Jimmy Byrnes
| James Byrnes | |
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| 104th Governor of South Carolina | |
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In office January 16, 1951 – January 18, 1955 |
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| Lieutenant | George Timmerman |
| Preceded by | Strom Thurmond |
| Succeeded by | George Timmerman |
| 49th United States Secretary of State | |
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In office July 3, 1945 – January 21, 1947 |
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| President | Harry Truman |
| Preceded by | Edward Stettinius |
| Succeeded by | George Marshall |
| Director of the Office of War Mobilization | |
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In office May 27, 1943 – July 3, 1945 |
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| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John Snyder |
| Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization | |
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In office October 3, 1942 – May 27, 1943 |
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| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Fred Vinson |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office June 25, 1941 – October 3, 1942 |
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| Nominated by | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | James McReynolds |
| Succeeded by | Wiley Rutledge |
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United States Senator from South Carolina |
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In office March 4, 1931 – July 8, 1941 |
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| Preceded by | Coleman Blease |
| Succeeded by | Alva Lumpkin |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1925 |
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| Preceded by | James Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Butler Hare |
| Personal details | |
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James Francis Byrnes May 2, 1882 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 1972 (aged 89) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Maude Busch (1906–1972) |
James Francis Byrnes (US: /ˈbɜːrnz/; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from the state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrnes served in Congress, the executive branch, and on the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 104th Governor of South Carolina, making him one of the very few politicians to serve in all three branches of the American federal government while also being active in state government.
Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Byrnes pursued a legal career with the help of his cousin, Governor Miles Benjamin McSweeney. Byrnes won election to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1925. He became a close ally of President Woodrow Wilson and a protégé of Senator Benjamin Tillman. He sought election to the United States Senate in 1924, but narrowly lost a run-off election to Coleman Livingston Blease, who had the backing of the Ku Klux Klan. After the loss, Byrnes moved his law practice to Spartanburg, South Carolina and prepared for a political comeback. He narrowly defeated Blease in the 1930 Democratic primary and joined the Senate in 1931.
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