James Butler Hare, (September 4, 1918 – July 16, 1966) was elected to the

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for

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. He served for one term from 1949 to 1951.

Biography

He was born in

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on September 4, 1918. He was the son of

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, who had also represented this district from 1939 to 1947. He attended the public schools, graduated from

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in 1939, and did postgraduate work at

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. He enlisted in the

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in August 1940 and was released to inactive duty in the Naval Reserve as a

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in January, 1946 with thirty-two months in the Pacific Theater. He graduated from the law school of the University of South Carolina in 1947 and was admitted to the

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and commenced the practice of law in Saluda, South Carolina. He was a member of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina. He was elected as a

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to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1950. He was recalled to active duty in the United States Navy January 1, 1950, and served as a law specialist until released to inactive duty as a commander in May 1952. He resumed the practice of law in Saluda, S.C. He died in

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on July 16, 1966. He is interred in Travis Park Cemetery,

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