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James B. Edwards (James Burrows Edwards) was born on 24 June, 1927 in Hawthorne, Florida, U.S., is an American politician (1927–2014). Discover James B. Edwards'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 87 years old?

Popular As James Burrows Edwards
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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 24 June 1927
Birthday 24 June
Birthplace Hawthorne, Florida, U.S.
Date of death 26 December, 2014
Died Place Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Ann Darlington (1951–2014)

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1870

He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era in the 1870s.

He later served as the U.S. secretary of energy under Ronald Reagan.

Edwards was born in Hawthorne, Florida, and was an officer in the U.S. Maritime Service during World War II.

He continued his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve after the war.

1876

Edwards was elected the first Republican governor of the state since Daniel Henry Chamberlain in 1876.

1927

James Burrows Edwards (June 24, 1927 – December 26, 2014) was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina.

1950

Edwards received a bachelor's degree in 1950 at the College of Charleston where he was a brother of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

1955

He received a D.M.D. in 1955 from the University of Louisville, and did a dental internship at the University of Pennsylvania.

1960

Returning to Charleston, Edwards established a dentistry practice in 1960 that specialized in oral surgery.

He subsequently held a variety of positions associated with dentistry in the community.

1969

As a supporter of Republican gubernatorial nominee U.S. Representative Albert Watson of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, Edwards claimed that Watson's Democratic opponent, John C. West, worked covertly in 1969 against the nomination of South Carolina's Clement Haynsworth to the United States Supreme Court.

The Nixon nominee failed in the U.S. Senate, 55 to 45, on grounds of alleged bias against organized labor and a lack of supports for civil rights.

Edwards predicted that as governor West would install "an ultra-liberal, minority-dominated state government," citing West's political ties to Hubert H. Humphrey and longtime NAACP executive director Roy Wilkins.

1970

In 1970, Edwards became chairman of the Republican Party of South Carolina's 1st congressional district.

1971

Edwards first ran for office in 1971, in a special election to fill the vacancy in the Charleston-centered 1st congressional district caused by the death of longtime Democrat L. Mendel Rivers.

Edwards narrowly lost to one of Rivers's staffers, Mendel Jackson Davis, but gained enough name recognition from his strong showing that he was elected to the South Carolina Senate as a Republican from white-majority Charleston County.

Two years later, he entered the governor's race as a long-shot candidate.

Edwards upset General William Westmoreland in the Republican primary and defeated Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of South Carolina's 3rd congressional district in the general election.

Dorn had become the Democratic nominee after the winner of the runoff election, Charles D. "Pug" Ravenel, was disqualified on residency grounds.

1974

1974 was otherwise a dismal year for Republicans nationally because of the Watergate scandal and lingering opposition to the Vietnam War, both of which may have contributed to the primary defeat of Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces during the late 1960s.

1978

At that time South Carolina governors were not allowed to serve two terms in succession, so Edwards was unable to seek reelection in 1978.

1981

In 1981, U.S. president Ronald Reagan appointed Edwards secretary of energy.

He resigned two years later to serve as the President of the Medical University of South Carolina, a post he held for 17 years.

1994

In 1994, the state legislature renamed a portion of the Mark Clark Expressway that crosses the Wando River the James B. Edwards Bridge.

1997

In 1997, Edwards was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.

2008

In 2008, he endorsed Mitt Romney for his party's presidential nomination.

As governor and thereafter, Edwards developed a close friendship with his Democratic predecessor, John C. West, whom he had earlier accused of undermining the Haynsworth nomination.

2010

In 2010, the new MUSC dental building and the dental school was renamed the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine.

2014

Edwards died at his home in Mount Pleasant on December 26, 2014, from complications from a stroke.

He was 87.