Burnet Rhett Maybank
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United States Senator from South Carolina |
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In office November 5, 1941 – September 1, 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Roger C. Peace |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Daniel |
| Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency | |
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In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Charles W. Tobey |
| Succeeded by | Homer Capehart |
| Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Production | |
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In office September 8, 1950 – January 3, 1953 Alongside Brent Spence |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Homer Capehart |
| 99th Governor of South Carolina | |
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In office January 17, 1939 – November 4, 1941 |
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| Lieutenant | Joseph Emile Harley |
| Preceded by | Olin D. Johnston |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Emile Harley |
| 54th Mayor of Charleston | |
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In office December 14, 1931 – December 27, 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Porcher Stoney |
| Succeeded by | Henry Whilden Lockwood |
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March 7, 1899 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | September 1, 1954 (aged 55) Flat Rock, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth deRosset Myers (deceased) Mary Cecil (until his death) |
| Children | 3, including Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. |
| Alma mater | College of Charleston |
| Profession | Businessman, Politician |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899 – September 1, 1954) was a U.S. Senator, the 99th Governor of South Carolina, and Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He is one of only twenty people in United States history to have been elected mayor, governor, and United States senator. Maybank was the direct descendant of five former South Carolina governors: Thomas Smith, Rawlins Lowndes, Robert Gibbes, James Moore and William Aiken, Jr. and one U.S. Senator, Robert Barnwell Rhett. He was the first governor from Charleston since the Civil War. His son, Burnet R. Maybank Jr., went on to become lieutenant governor of South Carolina and a later candidate for governor. His grandson, Burnet Maybank III, is a notable lawyer.
Burnet Maybank was born to Dr. Joseph Maybank VI and Harriet Lowndes Rhett, the first of ten. He married Elizabeth deRosset Myers, daughter of Judge Francis Kerchner Myers and Roberta Atkinson Smith, on June 28, 1923. They had three children. After the death of his first wife Maybank married Mary Roscoe Randolph Pelzer Cecil. The second marriage produced no children. He has 10 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, into one of the city's most prominent and wealthy families, with ancestors who were planters, with five who served as governors of the state, Maybank graduated from the Porter Military Academy, now the exclusive Porter-Gaud School. He earned a degree from the College of Charleston. He served in the United States Navy during World War I.
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