel of radio
station WCSC.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Beryl D. Roberts (b. 1958) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
26, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1988;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 108th District, 1993-.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) —
also known as Daniel C. Roper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Son of John Wesley Roper and Henrietta V. (McLaurin) Roper.
Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1892-94; U.S.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 11,
1943 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Rutledge (1739-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
18, 1739.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina House of Commons, 1761-76; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1764-65; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774; President
of South Carolina, 1776-78; Governor of
South Carolina, 1779-82; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
received 6 electoral votes, 1789;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-91; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1795; common pleas court judge in
South Carolina, 1791-95.
Episcopalian.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1800 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Claud Napoleon Sapp (b. 1886) —
also known as Claud N. Sapp —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, S.C., February
11, 1886.
Son of Daniel F. Sapp and Mittie (Fulp) Sapp.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1912-14, 1920-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1930-34; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1934-47.
Methodist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Bethea Scarborough (1861-1927) —
also known as Robert B. Scarborough —
of Conway, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Chesterfield, Chesterfield
County, S.C., October
29, 1861.
Son of Rev. Lewis S. Scarborough.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1897-98; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1899; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1901-05;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1912.
Died November
23, 1927 (age 66 years, 25
days).
Interment at Lake
Side Cemetery, Conway, S.C.
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Charles E. Simons, Jr. (c.1916-1999) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Johnston, Edgefield
County, S.C., about 1916.
Lawyer; law partner of Strom
Thurmond; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1942, 1947-48, 1960-64;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1964-86.
Baptist.
Died, from the effects of head injuries sustained in a fall, at
Aiken Regional Medical
Center, Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., October
26, 1999 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Aiken
Memorial Gardens, Aiken, S.C.
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Hugo Sheridan Sims, Jr. (1921-2004) —
also known as Hugo S. Sims, Jr. —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1921.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1949-51;
lawyer; banker.
Died July 9,
2004 (age about 83
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ivey Andrew Smoak, Jr. (1923-2000) —
also known as I. A. Smoak, Jr. —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., April 18,
1923.
Son of Ivey Andrew Smoak and Tommie (Clinkscales) Smoak.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1953-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Colleton County, 1959-61.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Jaycees;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Died January
2, 2000 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne Owens Leppard. |
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Son of James Wilson Spence and Addie (Lucas) Spence.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot
from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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John McKee Spratt, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Price Stevens (b. 1920) —
also known as James P. Stevens —
of Loris, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Loris, Horry
County, S.C., April 4,
1920.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1956-61.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 1961.
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Taylor Hudnall Stukes (1893-1961) —
also known as Taylor H. Stukes —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C., June 1,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-27; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1927-40; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1938-40; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1940-56; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1956-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from an aortic
aneurysm, in Medical University Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
20, 1961 (age 67 years, 264
days).
Interment at Clarenden
Memorial Gardens, Manning, S.C.
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Thomas Talbird (1855-1928) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., July 3,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate; elected 1896, 1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1900;
probate judge in South Carolina.
Died April 5,
1928 (age 72 years, 277
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Catholic Chapel Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; Presidential
Elector for Florida, 2000.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) —
also known as Strom Thurmond —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.; Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., December
5, 1902.
Son of John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Thurmond.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1933-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1956;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1938-46; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
South Carolina, 1947-51; States Rights candidate for President
of the United States, 1948; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1954-56, 1956-; received 14
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1960;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
1988.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., June 26,
2003 (age 100 years,
203 days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; statue erected 1999 at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August 9,
1809.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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William W. Van Ness (1776-1823) —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1776.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1804-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1807-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
27, 1823 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere
in Claverack, N.Y.
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Henry C. Walker (b. 1906) —
of Ridgeland, Jasper
County, S.C.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., July 19,
1906.
Son of H. C. Walker and Mary Alice (Buchanan) Walker.
School
principal; athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; member of South
Carolina state senate from Jasper County, 1949-51, 1961.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bess Suber. |
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Daniel Wallace (1801-1859) —
of Union District (now Union
County), S.C.
Born near Laurens, Laurens District (now Laurens
County), S.C., May 9,
1801.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1846-47; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1848-53.
Died in Jonesville, Union District (now Union
County), S.C., May 13,
1859 (age 58 years, 4
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Union, S.C.
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John Ward (1767-1816) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1767.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791-97; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1798-1809; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801-02.
Died September
19, 1816 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Thomas Franklin Watkins (1881-1973) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Sandy Springs, British
Columbia, August 2,
1881.
Son of John C. Watkins and Elizabeth Jane (Smith) Watkins.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1919-23.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in February, 1973
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert William Watson (1922-1994) —
also known as Albert Watson —
of South Carolina.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., August
30, 1922.
Son of Claude A. Watson and Eva (Clark) Watson.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-58, 1960-62; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1963-71;
candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1970.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Woodmen.
Died September
25, 1994 (age 72 years, 26
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Norman West (b. 1920) —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., August
15, 1920.
Son of W. Edgar West, Sr. and Imel Joyce West.
Lawyer; Berkeley
County Master in Equity, 1954-60; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-67.
Baptist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Carl West (1922-2004) —
of near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., August
27, 1922.
Son of Shelton J. West and Mattie (Ratterree) West.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state senate from Kershaw County, 1955-62; Governor of
South Carolina, 1971-75; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1977-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March 21,
2004 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Camden, S.C.
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Knox H. White —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1988; mayor
of Greenville, S.C., 1995-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Marshall Burns Williams (1912-1995) —
also known as Marshall B. Williams —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Norway, Orangeburg
County, S.C., January
17, 1912.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-52; member of South
Carolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1953-95.
Died, from complications of heart
disease, at Providence Hospital,
Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
28, 1995 (age 83 years, 345
days).
Interment somewhere
in Orangeburg, S.C.
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Oliver Perry Williams (1819-1881) —
of St. Bartholomew's Parish, Charleston District (now Colleton
County), S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., October
14, 1819.
Son of William
Williams.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1858-59; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colleton
County, S.C., April 28,
1881 (age 61 years, 196
days).
Interment at Burnt
Church Burial Ground, Jacksonboro, S.C.
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George McWillie Williamson (1829-1882) —
also known as George Williamson —
of Louisiana.
Born in Fairfax, Allendale
County, S.C., September
29, 1829.
Son of Thomas Taylor Williamson.
Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1873-79; Salvador, 1873-79; Guatamala, 1873-79; Honduras, 1873-79; Nicaragua, 1873-79.
Died in 1882
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Chapman Williston (1830-1909) —
also known as W. C. Williston —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Cheraw, Chesterfield
County, S.C., June 22,
1830.
Son of William King Williston (1796-1879) and Annis (Chapman)
Williston (1796-1863).
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 16th District, 1873-74; member of
Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1876-77; district judge in Minnesota
1st District, 1891.
Died in Goodhue
County, Minn., June 22,
1909 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; first cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger; third cousin twice removed of Greene
Carrier Bronson; son of William King Williston (1796-1879) and
Annis (Chapman) Williston (1796-1863); third cousin once removed of
Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; married, April 12,
1854, to Mary E. Canfield (1835-1915); fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin once removed of George
Williston Nash. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Addison Graves Wilson (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Wilson —
of West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C.; Springdale, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 31,
1947.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, and for U.S. Rep. Floyd
Spence; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Carolina, 1972,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 2001-; rebuked
by the House of Representatives in September, 2009, for a breach of
decorum; he had shouted
"You Lie!" during an address by President Barack
Obama.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leroy Franklin Youmans (b. 1834) —
also known as Leroy F. Youmans —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort District (now Hampton
County), S.C., November
14, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1884;
U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1885-89.
Burial
location unknown.
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