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Robert T. Ashmore Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-RTA
Collection Description
The Ashmore collection consists of 3.75 ft. of material, chiefly correspondence, speeches, and clippings of United States Congressman Robert T. Ashmore (1904-1989). Ashmore represented South Carolina’s 4th District in the United States House of Representatives between 1953 and 1969. Also included are records of his campaigns for office, 1935-1970, and work with the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments, 1970-1985.General correspondence includes both personal and...
Dates:
1914-2002
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Johnnie M. Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JOMW
Abstract
Johnnie M. Walters began his legal career with the Chief Counsel's Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C., in 1949. In 1953, he moved to the private sector and eventually returned to practice law in his native South Carolina. In 1969, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. He was named Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1971 and served until 1973. He is best known for his efforts to reorganize the IRS...
Dates:
1918 - 2003
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
William D. Workman, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-WDW
Abstract
William D. Workman, Jr. is best remembered for his pivotal role in the emergence of the Republican Party as a viable alternative to the Democratic Party in South Carolina. In 1962, when the Democrats were the dominant political power in the state, he made a serious bid for the U.S. Senate as a Republican. Although ultimately unsuccessful, Workman received enough votes to signal to others of like mind that a Republican could win a state-wide race. In his career as a journalist, he wrote for...
Dates:
1915 - 1997
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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- Ashmore, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1904-1989 1
- Ashmore, Willie Vance Linthicum 1
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 1
- Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983 1
- Dent, Harry S. (Harry Shuler), 1930-2007 1
- Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 1
- Mann, James R. (James Robert), 1920-2010 1
- Thomas family 1
- Thomas, Heber 1
- Thomas, Ruth Dorrill 1
- Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 1
- Walters, Johnnie M. (Johnnie McKeiver), 1919-2014 1
- Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 1
- White Oak Baptist Church (Greenville, S.C.) 1
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- Workman, Rhea Thomas 1
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