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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Albert Watson |
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Columbia, South Carolina , United States |
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August 30, 1922
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| Died | September 25, 1994
(72 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | born in Sumter, S.C., August 30, 1922; attended the public schools of Columbia and North Greenville Junior College; graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law at Columbia in 1950; commenced practice in Columbia, S.C., in 1951; during the Second World War served in the United States Army Air Corps as a weather specialist (sergeant) in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1942-1946; served in the State general assembly, 1955-1958 and 1961-1962; national chairman, Voice of Democracy Program, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, in 1957; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and Eighty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1963, until he resigned from the Eighty-ninth Congress, February 1, 1965, after being stripped of seniority by House Democratic Caucus because of his support of the Republican presidential candidate; reelected as a Republican in a special election, June 15, 1965, to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation; reelected to the Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses and served from June 15, 1965, to January 3, 1971; was not a candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of South Carolina in 1970; served as an administrative law judge, Social Security Administration; was a resident of Columbia, S.C., until his death on September 25, 1994.
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