A Representative from South Carolina; born in Hickory, Catawba County, N.C., November 24, 1934; attended the public schools of Gaffney, S.C.; A.B., University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1960; LL.B., University of South Carolina Law School, Columbia, 1963; admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1963 and commenced practice in Camden; served in the South Carolina National Guard, 1952-1959; chairman, South Carolina State Board of Municipal Canvassers, 1971-1973; delegate, South Carolina State Democratic conventions, 1968-1972; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968; member, South Carolina Highway Commission, 1972-1975; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; is a resident of Gaffney, S.C.
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