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  Ansel, Martin Frederick
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NameMartin Frederick Ansel
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Greenville, South Carolina , United States
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Born December 12, 1850
DiedAugust 23, 1945 (94 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
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Dec 01, 2017 11:39pm
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InfoPolitical Party: Democrat



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Born: December 12, 1850 in Charleston, SC


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Religion: Presbyterian


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Education
Walhalla, SC common schools


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Occupation
Lawyer


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Died: August 23, 1945 in Greenville, SC


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Buried: Greenville, SC in Springwood Cemetery


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Major Events and Accomplishments - 1st term - 1907-1909
The General Assembly abolished the liquor dispensary system, leaving each county in the state to either adopt prohibition or set up their own system of liquor regulation - February 16, 1907
The General Assembly passed legislation to place high schools under the supervision of the state government - February 19, 1907
Electrocution replaced hanging as the state's method of execution - 1908
Ellison D. Smith was elected to the first of his six terms in the US Senate - 1908


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Major Events and Accomplishments - 2nd term - 1909-1911
By 1909 twenty of the state's forty-one counties had adopted prohibition.
Train schedules allowed morning delivery of The State to most of South Carolina by 1910.
Woodrow Wilson, who spent his teenage years with family in Columbia, was elected governor of New Jersey - November 8, 1910


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Other Government Positions
South Carolina House of Representatives - 1882-1888
Solicitor, Eighth Judicial District of South Carolina - 1888-1901

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MARTIN FREDERICK ANSEL 1850-1945 Martin Ansel was admitted to the Bar in 1870. He practiced in Franklin, North Carolina, and later in Greenville, South Carolina. He was first married to Ophelia Anne Speights, who died in 1894, and, in 1898, he was married to Mrs. Addie H. (Hollingsworth) Harris, who died in 1937.

He served as Governor of South Carolina, was a member of the House of Representatives, Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit and Judge of the Greenville County Court.

Deeply interested in education, his efforts resulted in the establishment of 150 additional high schools in South Carolina while he was Governor. "Who can furnish a career more interesting, more helpful or more inspiring of true worth and honest endeavor than the well-poised, self-trained, mild-mannered man who held the reins of government for four years."


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  11/03/1908 SC Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/25/1908 SC Governor - D Primary Won 59.89% (+19.78%)
  11/06/1906 SC Governor Won 99.89% (+99.79%)
  09/11/1906 SC Governor - D Runoff Won 56.12% (+12.24%)
  08/28/1906 SC Governor - D Primary Won 41.23% (+17.43%)
  08/26/1902 SC Governor - D Primary Lost 18.54% (-19.78%)
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