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College and University President Politicians in South Carolina

Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) — of Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C. Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort County), S.C., August 10, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1829-33; president, Carolina State College, 1833-41; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1850; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from St. Helena, 1860-62; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Slaveowner. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., November 5, 1882 (age 81 years, 87 days). Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard, Beaufort, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Robert Barnwell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Julius Daniel Dreher (1846-1937) — also known as Julius D. Dreher — of Salem, Va. Born in Lexington, Lexington County, S.C., October 28, 1846. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; president, Roanoke College, 1878-1903; U.S. Consul in Tahiti, 1906-10; Port Antonio, 1910-13; Toronto, 1913-15; Colón, 1915-24. Died in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., October 9, 1937 (age 90 years, 346 days). Interment at East Hill Cemetery, Salem, Va.   Relatives: Son of John J. Dreher and Martha E. (Counts) Dreher; married 1906 to Emiline Kirtland Richmond.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Ezekiel Miller (1849-1938) — also known as Thomas E. Miller — of Grahamville, Beaufort County (now Jasper County), S.C. Born in South Carolina, 1849. Republican. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County, 1874-80, 1886-88, 1894-96; resigned 1896; member of South Carolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1880-82; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 7th District, 1889-91; defeated, 1890; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1896; president, South Carolina Industrial, Normal, and Agricultural College, 1896. African ancestry. Died in 1938 (age about 89 years). Interment at Brotherhood Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) — also known as William C. Preston — of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 27, 1794. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1828-34; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1833-42; resigned 1842. President of South Carolina College 1845-51. Slaveowner. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 22, 1860 (age 65 years, 147 days). Interment at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston; brother of John Smith Preston and Margaret Buchanan Preston Preston (who married Wade Hampton III); married to Missouri Maria Coalter; nephew of James Patton Preston; uncle of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of William Preston and William Campbell; grandnephew of Patrick Henry; granduncle of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin of James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd and George Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin once removed of John Breckinridge; second cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Valentine Wood Southall, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880); second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) and Stephen Valentine Southall; second cousin twice removed of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) and Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945); third cousin of James Douglas Breckinridge.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Lafayette Russell and Lula (Russell) Russell.   Cross-reference: J. Bratton Davis   The Donald Stuart Russell U.S. Courthouse, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is named for him.   Campaign slogan (1962): "Russell's Right."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

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