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Politicians in Construction in South Carolina

David Dows (1885-1966) — also known as "Big Dave" — of Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood County, S.C. Born in Irvington, Westchester County, N.Y., August 12, 1885. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel mills; supervised construction of steel mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a steamship line; horse breeder; bank director; Nassau County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956; South Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina. Convicted of assault in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was attempting to interview him. Died in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., August 13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows; married, December 12, 1911, to Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; married, May 19, 1937, to Emily Schweizer; father of Evelyn Byrd Dows (daughter-in-law of Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr.).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur Ravenel Jr. (b. 1927) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 29, 1927. Realtor; general contractor; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1953-58; member of South Carolina state senate, 1980-86; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1987-95; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina, 1994. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Father of Thomas Ravenel.   The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, crossing the Cooper River from Charleston to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   William Whetstone Wannamaker Jr. (1900-1993) — also known as W. W. Wannamaker, Jr. — of Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C. Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C., May 18, 1900. Republican. Civil engineer; general contractor; director, Orange Cotton Mills; vice-president, Wateree Chemical Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956, 1960; member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1956-66. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died March 3, 1993 (age 92 years, 289 days). Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.   Relatives: Son of William Whetstone Wannamaker and Lyall (Matheson) Wannamaker; married, September 3, 1925, to Evelyn Townsend; father of William Whetstone Wannamaker III; grandnephew of John Jacob Wannamaker; first cousin once removed of Laurence Massillon Keitt.   Political family: Wannamaker family of Orangeburg, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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