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Burnet R. Maybank | |
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United States Senator from South Carolina | |
In office November 5, 1941 – September 1, 1954 | |
Preceded by | Roger C. Peace |
Succeeded by | Charles E. Daniel |
Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency | |
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | |
Preceded by | Charles W. Tobey |
Succeeded by | Homer Capehart |
Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Production | |
In office September 8, 1950 – January 3, 1953 Alongside Brent Spence | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Homer Capehart |
99th Governor of South Carolina | |
In office January 17, 1939 – November 4, 1941 | |
Lieutenant | Joseph Emile Harley |
Preceded by | Olin D. Johnston |
Succeeded by | Joseph Emile Harley |
54th Mayor of Charleston | |
In office December 14, 1931 – December 27, 1938 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Porcher Stoney |
Succeeded by | Henry Whilden Lockwood |
Personal details | |
Born | Burnet Rhett Maybank March 7, 1899 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | September 1, 1954 Flat Rock, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 55)
Political party | Democratic |
Children | Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. among others |
Alma mater | College of Charleston |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899 – September 1, 1954) was a three-term US senator, the 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was the first governor from Charleston since the American Civil War (1861-1865) and one of twenty people in United States history to have been elected mayor, governor, and United States senator. During his tenure in the Senate, Maybank was a powerful ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His unexpected death on September 1, 1954, from a heart attack, led to Strom Thurmond being elected senator.