James Butler Hare

James Butler Hare (born September 4, 1918 in Saluda , Saluda County , South Carolina , †  July 16, 1966 in Columbia , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1951 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Hare was the son of Butler B. Hare (1875-1967), who had twice represented the state of South Carolina in Congress between 1925 and 1947 . He attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1939 Newberry College . Until 1941 he was still studying at Erskine College . Between 1940 and 1946 he was a member of the US Navy during World War II . After completing a law degree at the University of South Carolina and his admission to the bar in 1947, he began his new profession in Saluda. He later became a curator at the University of South Carolina.

Hare was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1948 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the third constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded William Jennings Bryan Dorn on January 3, 1949 . Since he was no longer nominated by his party in 1950, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1951 . Between 1951 and 1952, Hare was again active in the US Navy. Then he worked again as a lawyer in Saluda. James Hare died in Columbia on July 16, 1966 and was buried in his hometown of Saluda.

Web links

• James Butler Hare in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Butler Hare in the database of Find a Grave (English)