James Francis Byrnes
Personal
Birthday:
5/2/1882
Birthplace:
Charleston, SC
Date of Death:
4/9/1972
Place of Death:
Columbia, SC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Official court reporter, South Carolina Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, 1900-1908
Editor, Aiken [South Carolina] Journal and Review, 1903-1907
Solicitor, Second Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1908-1910
U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1911-1925
Private practice, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1925-1931
U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1931-1941
Director, U.S. Office of Economic Stabilization, 1942-1943
Chairman, U.S. War Mobilization Board, 1943-1945
Secretary of State, 1945-1947
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1947-1950
Governor, South Carolina, 1951-1955
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1903 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
6/25/1941
Termination Date:
10/3/1942
Termination Reason:
Resignation Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, October 14, 1941-October 3, 1942