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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; statue erected 1999 at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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Matthew Calbraith Butler (1836-1909) —
also known as Matthew C. Butler —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born near Greenville, Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C., March 8,
1836.
Son of William
Butler (1790-1850) and Jane (Perry) Butler.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1860, 1866; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1870; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1877-95.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 14,
1909 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Butler (1759-1821); nephew of Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819;
Commodore, U.S. Navy), Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858; Commodore,
U.S. Navy), Andrew
Pickens Butler and Pierce
Mason Butler; son of William
Butler (1790-1850) and Jane (Perry) Butler; first cousin of James
DeWolf Perry and Caroline Slidell Perry (who married August
Belmont); married, February
25, 1858, to Maria Simkins Pickens (1833-1900; daughter of Francis
Wilkinson Pickens). See Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Books about Matthew Calbraith Butler:
Samuel J. Martin, Southern
Hero : Matthew Calbraith Butler, Confederate General, Hampton
Redshirt, and U.S. Senator |
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Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) —
also known as Francis W. Pickens —
of South Carolina.
Born in Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., April 7,
1805.
Son of Andrew
Pickens (1779-1838).
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832-34; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-43 (5th District
1834-37, 6th District 1837-39, 5th District 1839-41, 6th District
1841-43); member of South
Carolina state senate, 1844-46; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1858-60; Governor of
South Carolina, 1860-62.
Died in Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., January
25, 1869 (age 63 years, 293
days).
Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery.
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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.
Son of Nathan George Evans and Ann Victoria (Gary) Evans.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1889-92; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1893-94; Governor of
South Carolina, 1894-97; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 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, 1918-20.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Phi.
Died June 27,
1942 (age 78 years, 255
days).
Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery.
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John Calhoun Sheppard (1850-1931) —
also known as John C. Sheppard —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born July 5,
1850.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); Governor of
South Carolina, 1886.
Died October
17, 1931 (age 81 years, 104
days).
Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery.
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Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) —
also known as Preston S. Brooks —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August 5,
1819.
Son of Whitefield Brooks and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,
1856-57; died in office 1857.
Suffered a hip wound in a duel
with Louis
T. Wigfall, 1839, and could walk only with
a cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over an
anti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate and beat
Senator Charles
Sumner with a cane, causing severe
injuries; an attempt to expel him
from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote, but
he resigned;
re-elected to his own vacancy.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1857 (age 37 years, 175
days).
Interment at Willow Brook Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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