Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
| Carroll A. Campbell Jr. | |
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| 112th Governor of South Carolina | |
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In office January 14, 1987 – January 11, 1995 |
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| Lieutenant | Nick Theodore |
| Preceded by | Richard Riley |
| Succeeded by | David Beasley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | James R. Mann |
| Succeeded by | Liz J. Patterson |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from the 2nd District | |
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In office January 11, 1977 – November 6, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Richardson |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County | |
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In office January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 |
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| Chairman of the National Governor's Association | |
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In office 1993–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Romer |
| Succeeded by | Howard Dean |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. July 24, 1940 Greenville, South Carolina |
| Died | December 7, 2005 (aged 65) West Columbia, South Carolina |
| Resting place |
All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery Pawleys Island, South Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Iris Faye Rhodes |
| Children | Carroll A. Campbell, III Michael Campbell |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. (July 24, 1940 – December 7, 2005), was a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as 112th Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995.
He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the oldest of six children. His father, Carroll Campbell, Sr., worked in the textile mills and the furniture business, and later owned a motel in Garden City, South Carolina.
Campbell grew up in Greenville and the nearby small towns of Liberty and Simpsonville. He attended Greenville Senior High School, dropping out during a period that The Greenville News characterized as an "unsettled adolescence amid a disintegrating family"; his uncle then enrolled him at the private McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended the University of South Carolina at Columbia but withdrew because of financial concerns and later graduated with a Master of Arts degree from American University. While a student at South Carolina, he became a member of the Sigma chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
Campbell served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1970 to 1974 during the administration of Governor John C. West, who defeated Republican nominee Albert Watson, the choice of U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, in the 1970 general election. With Lee Atwater as a key political strategist, he made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor in 1974 on the ticket headed by Republican James B. Edwards of Charleston. While Edwards was elected, Campbell lost to the Democrat Brantley Harvey; despite the loss Campbell would continue to seek Atwater's counsel throughout his career.
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