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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | John Lowndes McLaurin |
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Bennettsville, South Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 09, 1860
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| Died | July 29, 1934
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | McLAURIN, John Lowndes, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, Marlboro County, S.C., May 9, 1860; attended schools at Bennettsville, S.C., and Englewood, N.J., Bethel Military Academy, near Warrenton, Va., and Swarthmore (Pa.) College; graduated from the Carolina Military Institute; studied law in the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1883 and practiced in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, S.C.; member, State house of representatives 1890-1891; attorney general of the State 1891-1897; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Eli T. Stackhouse; reelected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from December 5, 1892, until May 31, 1897, when he resigned; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph H. Earle and served from June 1, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not a candidate for reelection; censured by the Senate in 1902 for an assault in which he participated on the Senate floor; moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law; returned to Bennettsville, S.C., and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State senate 1914-1915; author of the State warehouse system for storing and financing cotton; served as State warehouse commissioner from 1915 until his resignation in 1917; died at his estate near Bennettsville, S.C., July 29, 1934; interment in McCall Cemetery.
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