Coleman Livingston Blease
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United States Senator from South Carolina |
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In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Nathaniel B. Dial |
| Succeeded by | James F. Byrnes |
| 90th Governor of South Carolina | |
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In office January 17, 1911 – January 14, 1915 |
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| Lieutenant | Charles Aurelius Smith |
| Preceded by | Martin Frederick Ansel |
| Succeeded by | Charles Aurelius Smith |
| President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate | |
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In office January 8, 1907 – January 12, 1909 |
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| Governor |
Duncan Clinch Heyward Martin Frederick Ansel |
| Preceded by | Richard Irvine Manning III |
| Succeeded by | William Lawrence Mauldin |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from Newberry County | |
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In office January 8, 1907 – January 12, 1909 |
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| Preceded by | George Sewell Mower |
| Succeeded by | Alan Johnstone |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Newberry County | |
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In office January 10, 1899 – January 8, 1901 |
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In office November 25, 1890 – November 27, 1894 |
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| Born | October 8, 1868 Newberry, South Carolina |
| Died | January 19, 1942 (aged 73) Columbia, South Carolina |
| Resting place | Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lillie B. Summers Carolina Floyd |
| Parents | Henry Horatio Blease Mary Ann Livingston Blease |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was a South Carolina politician who served as a Democratic state legislator, 90th Governor of South Carolina, and U.S. Senator.
Blease was notorious for playing on the prejudices of poor whites to gain their votes. He was pro-lynching and anti-black education. As Senator, he advocated penalties for interracial couples attempting to get married, as well as criticizing First Lady Lou Hoover for inviting a black guest to tea at the White House.
Coleman Livingston Blease was born to Henry Horatio Blease (1832–1892) and Mary Ann Livingston Blease (1830–1874) near the town of Newberry, South Carolina, on October 8, 1868, the year that South Carolina's new Reconstruction constitution was adopted, and blacks began participating in public political life. Blease was educated at Newberry College, the University of South Carolina, and Georgetown University, where he graduated from the law department in 1889. At the University of South Carolina, Blease was expelled for plagiarism and henceforth he carried a grudge against the university.
Blease returned to Newberry to practice law and enter politics. He began his political career in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1890 as a protégé of Benjamin Ryan Tillman. But whereas Tillman drew his support from South Carolina's successful white farmers and planters, Blease recognized that the white tenant farmers and textile mill workers lacked a political voice.
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