The Byrnes of South Carolina
- James Francis Byrnes, Clerk of Charleston, South Carolina. Father of James F. Byrnes.
- James F. Byrnes (1882–1972), Solicitor of South Carolina 1908-1910, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1911-1925, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1931-1941, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1936 1940 1952, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1941-1942, U.S. Secretary of State 1945-1947, Governor of South Carolina 1951-1955. Son of James Francis Byrnes.
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Famous quotes containing the words south and/or carolina:
“In the far South the sun of autumn is passing
Like Walt Whitman walking along a ruddy shore.
He is singing and chanting the things that are part of him,
The worlds that were and will be, death and day.
Nothing is final, he chants. No man shall see the end.
His beard is of fire and his staff is a leaping flame.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“I hear ... foreigners, who would boycott an employer if he hired a colored workman, complain of wrong and oppression, of low wages and long hours, clamoring for eight-hour systems ... ah, come with me, I feel like saying, I can show you workingmen’s wrong and workingmen’s toil which, could it speak, would send up a wail that might be heard from the Potomac to the Rio Grande; and should it unite and act, would shake this country from Carolina to California.”
—Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)