James Burrows Edwards was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era in the 1870s. He later served as the U.S.... Wikipedia
Born: June 24, 1927, Hawthorne, FL
Died: December 26, 2014 (age 87 years), Mount Pleasant, SC
Previous offices: United States Secretary of Energy (1981–1982), Governor of South Carolina (1975–1979), and South Carolina State Senator (1973–1975)
Party: Republican Party
Education: University of Pennsylvania, College of Charleston, and University of Louisville
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