James
Burrows
Edwards
Born in Hawthorne, Alachua, Florida, United States
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[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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| Preceded by 2nd Secretary Charles Duncan, Jr. Preceded by 109th Governor John C. West |
James B. Edwards 3rd US Secretary of Energy  110th Governor of South Carolina  |
Succeeded by 4th Secretary Donald P. Hodel Succeeded by 111th Governor Richard Riley |
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James Burrows Edwards was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era in the 1870s.
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Rejected matches › James Upchurch Edwards (1929-2012)
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