Duncan Clinch Heyward

Duncan Clinch Heyward (born June 24, 1864 in Richland County , South Carolina , † January 23, 1943 in Columbia , South Carolina) was an American politician and governor of South Carolina from 1903 to 1907.

Early years and political career

Duncan Heyward attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington , Virginia between 1882 and 1885 . He then became one of the largest rice planters in South Carolina. Heyward confessed to the Democratic Party and was nominated by this for the gubernatorial election on November 4, 1902 as the top candidate. Up to this point he had not appeared politically. The choice was purely a matter of form because there was no opposing candidate. His re-election on November 8, 1904 was also unrivaled. Heyward took up his new office on January 20, 1903 and held it until January 15, 1907.

Governor of south carolina

A law against child labor was passed during his tenure. It was illegal to employ children under the age of ten. In addition, the so-called Brice Act was passed, which lifted the state alcohol monopoly that was once enacted by Governor Benjamin Ryan Tillman . The background to this was the discussion about a prohibition law in almost all states of the USA. In 1905 the Gibbes Museum opened in Charleston . Governor Heyward also enlarged the previous agriculture department in his government and made it an official ministry. It is also worth mentioning a flood from this period in June 1903, in which over 60 people were killed.

Further life

After his second term in office, Heyward was not allowed to run again immediately because of a constitutional provision. In 1913, he was named a federal tax collector for South Carolina by President Woodrow Wilson . Duncan Heyward died in January 1943. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Campbell, with whom he had four children.

literature

Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 4. Meckler Books, Westport, CT, 1978. 4 volumes.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 12. James T. White & Company, New York

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SURNAME	Heyward, Duncan Clinch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Governor of south carolina
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Richland County , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	January 23, 1943
Place of death	Columbia , South Carolina