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George Ross Anderson Jr. (1929-2020) —
also known as G. Ross Anderson, Jr. —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., January
29, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1980-2009; took senior status
2009.
Member, American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in South Carolina, December
1, 2020 (age 91 years, 307
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson, S.C.
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Thomas Galphin Andrews (b. 1882) —
also known as Thomas G. Andrews —
of Stroud, Lincoln
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August
29, 1882.
Lawyer;
justice
of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-35.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Andrews and Belle (Darby) Andrews; married 1904 to
Adelphia M. Wolgamatt; married 1930 to Reba
Myers. |
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William A. Barber (1869-1950) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., 1869.
Lawyer;
South
Carolina state attorney general, 1895-96; president, Carolina &
Northwestern Railway,
1900-17.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; American Bar Association.
Died February
7, 1950 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Osmund Barber and Mary (Westbrook) Barber; married 1921 to
Melanie Wilmer Gordon. |
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Christie Benet (1879-1951) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
26, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
30, 1951 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Nathaniel Wilson Cabell (1914-2004) —
also known as Nathaniel W. Cabell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
15, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-54, 1959-64; member
of South
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1967-68.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
One of the originators, in 1948, of the political party which became
known as the States Rights or Dixiecrat Party.
Died July 1,
2004 (age 90 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Cabell and Mary E. (Robinson) Cabell; married, November
13, 1948, to Jean Warley Witsell. |
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Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-1957) —
also known as R. Gregg Cherry —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., October
17, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associated in law practice with Alfred
Lee Bulwinkle; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1919-23; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-40; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1941-43; Governor of
North Carolina, 1945-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Khorassan.
Died June 25,
1957 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gastonia, N.C.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers. |
| | | Epitaph: "Lawyer -
Statesman - Jurist - Soldier." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Edwards Davis (b. 1879) —
also known as Henry E. Davis —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Gourdin, Williamsburg
County, S.C., October
4, 1879.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1930-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Edwards Davis and Emma Watson (Chandler) Davis; married, September
27, 1906, to Lillian Erskine. |
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
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Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992) —
also known as Rembert C. Dennis —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Pinopolis, Berkeley
County, S.C., August
27, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1938-42; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1942-88 (Berkeley County 1942-66, 14th
District 1966-84, 37th District 1984-88); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Woodmen
of the World; Blue
Key.
Died June 20,
1992 (age 76 years, 298
days).
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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John Gary Evans (1863-1942) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., October
15, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Aiken County,
1889-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1892-93; Governor of
South Carolina, 1894-97; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Aiken
County, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1912,
1916,
1928
(alternate); major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Phi.
Died June 27,
1942 (age 78 years, 255
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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Thomas Smithwick Gettys (1912-2003) —
also known as Thomas S. Gettys —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 19,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; staff for U.S. Rep. James
P. Richards; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1964-74;
resigned 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 8,
2003 (age 90 years, 354
days).
Interment at Neely's Creek Associate Reformed Church Cemetery, Rock Hill,
S.C.
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Robert A. Hammett (b. 1927) —
of Inman, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Inman, Spartanburg
County, S.C., November
8, 1927.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Still living as of 1967.
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Butler Black Hare (1875-1967) —
also known as Butler B. Hare —
of Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield County (part now in Saluda
County), S.C., November
25, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; secretary to U.S. Reps. George
W. Croft and Theodore
G. Croft; statistician;
lawyer;
vice-president, Farmers Bank of
Saluda; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1925-33, 1939-47 (2nd
District 1925-33, 3rd District 1939-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C., December
30, 1967 (age 92 years, 35
days).
Interment at Travis
Park Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.
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James Pershing Harrelson (1919-2003) —
also known as James P. Harrelson; J. P. Harrelson;
"Preacher" —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., June 28,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Baptist
minister; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-60, 1991-94; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1963-76 (Colleton County 1963-66, 17th
District 1967-68, 13th District 1969-72, 15th District 1972-76);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association.
Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest
civilian award.
Died, from strokes
and Parkinson's
disease, in Roper Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
30, 2003 (age 83 years, 306
days).
Interment at Black
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Walterboro, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Carson A. Harrelson and Bertha Mae Harrelson; married, June 24,
1943, to Hazel H. Richardson. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Peronneau Finley Henderson (1877-1968) —
also known as P. F. Henderson —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., November
29, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Carolina Light &
Power Co.; vice-president, Georgia-Carolina Electric
Co.; director, South Carolina Power
Co., Powell Hardware
Co.; receiver, Langley Cotton
Mills Co.; treasurer, Aiken Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924.
Southern
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died April 7,
1968 (age 90 years, 130
days).
Interment at Bethany Cemetery, Aiken, S.C.
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Ernest Frederick Hollings (1922-2019) —
also known as Ernest F. Hollings; Fritz Hollings;
"Foghorn Leghorn" —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
1, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-55; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1956,
1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1966-2005; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1984.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Sertoma.
Died in Isle of Palms, Charleston
County, S.C., April 6,
2019 (age 97 years, 95
days).
Interment at Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Francis Cyril Jones (b. 1919) —
also known as Francis C. Jones —
of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., October
10, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of
Lexington County Democratic Party, 1952; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lexington County, 1957-64.
Baptist.
Member, Civitan;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyril E. Jones and Freida (Rutland) Jones; married, November
12, 1949, to Marguerite Marshall Watson. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) —
also known as John V. Lindsay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; defeated in Republican primary,
1969; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and pneumonia,
in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
19, 2000 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Robert Mann (1920-2010) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., April
27, 1920.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1969-79.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., December
20, 2010 (age 90 years, 237
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Howard Moore (1876-1927) —
of Rowesville, Orangeburg
County, S.C.; Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood
County), S.C., January
9, 1876.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; banker; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1910-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1918-27; died in
office 1927.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World.
Was a passenger in a sedan, going up a steep hill, when the rear axle
broke; the car rolled rapidly downhill and overturned;
he was pinned underneath and killed, in Bordeaux, McCormick
County, S.C., August
26, 1927 (age 51 years, 229
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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James Pierce Mozingo III (b. 1913) —
also known as James P. Mozingo III —
of Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C., August
24, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Darlington County,
1935-38; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1939-72 (Darlington County 1939-66, 12th
District 1967-68, 19th District 1969-72); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1944,
1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) —
also known as J. Hardin Peterson —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; citrus
grower; Polk
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman,
First State Bank of
Lakeland.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March
28, 1978 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Henry Burchell Richardson (1916-1997) —
also known as Henry B. Richardson;
"Punch" —
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, 1955-72 (Sumter County 1955-66, 20th
District 1967-68, 17th District 1969-72); alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks;
American Bar Association.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 11,
1997 (age 80 years, 208
days).
Interment at St. Marks Episcopal Cemetery, Pinewood, S.C.
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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.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1924-28; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 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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Relatives: Son
of Moultrie Rutledge Rivers and Eliza Ingraham (Buist) Rivers;
married, November
20, 1930, to Ethel Pinckney Rutledge. |
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Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) —
also known as Donald S. Russell —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette
County, Miss., February
22, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; president,
University of South Carolina, 1952-57; Governor of
South Carolina, 1963-65; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1965-66; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1971-98; died in
office 1998.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
22, 1998 (age 92 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C.
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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.
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 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th
District 1969-70); resigned 1970; 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. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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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.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1933-38; resigned
1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,
1936,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 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, 1956-2003; 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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Relatives: Son
of John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Thurmond; married 1968 to Nancy
Janice Moore; married 1947 to Jean
Crouch. |
| | | Cross-reference: Charles
E. Simons, Jr. — Joe
Wilson — John
Light Napier — Robert
Adams |
| | | Strom Thurmond Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Strom Thurmond High
School, in Johnston,
South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Strom Thurmond: Essie May
Washington-Williams, Dear
Senator : A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond —
Jack Bass & Marilyn W. Thompson, Strom:
The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom
Thurmond — R. J. Duke, The
Centennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the People
Who Knew Him Best — Joseph Crespino, Strom
Thurmond's America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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George Bell Timmerman Jr. (1912-1994) —
of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., August
11, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1947-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1955-59; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1967-84.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington
County, S.C., November
29, 1994 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Batesburg
Cemetery, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.
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Thomas Franklin Watkins (1881-1973) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Sandy Springs, British
Columbia, August
2, 1881.
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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Relatives: Son
of John C. Watkins and Elizabeth Jane (Smith) Watkins; married, November
14, 1906, to Agnes D. Law. |
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Francis Hopkins Weston (1866-1930) —
also known as Francis H. Weston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born near Eastover, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., October
10, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of John
Quitman Marshall, 1888-91; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1892-96, 1898-1902; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1906-14; resigned
1914; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1912;
U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1914-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1918-22;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
11, 1930 (age 63 years, 336
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Weston and Caroline Elizabeth (Woodward) Weston; married,
April
15, 1896, to Amy Adams Shoolbred. |
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Basil Lee Whitener (1915-1989) —
also known as Basil Whitener —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., May 14,
1915.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1941; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1957-69 (11th District
1957-63, 10th District 1963-69); defeated, 1968, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 20,
1989 (age 74 years, 6
days).
Interment at Gaston
Memorial Park, Gastonia, N.C.
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David Reece Williams (1877-1937) —
also known as D. Reece Williams —
of Lancaster
County, S.C.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, S.C., February
16, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1914-18.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, S.C., September
20, 1937 (age 60 years, 216
days).
Interment at Westside
Cemetery, Lancaster, S.C.
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