Nick Theodore
Politician
1928 –
Who is Nick Theodore?
Nick Andrew Theodore is a former politician from South Carolina. He was a State representative from 1963 to 1966 and 1970 to 1978, a South Carolina state senator from 1967 to 1968 and 1981 to 1986, and the 85th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Theodore attended the University of Georgia and graduated in 1952 from Furman University with a Bachelor of Arts. He spent a total of 24 years serving in the South Carolina state legislature before being elected in 1986 to the office of Lieutenant Governor having beaten Republican Congressman Thomas F. Hartnett to the position. He served two full terms in that post under Republican Governor Carroll Campbell.
Ironically, it was fellow Greenville resident Campbell who, in 1978, had defeated Theodore in an election to the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th congressional district, one of famed political strategist Lee Atwater's first major triumphs.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1928
Greenville - Spouses
- Religion
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Furman University
- University of Georgia
- Lived in
- Greenville
- South Carolina
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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