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Politician members in South Carolina

  Milledge Lipscomb Bonham (b. 1854) — also known as M. L. Bonham — of Anderson, Anderson County, S.C. Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), S.C., October 16, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; Adjutant General of South Carolina, 1885-90; circuit judge in South Carolina, 1924-30; justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-40; appointed 1931; chief justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Milledge Luke Bonham and Ann Patience (Griffin) Bonham; married, October 24, 1878, to Daisy Aldrich; married, March 2, 1925, to Lillian L. Carter.
  Political family: Bonham family of Edgefield, South Carolina.
  John Simpson Bratton (1831-1898) — also known as John Bratton — of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C. Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield County), S.C., March 7, 1831. Democrat. Physician; planter; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member of South Carolina state senate from Fairfield, 1865-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876 (delegation chair), 1880; chair of Fairfield County Democratic Party, 1876-80; South Carolina Democratic state chair, 1880; South Carolina state comptroller general, 1881-82; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1884-85. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; Sons of the American Revolution. Slaveowner. Died in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., January 12, 1898 (age 66 years, 311 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. William A. Bratton and Isabelle J. (Means) Bratton; married to Elizabeth Porcher DuBose; grandson of William Bratton.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Kingville, Richland County, S.C., August 21, 1863. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-42; appointed 1923; died in office 1942. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the Revolution; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Gamma Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon League. Died January 27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson; married, December 10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne.
  J. Bates Gerald (b. 1895) — of Summerton, Clarendon County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Blackville, Barnwell County, S.C., August 30, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South Carolina Republican state chair, 1938-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee); member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1949. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Lions; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  William Stuart Hall (1869-1938) — also known as William S. Hall — of Gaffney, Cherokee County, S.C. Born in Chester County, S.C., October 24, 1869. Democrat. School teacher; college professor; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Cherokee County, 1908-10; member of South Carolina state senate from Cherokee County, 1911-14. Southern Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution; Chi Psi. Died, from heart disease, in Gaffney, Cherokee County, S.C., July 20, 1938 (age 68 years, 269 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Stuart Hall (1840-1912) and Evelyn (Holmes) Hall; married, September 19, 1894, to Anna Brice Caldwell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Peter Richardson (1831-1899) — of Clarendon County, S.C. Born in Clarendon District (now Clarendon County), S.C., September 25, 1831. Planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1856-61, 1865, 1878-80 (Clarendon 1856-61, 1865, Clarendon County 1878-80); served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member of South Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1865-66; South Carolina state treasurer, 1880-86; Governor of South Carolina, 1886-90. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., July 6, 1899 (age 67 years, 284 days). Interment at Quaker Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Peter Richardson (1801-1864) and Juliania Augusta Manning (Richardson) Richardson; married, December 3, 1868, to Eleanor Norvelle Richardson; married to Juliana Augusta Manning Richardson; grandnephew of Richard Richardson Jr. and James Burchill Richardson; great-grandson of Richard Richardson; first cousin of John Laurence Manning and Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861); first cousin once removed of William McDonald, Edward Richardson Jr., Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) and Richard Irvine Manning (1859-1931).
  Political families: Richardson-Manning family of South Carolina; Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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