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Albert Watson (South Carolina politician) was born on 30 August, 1922 in Sumter, South Carolina, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Albert Watson (South Carolina politician)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 30 August, 1922
Birthday 30 August
Birthplace Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of death 25 September, 1994
Died Place Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1876

Partly because of his support for Goldwater, Watson was reelected without opposition as Goldwater carried South Carolina, the first Republican to have done so since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.

The House Democratic Caucus stripped Watson of his seniority for supporting Goldwater.

Another Deep South congressman, John Bell Williams of Mississippi, lost his seniority for supporting Goldwater as well.

1892

As a measure of how weak the Republicans were in South Carolina for most of the post-Reconstruction era, in most elections since losing the governorship in 1892 they hadn't even fielded a candidate.

He won the nomination with a major assist from Thurmond.

He faced strong competition from the Democratic nominee, Lieutenant Governor John C. West, originally from Camden.

State and national Republicans were somewhat cool toward Watson because of his obstinate support for segregation.

1896

Watson won the special election with 59.1 percent of the vote to become the first Republican to represent South Carolina in the House since 1896, and the first Republican to win a disputed House election in the state since Reconstruction.

1922

Albert William Watson (August 30, 1922 – September 25, 1994) was an American politician, a Democrat-turned-Republican state and U.S. representative from South Carolina.

Albert William Watson was born in 1922 to Claude Watson, Sr. and his wife in Sumter in central South Carolina.

His family moved and he was reared near the state capital of Columbia in Lexington County, where he attended public schools.

He subsequently enrolled at the former North Greenville Junior College in Greenville, South Carolina.

During World War II, Watson served as a weather specialist in the United States Army Air Forces.

A Southern Baptist deacon, Watson had a twin brother, Allan R. Watson (1922–2001), who was a Baptist minister and served as the pastor of churches in Florida and Alabama.

1948

In 1948, Watson married the former Lillian Audrey Williams (born 1926), and the couple had three children, Laura L. Watson, Albert Watson, Jr., and Clark P. Watson.

1950

In 1950, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and thereafter opened his legal practice in Columbia.

1954

In 1954, he was elected from Richland County to the South Carolina House of Representatives, which he served from 1955 to 1959 and again from 1961 to 1963.

1958

In 1958, Watson lost the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor to Burnet Maybank, Jr., son of former U.S. Senator Burnet Maybank.

1961

In 1961, Watson returned to the state House for a final two-year term.

1962

In 1962, Watson first ran for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district seat in the U.S. House to fill the opening created when fellow Democrat John J. Riley died on New Year's Day.

His wife, Corinne Boyd Riley, had won a special election to serve out the remainder of the term, but did not run for a full term in November.

After securing the Democratic nomination, Watson faced Floyd Spence, a fellow state representative from neighboring Lexington County, who had turned Republican a few months earlier.

The ensuing general election was far closer than expected, with Watson winning by only five percentage points.

He received crucial support from his mentor, U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond.

Like Thurmond, Watson was an open and unashamed segregationist.

Both supported Barry Goldwater's campaign for President.

1964

While Watson headed the South Carolina "Democrats for Goldwater" organization, Thurmond went as far as switching parties and becoming a Republican on September 17, 1964.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to end segregation, and enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 meant that African Americans were re-entering the political system.

Not a single daily newspaper endorsed Watson for governor.

Hastings Wyman took leave from his position as an aide to Senator Thurmond to serve as Watson's campaign manager.

1965

Declaring he would "not sit around and be bullied by northern liberals," Watson resigned from Congress on February 1, 1965.

He then announced that he would run in the special election for his old seat on June 15, 1965—as a Republican.

It was a different Republican Party in the South, however, as in 1965 most blacks in South Carolina were still effectively disenfranchised.

1966

Watson was comfortably reelected in 1966 and 1968.

Watson's opposition to civil rights legislation exceeded that of most other Southern Republicans.

1968

For instance, he was the only House Republican to vote against the Jury Selection Act of 1968, a civil rights measure intended to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection.

1969

He preached at the White House in September 1969.

1970

He is best known for his losing 1970 campaign for governor of South Carolina, which has been described as the last high-profile, openly segregationist campaign in American politics.

In 1970, Watson opted not to run for reelection, instead announcing his candidacy for governor.

2003

A second brother, Claude Watson Jr., of Columbia, died in 2003.