James B. Edwards
| James Edwards | |
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| 3rd United States Secretary of Energy | |
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In office January 23, 1981 – November 5, 1982 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Charles Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Donald Hodel |
| 110th Governor of South Carolina | |
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In office January 21, 1975 – January 10, 1979 |
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| Lieutenant | Brantley Harvey |
| Preceded by | John West |
| Succeeded by | Richard Riley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Burrows Edwards June 24, 1927 Hawthorne, Florida, U.S. |
| Died |
December 26, 2014 (aged 87) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place | Christ Episcopal Cemetery Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Darlington (1951–) |
| Alma mater |
College of Charleston University of Louisville University of Pennsylvania |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
United States Maritime Service United States Navy
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
James Burrows Edwards (June 24, 1927 – December 26, 2014) was a politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected the Governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the 1800s. He later served as the U.S. Secretary of Energy under Ronald Reagan.
Edwards was born in Hawthorne, Florida, and was an officer in the U.S. Maritime Service during World War II. He continued his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve after the war. Edwards received a bachelor's degree in 1950 at the College of Charleston where he was a brother of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He received a D.M.D. in 1955 from the University of Louisville, and did some post-graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Returning to Charleston, Edwards established a dentistry practice in 1960 that specialized in oral surgery. He subsequently held a variety of positions associated with dentistry in the community.
In 1970, Edwards became chairman of the Republican Party of South Carolina's 1st congressional district. In that capacity as a supporter of the Republican gubernatorial nominee, U.S. Representative Albert Watson of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, Edwards claimed that Watson's Democratic opponent, John C. West, worked covertly in 1969 against the nomination of South Carolina's Clement Haynsworth to the United States Supreme Court. The Nixon nominee failed in the U.S. Senate, 55 to 45, on grounds of alleged bias against organized labor and a lack of supports for civil rights. Edwards predicted that West as governor would install "an ultra-liberal, minority-dominated state government," citing West's political ties to Hubert H. Humphrey and Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of the NAACP.
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