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James Francis Byrnes ( US: / ˈbɜːrnz / BURNZ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, most prominently as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman.
Apr 30, 2024 · James F. Byrnes (born May 2, 1879, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died April 9, 1972, Columbia, S.C.) was a Democratic Party politician and administrator who, during World War II, was popularly known as “assistant president for domestic affairs” in his capacity as U.S. director of war mobilization (1943–45). He also served effectively as ...
James Francis Byrnes was appointed Secretary of State by President Harry S. Truman on July 3, 1945, and entered duty on the same day. He left office on January 21, 1947. Byrnes led the Department of State during the significant transition from World War II to the Cold War.
May 11, 2018 · James Francis Byrnes. The American public official James Francis Byrnes (1879-1972) was a prominent political figure for some 40 years, serving under presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. James F. Byrnes was born to immigrant Irish parents in Charleston, S.C., on May 2, 1879.
James F. Byrnes was an influential South Carolina politician and avowed segregationist who held high-level positions in state and federal government for more than four decades.
James F. Byrnes was born and raised in South Carolina. He left school at fourteen to work as a law clerk in a Charleston firm for $2 a week. He later worked as an official court reporter and studied law in his spare time.
May 17, 2016 · Congressman, U.S. senator, U.S. Supreme Court justice, U.S. secretary of state, governor. Byrnes was born in Charleston on May 2, 1882, the son of James Francis Byrnes, an Irish Catholic city clerk, and his Irish Catholic wife, Elizabeth McSweeney.
