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James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, mos ...

, 49th

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(1945-1947), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1941-1942),

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(1931-1941), 104th

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(1911-1925)

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, 1910: * James F. Byrnes (D) - 4,392 (100.00%) South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 1912: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 6,133 (100.00%) South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 1914: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 4,521 (100.00%) South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 1916: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 7,681 (98.46%) * Isaac Meyers (R) - 120 (1.54%) South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 1918: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 3,155 (100.00%) South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 1920: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 6,685 (100.00%) South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 1922: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 4,163 (100.00%) Democratic primary for the

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from South Carolina, 1924: *

Coleman Livingston Blease Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 89th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915, and as a United States senator from 1925 to 1931. Blease was ...

- 83,738 (41.78%) * James F. Byrnes - 67,727 (33.79%) *

Nathaniel B. Dial Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (April 24, 1862December 11, 1940) was a United States senator from South Carolina from 1919 to 1925. Biography Born near Laurens, he attended the common schools, Richmond College (Virginia) and Vanderbilt University. ...

(inc.) - 44,425 (22.17%) * J. J. McMahan - 4,530 (2.26%) Democratic primary runoff for the United States Senate from South Carolina, 1924: *

- 100,686 (50.56%) * James F. Byrnes - 98,465 (49.44%) Democratic primary for the United States Senate from South Carolina, 1930: *

(inc.) - 111,989 (45.57%) * James F. Byrnes - 94,242 (38.35%) * Leon W. Harris - 39,512 (16.08%) Democratic primary runoff for the United States Senate from South Carolina, 1930: * James F. Byrnes - 120,755 (50.95%) *

(inc.) - 116,264 (49.05%) United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1930: * James F. Byrnes (D) - 16,211 (100.00%)

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1936 The 1936 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2, 1936 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and defeated two Republican ...

: * James F. Byrnes (D) (inc.) - 113,696 (98.56%) * Joseph A. Tolbert (R) - 961 (0.83%) * Marion W. Seabrook (R) - 702 (0.61%) * H. J. Johnson (?) - 1 (0.00%) Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1941 (Senate

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): * Yea - unanimously (voice vote) United States Secretary of State, 1945 (Senate

): * Yea - unanimously Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina, 1950: * James F. Byrnes - 248,069 (71.63%) * Lester L. Bates - 63,143 (18.23%) * Thomas H. Pope Jr. - 29,622 (8.55%) * Marcus A. Stone - 5,495 (1.59%)

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1950 The 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 104th governo ...

: * James F. Byrnes (D) - 50,663 (100.00%)

References

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