James F. Byrnes
U.S. Congressperson
1882 – 1972
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Who was James F. Byrnes?
James Francis Byrnes was an American politician from the state of South Carolina. During his career, Byrnes served as a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, and 104th governor of South Carolina. He is one of very few politicians to serve in all three branches of the American federal government while also being active in state government. He was a confidant of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was one of the most powerful men in American domestic and foreign policy in the mid-1940s.
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- Born
- May 2, 1882
Charleston - Also known as
- James Byrnes
- Spouses
- Maude Perkins Busch
(1906/05 - )
- Maude Perkins Busch
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Anglicanism
- Roman Catholic Church
- Ethnicity
- Irish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Carolina
- Died
- Apr 9, 1972
Columbia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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