George Bell Timmerman

George Bell Timmerman Jr. (born August 11, 1912 in Anderson , Anderson County , South Carolina , † November 29, 1994 ) was an American politician and governor of the state of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959 .

Early years

George Timmerman, whose father George served as a judge in the federal district courts for the western and eastern districts of South Carolina, graduated from The Citadel Military Academy in Charleston , then studied law at the University of South Carolina . He was admitted to the bar in 1937. He subsequently ran a law firm in Batesburg with his father . He was also an attorney for the South Carolina Public Service Society. Timmerman served in the US Navy during World War II .

Political career

Between 1947 and 1955, Timmerman was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. In the pre-election campaign for the gubernatorial elections of 1954, he was able to prevail within the Democratic Party . He became their top candidate and was elected the new governor on November 2nd of this year without an opponent. During his four-year tenure, there were disputes over the policy of segregation . Both the federal government and the US Supreme Court considered South Carolina's policies to be unconstitutional. Racial segregation has been criticized on buses, trains, schools, etc. Timmerman contacted the governors of Mississippi , Georgia, and Virginia ; together they protested against the interference of federal politics in their affairs. In 1956, South Carolina passed a law prohibiting members of the NAACP from being employed in the public sector. In the US Senate in Washington, DC , Senator and ex-Governor Strom Thurmond delivered a 24-hour speech to prevent the introduction of the 1957 Civil Rights Act. The so-called Hart-Arthur Act required Japanese textiles to be labeled in order to keep their sales in South Carolina low and to promote local products.

Another résumé

After his four-year term on January 20, 1959, Timmerman could not run for a second term due to a constitutional clause. Therefore, he resigned from office at that time. He returned to his legal activities. From 1967 to 1984 he was a judge in the eleventh judicial district. He died in November 1994. George Timmerman was married to Helen DuPre.

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SURNAME	Timmerman, George Bell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Timmerman, George Bell Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Anderson , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 1994