Lucius Mendel Rivers Jr. (born October 6, 1947) is an American

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and former politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the

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from 1972 to 1974, representing

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. The son of longtime South Carolina Congressman

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, born while his father was serving in Washington, D.C.; he is now a lawyer in Charleston. He attended Georgetown University.

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