James Francis Byrnes

Judge James Francis Byrnes

Personal

Birthday:

5/2/1882

Birthplace:

Charleston, SC

Date of Death:

4/9/1972

Place of Death:

Columbia, SC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Official court reporter, South Carolina Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, 1900-1908
Editor, Aiken [South Carolina] Journal and Review, 1903-1907
Solicitor, Second Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1908-1910
U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1911-1925
Private practice, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1925-1931
U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1931-1941
Director, U.S. Office of Economic Stabilization, 1942-1943
Chairman, U.S. War Mobilization Board, 1943-1945
Secretary of State, 1945-1947
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1947-1950
Governor, South Carolina, 1951-1955

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1903

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/25/1941

Termination Date:

10/3/1942

Termination Reason:

Resignation

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, October 14, 1941-October 3, 1942