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James Francis Byrnes' Career Perspective

  • "All In One Lifetime" cover (28K){short description of image}Born on May 2, 1879 in Charleston: (historically recorded date of birth, Byrnes was actually born on May 2, 1882)

  • Educated in the public schools of Charleston, SC

  • Court Reporter for the Second Circuit of South Carolina, 1900-1908

  • Editor of The Aiken Journal and Review, 1903-1907

  • Admitted to the bar in 1903 after studying law under Judge James Aldrich

  • Married Miss Maude Busch on May 2, 1906

  • Solicitor for the Second Circuit, 1908-1910

  • Member of the United States Congress from the Second District, 1911-1925

  • United States Senator from South Carolina, 1931-1941

  • Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1941-1942

  • Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, 1942-1943 (became apopularly known as the Assistant President)

  • Director of the Office of War Mobilization, 1943-1944

  • Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1944-1945

  • Secretary of State of the United States, 1945-1947

  • Formation of the James F. Byrnes Foundation, 1948 (provides college grants for orphaned children)

  • Governor of South Carolina, 1951-1955

  • United States Delegate to the United Nations, 1953

  • Died on April 9, 1972 in Columbia

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