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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | L. Mendel Rivers |
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Charleston, South Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 28, 1905
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| Died | December 28, 1970
(65 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | born in Gumville, Berkeley County, S.C., September 28, 1905; attended the public schools, the College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., and the University of South Carolina at Columbia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced practice in Charleston, S.C.; member of the State house of representatives 1933-1936; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1941, until his death in Birmingham, Ala., December 28, 1970; chairman, Committee on Armed Services (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-first Congresses); interment in St. Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.
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