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J. Strom Thurmond, a native of Edgefield born in 1902, served as County Superintendent of Education from 1929 to 1933, State Senator from 1933 to 1938, Circuit Judge from 1938 to 1946, in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946, Governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951, in the United States Senate from 1954 onward, as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1984 onward, and as President Pro-Tempore of the U.S. Senate from 1981 onward.
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Edgefield, South Carolina · United States
