Robert Mooneyhan "Robin" Tallon Jr. (born August 8, 1946) is an American businessman and politician who served as a
United States representative
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from
South Carolina
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. He is a member of the
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Early life and education
Born in
Hemingway, South Carolina
Hemingway is a town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 459 at the 2010 census.
History
Hemingway was created from a crossroads community named Lamberts in 1911 by Dr. W. C. Hemingway, in an effort to secure ...
, Tallon graduated from
Dillon High School
Dillon High School is a public high school in Dillon, South Carolina, United States. It is a part of Dillon School District Four. It is located on 1730 Highway 301 North, approximately from the border of North Carolina and South Carolina
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in 1964 and then attended
University of South Carolina in 1964-1965. He received his
Bachelor of Arts
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from
American University
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in 1994.
Career
Tallon was the owner of a chain of retail clothing stores in the Carolinas and Georgia and real estate broker and developer before entering politics. He was a delegate of the
White House Conference on Small Business The White House Conference on Small Business was a series of three conferences that occurred in 1980, 1986, and 1995. They were convened by presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
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in 1980.
Tallon was a member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives
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from 1980 to 1982. He was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
98th United States Congress
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and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1993. He was a member of the Agricultural Committee, the Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee and was Chairman of the Tourism Caucus.
After
South Carolina's 6th congressional district
The 6th congressional district of South Carolina is in central and eastern South Carolina. It includes all of Allendale, Bamberg, Clarendon, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper and Williamsburg counties and parts of Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Cha ...
was redrawn by the legislature following the 1990 census and became a majority-minority district, Tallon opted not to run in 1992 for renomination as a candidate to the
103rd United States Congress
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.
He is a principal in the government affairs and public relations firm, Jenkins Hill Consulting, in
Washington, D.C.
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, and serves on the board of trustees of the
Medical University of South Carolina
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. Tallon is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of
Issue One
Issue One is an American nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce the role of money in politics. It aims to increase public awareness of what it views as problems within the present campaign finance system, and to reduce the influ ...
.
Personal life
He is a resident of
Florence, South Carolina
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States. It lies at the intersection of Interstates 20 and 95 and is the eastern terminus of the former. It is the primary city within the Florence metropolit ...
and
Washington, D.C.
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References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
People from Hemingway, South Carolina
University of South Carolina alumni
20th-century American politicians
People from Florence, South Carolina